Oscilloscope Laboratories announced today that it has acquired domestic distribution rights to Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein’s documentary, NO IMPACT MAN, a look at the personal fallout resulting from one man’s decision to eliminate his family’s impact on the environment in downtown Manhattan. NO IMPACT MAN had its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and will screen at the SILVERDOCS film festival and the Los Angeles Film Festival this month. Oscilloscope will open the film in theaters on September 4th, 2009, with a DVD and digital release to follow.
Colin Beavan, author, and newly self-proclaimed environmentalist, decides to leave behind a life of liberal complacency for a vow to make zero environmental impact for one year. No more automated transportation, no more electricity, no more non-local food, no more material consumption…no problem. That is, until his espresso-guzzling, Prada-worshipping wife Michelle, and their young toddler, enter the fray. NO IMPACT MAN is an insightful and funny look at how one family deals with turning their lives upside down in the name of the planet. Gabbert and Schein’s film provides a front row seat into the familial strains and strengthened bonds that result from this radical lifestyle change.