Robert Redford
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Apr 22, 2014 · American Masters presents A Fierce Green Fire, the first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement. The one-hour documentary chronicles one of the largest movements of the 20th...
A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet. Buy or rent. Unrated. YouTube Movies & TV. 180M subscribers. ...more. A Fierce Green Fire is a big-picture...
A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet. A Fierce Green Fire explores environmental activism David Brower and the Sierra Club's battle to halt dams; Lois Gibbs and Love Canal residents' struggle against toxic chemicals; Paul Watson and Greenpeace's campaigns to save whales; Chico Mendes and the fight to save the Amazon rainforest ...
Synopsis. Photo: Brazilian rubber tapper and political activist Chico Mendes with his son Sandino, as seen in A FIERCE GREEN FIRE, a film by Mark Kitchell. SYNOPSIS. Act 1 focuses on the conservation movement of the ‘60s, the Sierra Club, David Brower and the battle to halt dams in the Grand Canyon.
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.
The film unfolds in five acts, each with a central story and character: 1 David Brower and the Sierra Club’s battle to halt dams in the Grand Canyon. 2 Lois Gibbs and Love Canal residents’ struggle against 20,000 tons of toxic chemicals. 3 Paul Watson and Greenpeace’s campaigns to save whales and baby harp seals.
Vivid archival film brings it all back and insightful interviews with activists shed light on what it all means. The film offers a deeper view of environmentalism as civilizational change, bringing our industrial society into a sustainable balance with nature. It’s a battle for a living planet.
