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Feb 11, 2012 · Film. Reviews. Feb 10, 2012 4:23pm PT. A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet. Ardently passionate and naturally provocative, this eco-chronicle has the informality of an Occupy...
- The Conservation Movement
- Pollution and Cleanup
- Greenpeace
- Global Resources
- Climate Change
Act 1, narrated by Robert Redford, focuses on the conservation movement of the 1960s, the Sierra Club and its Executive Director David Brower’s battle to halt dams in the Grand Canyon.
Act 2,narrated by Ashley Judd, looks at pollution in the 1970s, spotlighting the fight led by film interviewee Lois Gibbs and other Love Canal (Niagara, N.Y.) residents to save their children from toxic waste.
Act 3, narrated by Van Jones, features alternative ecology strands like Greenpeace and its famous campaigns to save whales and baby harp seals, including interviews with co-founders Paul Watson and Rex Weyler.
Act 4,narrated by Isabelle Allende, charts the rise of global resource crises in the 1980s with the struggle to save the Amazon rainforest, led by Chico Mendes and his fellow Brazilian rubber tappers, as its centerpiece.
Act 5,narrated by Meryl Streep, tackles climate change and the 25-year effort to address this ongoing, global problem, featuring author/activist Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, a movement dedicated to solving the climate crisis. The film’s title is derived from pioneering ecologist Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac(1949), which describes his ...
Mar 1, 2013 · “A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet” chronicles the history of the environmental movement from a largely localized phenomenon to an international one.
- Mark Kitchell
Apr 17, 2023 · Duration 91 minutes. View Trailer | Browse the Collection. This expansive documentary attempts to explore the history of global grassroots environmentalism. We begin with the Audubon Society, touch on the roots of the Sierra Club and Greenpeace, and end with a prelude to the Paris Agreement.
- Global Environmental Justice Documentaries
- Mark Kitchell
The movie pulls it all together and shows what it takes to win the battles, and ends with 350.org's struggle with climate change. Inspiring and essential knowledge for anyone thinking about becoming an actor in preventing ecological disaster.
“A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet” is the first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement – grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change.
Feb 2, 2012 · A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet: Sundance Film Review. Comprehensive overview of the global environmental movement reveals the scope of past...
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