Al Gore's climate change film An Inconvenient Truth gets sequel

Al Gore's climate change documentary, An Inconvenient Truth,is getting a sequel.

Paramount Pictures said Friday the follow-up to the Oscar-winning original will premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival in January.

In the new documentary, former vice-president Gore examines global warming's escalation and the solutions at hand, Paramount said.

In a statement, Gore called for a re-dedication to solving what he called the climate crisis and said there are reasons to be hopeful.

He met this week with president-elect Donald Trump to discuss the topic and termed the meeting productive.

Several days later, Trump picked Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, a climate-change denier, as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

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The Sundance festival said it will feature other films and events about environmental change and conservation.