Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Toana
IIIb
The documentary chronicles the present day state of the Earth, its
climate and how we as the dominant
species have long-term repercussions
on its future. A theme expressed
throughout the documentary is that of
linkage—how all organisms and the
Earth are linked in a "delicate but
crucial" natural balance with each
other, and how no organism can be
self-sufficient.
In the rest of the first hour of the film, the documentary takes on a
more human-oriented focus, showing the agricultural revolution and its
impacts, before moving on to talk about the harnessing of oil, leading
to fire, industry, cities and inequality gaps like never before. It portrays
the current predicament regarding cattle ranches, deforestation, food
and water shortages, the use of non-renewable "fossil water", the over-
quarrying crisis and the shortage of energy, namely electricity. Cities
such as New York City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Shenzhen, Mumbai,
Tokyo and Dubai are used as examples of the mismanagement and
wastage of energy, water and food. The recession of marshlands and
glaciers are shown in vast aerial shots of Antarctica, The North Pole
and Africa, while mass emigration and refugee counts are shown
currently and forecast in the event that these events remains
unchanged.
It is at this point that the film begins to focus on global warming and
the carbon crisis. Home shows how melting glaciers, rising sea levels
and changing weather patterns are ravaging the people who have
least to do with climate change, but also how it soon will affect rich
populous areas.