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"How to Let Go of the World (and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change)"

U.S. Documentary Competition

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Director Josh Fox again breaks out his banjo, his outrage and his optimism in defense of the planet in "How to Let Go of the World (And Love All the Things Climate Can't Change)," a wide-ranging and ultimately joyous documentary about environmental activism. Fox starts by recapping his 2010 movie "GasLand," in which he detailed the fracking industry's sins — then goes more broadly into the troubles facing Planet Earth from global climate change. At the point he begins to despair, Fox launches on a worldwide quest to meet people who are putting their worries into action, from community activists cleaning up New York after Hurricane Sandy to Pacific Islanders running blockades of coal tankers leaving an Australian harbor. (Utah's own Tim deChristopher shows up to recount his civil disobedience at a BLM oil-lease auction.) Fox's work, punctuated by some actual danger when he's pursued by Chinese authorities, makes for an energetic and positive story about actions real people can take to engage in this important issue.

— Sean P. Means

""How to Let Go of the World (And Love All the Things Climate Can't Change)" screens again at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival: Monday, 3 p.m., Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City; Thursday, 2:15 p.m., The MARC, Park City; Saturday, 2:15 p.m., Prospector Square Theatre, Park City.