#afiercegreenfire

[michaelfroehly]

50 years in the making

The Battle For A Living Planet 

 A Fierce Green Fire showed global activism and the grassroots environmental movement at its finest. From conservation to activism, this documentary condesing 50 years into a couple hours. The times might be changing, the our impact on the earth is changing with it. From a depletion of resources, to human right, to climate change; only we can make the change.

[icantbelieveimmissingbreaki-blog]

A little Sierra Club, a little Whale Wars, a lot of Redford.

To be entirely honest this film was a while ago so I don't remember specifics. I just remember enjoying it the most out of the last two we saw. I like talking heads, they make it easy to know which way is up. Like too much stylistic choices and artsy stuff makes things blurry. It gets hard to decipher what to care about and what is just there to look cool. A Fierce Green Fire had hardly any of that. It was to the point. There's bad stuff happening on the planet, here's the things that are going on to try to change that. Bing, bang, boom. In the books. I dug it. The fact that it jumped from almost case study to case study kept my interest. Too much of one thing can be boring. Just like how by the end of the bowl of mac and cheese you don't even want it anymore. It's not that it tastes bad or anything, it's just old news.

[javichili]

A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet

"Let society come second, or let society drop dead"

The first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement – grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change. It brings together all the major parts of environmentalism and connects them. It focuses on activism, people fighting to save their homes, their lives, the future – and succeeding against all odds.

Directed and written by Mark Kitchell and narrated by Robert Redford, Ashley Judd, Van Jones, Meryl Streep, and Chile's very own Isabel Allende. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2012, and has won acclaim at festivals around the world.