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Film launched to push for elimination of nuclear weapons

Queen Noor –  “I believe this film needs to be seen throughout the world, and help those populations mobilize to put pressure on political leaders or support political leaders who support the elimination of nuclear weapons.”

Cannes 2010: Queen Noor and Valerie Plame Wilson on Nukes – THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, May 17, 2010 Queen Noor of Jordan and former CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson were among the luminaries who gathered at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday to support “Countdown to Zero,” a new film about nuclear proliferation. Hoping to follow in the footsteps of “An Inconvenient Truth,” the film was backed by Jeff Skoll’s Participant Productions and producer Lawrence Bender, who also came to Cannes in 2006 with the Al Gore environmental documentary……the movie is part of a coordinated effort of more than 50 organizations, including faith-based groups, liberal groups and college tours to get the word out about the nuclear issue and help put pressure on the Senate to ratify the Start nuclear reduction treaty…

..Queen Noor added, “I believe this film needs to be seen throughout the world, and help those populations mobilize to put pressure on political leaders or support political leaders who support the elimination of nuclear weapons.” Cannes 2010: Queen Noor and Valerie Plame Wilson on Nukes – Speakeasy – WSJ

May 17, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons