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The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream
Guest speaker: MFAH Trustee Matthew R. Simmons, president of Simmons & Company International
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Directed by Gregory Greene
USA, 2004
Color
78 Minutes
Show Times:
Tue., Nov. 15 6:00 PM
Tue., Nov. 15 8:00 PM
Following the overwhelming audience response and sold-out screening in September, the museum is pleased to host two additional screenings.
Is the "American Dream" no longer sustainable? The idyllic suburban lifestyle that emerged after WWII faces serious challenges in the 21st century, as global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, this rousing documentary dares to speculate about how suburbanites will react to skyrocketing energy prices forecasted by some scientists and policy makers.
"Perhaps the most compelling expert on hand, Matthew Simmons, chair of the largest energy investment bank in the world, puts the case against suburbia very eloquently: ´Everything in society we cherish ended when the [August 2003] blackout came. [That was] a fire drill for how important energy actually is, but people didn´t get it." —Toronto Star
Matthew R. Simmons is the author of Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy. He will answer questions following the 6:00 p.m. screening and will introduce the second showing at 8:00 p.m.
Cosponsored by the Houston-based Documentary Alliance (www.documentaryalliance.org) and the Houston Sierra Club (www.lonestar.sierraclub.org/houston).
Dare to be different and and ride the bus (the #1 Hospital, #8 South Main, #65 Bissonnet with
bus stops practically at the front door of the Museum) or MetroRail (Museum
District station, also within a couple of blocks).
Be sure to check back for additional screenings or changes in the Films schedule. You can also contact us with questions about future films at film@mfah.org.
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