{{Short description|2024 documentary film}}
'''The White House Effect''' is a 2024 documentary film directed by Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen, revolving around President George H. W. Bush's attempts at climate change.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/the-white-house-effect-george-h-w-bush-administration-climate-change-telluride-1236124857/|title=Telluride Doc 'The White House Effect' Reveals How George H.W. Bush Administration Deliberately Destroyed an Opportunity to Stop Climate Change|website=Variety|first=Addie|last=Morfoot|date=August 31, 2024|access-date=September 1, 2024}}</ref>
==Synopsis== Using exclusively<ref name="variety/1236124599">{{cite news |last1=Harvey |first1=Dennis |title='The White House Effect' Review: How the U.S. Government's Global Warming Fight Went Cold |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/the-white-house-effect-review-telluride-festival-1236124599/ |access-date=16 December 2025 |work=Variety |date=31 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Morfoot |first1=Addie |title=Camden International Film Festival Unveils Politically Packed 2024 Lineup (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/camden-film-festival-2024-lineup-political-documentaries-1236109247/ |access-date=16 December 2025 |work=Variety.com |date=19 August 2024}}</ref> archival footage,<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-09-03/politics-take-center-stage-telluride-film-festival At Telluride Film Festival, politics take center stage - Los Angeles Times]</ref> it investigates the role played by the administration enacting policies to reduce global warming<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAGiDzvDUgs 'The White House Effect' documentary dives into history of global warming - NBC Bay Area on YouTube]</ref> alongside the battle between environmentalist turned Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency William K. Reilly in odds with Bush Sr.'s chief of staff John H. Sununu.<ref>[https://mubi.com/en/us/films/the-white-house-effect MUBI]</ref><ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/news/business/netflix-documentaries-six-buys-1235128129/ At Netflix, Documentaries Still Have a Home as Streamer Picks Up Six Features — Exclusive|IndieWire]</ref><ref>[https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/telluride-film-festival-2024-memoir-of-a-snail-better-man-the-white-house-effect Telluride FIlm Festival 2024: Memoir of a Snail, Better Man, The White House Effect|Roger Ebert.com]</ref>
===People featured in the film=== *Belinda Carlisle (whose song "Heaven is a Place on Earth" played at the beginning of the film)<ref>[https://theplaylist.net/the-white-house-effect-review-climate-change-governmental-response-receives-an-effective-doc-treatment-telluride-20240831/ 'The White House Effect' Review: Climate Change Governmental Response Receives An Effective Doc Treatment (Telluride) - The Playlist]</ref> *Jimmy Carter *Ronald Reagan *Stephen Schneider *The aforementioned William K. Reilly *The aforementioned John H. Sununu *Dan Rather *Al Gore *Dana Carvey *Alex Trebek *Tom Brokaw *Ted Koppel *Rush Limbaugh *Peter Jennings *Saddam Hussein
==Accolades== One of four finalists of the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, ''The White House Effect'', received $25,000.<ref name="variety/1236555727">{{cite news |last1=Morfoot |first1=Addie |title=Luis Valdez Doc Garners the $200,000 Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/luis-valdez-documentary-lavine-ken-burns-prize-1236555727/ |access-date=16 December 2025 |work=Variety |date=22 October 2025}}</ref>
It was also nominated for the prestigious Peabody Award.<ref>[https://peabodyawards.com/stories/nominees-in-docs-news-public-service-podcast-announced-2025/ Nominees in Docs, News, Public Service, Podcast Announced]</ref>
==See also== *''Koyaanisqatsi'' - cult 1982 experimental documentary featured in the film *MTV - also featured in the film *Exxon Valdez oil spill
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNOxFwZLRZU Official trailer] *[https://www.thewhitehouseeffect.com/ Official homepage] *[https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-white-house-effect-am660459 The White House Effect] - allmovie *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33085010 The White House Effect] - imdb
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