Leonardo DiCaprio has unveiled his climate change documentary "Before the Flood" at the Toronto International Film Festival, saying the film is intended to "give the scientific community a voice."
The film was directed by Fisher Stevens. It chronicles DiCaprio's exploits around the globe to raise awareness about climate change.
DiCaprio is a United Nations Ambassador of Peace. He was greeted by fans outside the film's premiere Friday.
The Academy Award-winning actor says, "We are truly at a turning point in history." He says this issue "depends on the education of the public and the evolution of our species to combat what is the largest crisis we've ever faced."
Stevens says the film's release is intentionally timed to the U.S. presidential election.
The film will air Oct. 31 on National Geographic.
Harvey Weinstein indicted on additional sex crimes charges ahead of New York retrial
Disgraced ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on additional sex crimes charges in New York ahead of a retrial in his landmark #MeToo case, Manhattan prosecutors said at a court hearing Thursday. The indictment will remain under seal until Weinstein is arraigned on the new charges, which could happen as early as Sept. 18. Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg disclosed in court that the indictment charges "Mr. Weinstein with additional crimes" and that multiple accusers are prepared to testify against him. Weinstein, 72, is recovering from emergency heart surgery Monday at a Manhattan hospital to remove fluid on his heart and lungs and was not at Thursday's hearing. Prosecutors retrying Weinstein's overturned rape conviction disclosed last week that they had begun presenting to a grand jury evidence of up to three additional allegations against Weinstein, dating as far back as the mid-2000s. They include alleged sexual assaults at the Tribeca Grand Hotel, now known as the Roxy Hotel, and in a Lower Manhattan residential building between late 2005 and mid-2006, and an alleged sexual assault at a Tribeca hotel in May 2016. Because the indictment is under seal, it was not known whether the new charges involved some or all of the additional allegations. "We don't know anything," Weinstein's lawyer, Arthur Aidala, said outside court. "We don't know what the exact accusations are, the exact locations are, what the timing is." In April, New York's highest court overturned Weinstein's 2020 conviction on rape and sexual assault charges involving two women and ordered a new trial. Weinstein's retrial is tentatively scheduled to begin Nov. 12. Prosecutors said they would seek to combine any new charges with ones previously brought... Read More