Earth and the American Dream

Oct 1 1992 N/A NA
Documentary

A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view. From the arrival of Columbus to the simple wilderness living of the 16th and 17th centuries, through the agrarian lifestyle of the 18th century, the changes from the Industrial Revolution, to the 20th century when most of the planet’s resources have been depleted — this film examines the North American landscape and all the wildlife destruction, deforestation, soil depletion and pollution that have been wrought to make the American Dream come true.

Plot

I saw this film thanks to a friend who made it available to our community. Given the lack of information here and lack of comments, it would look like this is a wake-up call that was never heard. At the end of the film, I was amazed at all the well known actors who were listed as taking part.This is a powerful film about the story of humankind and how we have changed the face of our planet earth. It is very effective in showing us where we have come thus far, and the effects we have had on, basically, ourselves. From this information, the question remains: what are we going to choose next? Given that we have only 30 years of oil left on our planet the way we are consuming it (from "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight" by Thom Hartmann, p.17), we may be forced to face this question sooner than many of us expect.Indeed, when will we learn that we have only this one planet and that we *are* all one people?

Written by

Bill Couturié, Ken Richards

Directed by

Bill Couturié

Cast

Edward Asner, Alec Baldwin, Ned Beatty

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

HBO

Languages

English

Awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. 5 wins & 2 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
128
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA