Documentary Description
The film, produced by the brilliant and ecology-minded French
director Luc Besson, is the work of acclaimed aerial photographer Yann
Arthus-Bertrand, whose cinematography, covering landscapes in 54
countries, provides a journey you’ll never be able to experience
anywhere else. Bertrand’s views of Earth from above are so powerfully
exquisite they will bring you to tears.
Nut, along with its enthralling images, the film delivers alarming
statistics about climate change and how quickly it is transforming our
beautiful planet into a place that will be uninhabitable. Glenn Close
does a beautiful job with the English language narration, Salma Hayek
voices the Spanish version and other ecology-minded actors contribute
the French and other language editions. They’re all available online.
The documentary is intended to spur you to sustainable behavior, and
ends with some instruction about how you can help conserve our Home.
Besson told me that the reason they named the film Home, although
it’s actually extra-terrestrial in its point of view, is because “the
word ‘home’ has the same meaning in all cultures, all languages. It is
a place that people of all ages–even little kids–can identify and love.
It is central to their sense of themselves. Earth is the only ‘home’ we
have, so we must care for it that way.”
This is a must see film, especially for kids. Well, and parents,
too. And, yes, any and everyone who thinks about what the future holds
for our species and all the others that share our Home.
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