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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

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8.5/10 • 352

2020-09-281h 23m

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The story of life on our planet by the man who has seen more of the natural world than any other. In more than 90 years, Attenborough has visited every continent on the globe, exploring the wild places of our planet and documenting the living world in all its variety and wonder. Addressing the biggest challenges facing life on our planet, the film offers a powerful message of hope for future generations.

Directors
Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey, Jonathan Hughes
Editors
Martin Elsbury

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  1. David Attenborough

    David Attenborough

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  2. Max Hughes

    Max Hughes

    Young David

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Mar 28, 2022

8/10

The thing that makes this documentary so inspiring is that it is not a lecture. Sir David Attenborough demonstrates through his wealth of experience over the years, the chronology of the decline of the natural world without preaching to us. The beautiful imagery accumulated over 50 years of natural history film-making coupled with a considered, poignant and practical analysis of where we were/are and want to be offers stark warnings, certainly, but also scope for hope and optimism too if only we can get a grip. His manner is affable and authoritative, he is the teacher every one of would have loved to have had - and perhaps, had we, things wouldn't look quite so ominous! The photography - particularly the archive - is gorgeous to look at and underscores perfectly the points he is making, and the global perspective he takes gives this a currency far and away more valuable and penetrating than any politically driven assessment. It's a wonderful film that everyone ought to see. It also serves as a fitting testament to the visionary people at the BBC (often together with WGBH) who created these documentaries over many, many years - providing an essential spine for this narrative, but also so much of my own understanding of how the planet works. It is a shame that the BBC is now heading for a similar extinction level event; with - sadly - very few ready to take up the cudgels on it's behalf.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
climate changebiographydestruction of planetnatureevolutionbiological disasterfuture visionclimate observatorynature documentarysemi-biographicalsave the planetplanet earthfuture earthanimal evolutionclimate breakdownvision of the futureclimate emergencynot too distant futureclimate crisis