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HyperNormalisation is a 2016 BBC documentary by British filmmaker Adam Curtis.It argues that following the global economic crises of the 1970s, governments, financiers and technological utopians gave up on trying to shape the complex "real world" and instead established a simpler "fake world" for the benefit of multi-national corporations that is kept stable by neoliberal governments.
Scientists who have studied such severe weather warn that from now on hurricanes in the area will be more intense, more destructive and possibly more frequent. Also in 2005, the Amazon region suffered its worse drought in 60 years, decimating local fish populations. Six months later, trees have still not recovered.
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet is a 2020 British documentary film [1] narrated by David Attenborough and produced and directed by Jonnie Hughes. [2] The film acts as a "witness statement", [3] through which Attenborough shares first-hand his concern for the current state of the planet due to humanity's impact on nature and his hopes for the future. [4]
Not only was the movie nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature at the 2014 Academy Awards, but it was also ranked number 19 on the British Film Institute’s list of the best ...
Time Bomb Y2K is a 2023 American documentary film, directed by Marley McDonald and Brian Becker. An all-archival film, it explores the Year 2000 problem , and the mass hysteria surrounding it. It had its world premiere at True/False Film Festival on March 3, 2023, and was released on December 30, 2023, by HBO .
David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter called the film a “lovingly assembled documentary” and stated that “Mickey and Judy would have loved it, bittersweet ending and all.” [2] Michael Schulman of The New Yorker called it a “moving documentary” and wrote: “It’s hard now to imagine the audience members who stormed out ...
3. ‘Boy Interrupted’ (2009) After her son, Evan Perry, committed suicide at 15, his mother, Dana, decided to make a film that documented his struggle with bipolar disorder, as well as the ...
The documentary has been generally well-received politically in many parts of the world and is credited for raising further awareness of global warming internationally. [101] The film inspired producer Kevin Wall to conceive the 2007 Live Earth festival [ 102 ] and influenced Italian composer Giorgio Battistelli to write an operatic adaptation ...