Former Vice President Al Gore presents “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” his followup to the 2006 Oscar™ -winning documentary “An Inconvenient Truth.” The film is rated PG for thematic elements and some troubling images.

The film’s tagline is “fight like your world depends on it.” As self-indulgent as Al Gore can come off to be — and being a “recovering politician” as Gore puts it, he does do this from time to time — he does not come off as self-righteous. You get the sense he is doing what he can with his celebrity and his knowledge to address the world's greatest problem.

Among many of the world's leaders Gore meets within the film, he most notably meets with Piyush Goyal, India’s Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines. Gore's objective was to push India toward a more environmentally friendly and sustainable energy infrastructure as the country was then preparing to commit to 400 more coal mines throughout the subcontinent.

Goyal was flustered, almost insulted. After a brief but charged lecture on the first world's responsibility to set the stage for the third world to follow, Goyal said, “I only ask for the carbon space you used for 150 years.”

Fast forward to 2016 when India came on board for the Paris Climate Agreements, then to 2017 when the United States reneged, Gore concludes that the issue of climate change — much like the issues of abolition, women's rights, the Civil Rights movement, and LGBTQ rights — is “resolved in a choice between right and wrong.”

Rain bombs, flooding, Zika virus and ISIS are a few of the elements of the documentary which could easily confuse the film with an action-thriller. Many may say this film comes up short for attempting that sort of mass appeal, but it is something that only a true to life problem can pull off. With that said, the cinematography was flawless, the soundtrack was superb, and the storytelling was linear and easy to follow.

I would not only recommend this film to anyone who is interested in the effects of global warming and its rapid progression, but I would even recommend the film to those who may hold reservations about global warming with economics and tradition at the forefront of their minds. I would not recommend this film to climate change deniers for obvious reasons.

“An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” plays Friday, Sept. 1 and Saturday, Sept. 2 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 3 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. The Harbor Theater will be closed on Monday and Tuesday. The film will play again on Wednesday, Sept. 6 and Thursday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m.