Film targets global warming skeptics - Hilltop Views

But these natural energy sources, the film explains, have the potential to be so profitable in the long run that the upfront expenses could become negligible over time. The people and companies that forge ahead and invest in the green industry have much to gain, the film claimed, and consumers of these alternative energies could also pay less to heat their homes and power their vehicles in the long term.

A handful of world-renowned green entrepreneurs are also featured in the movie: former California Energy Commissioner Arthur Rosenfeld, Virgin CEO Richard Branson, former CIA Director R. James Woolsey, and Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman are a few out of many.

Perhaps the most influential character, though, is Van Jones, a civil rights advocate turned green-jobs organizer and advocate. He started Green For All, a foundation that works to bring green jobs to low-income and high-risk communities.