Documentary – 90 minutes, 2009. Directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Through breathtaking aerial shots of more than 120 locations in 54 countries around the earth, Yann Arthus-Bertrand takes us on an unique journey of the planet, to contemplate it and to understand it. HOME is an ode to the planet’s beauty and its delicate harmony. But HOME is more than a documentary with a message, it is a magnificent movie in its own right. Every breathtaking shot shows the Earth – our Earth – as we have never seen it before. Every image shows the Earth’s treasures we are destroying and all the wonders we can still preserve. “From the sky, there’s less need for explanations”. Our vision becomes more immediate, intuitive and emotional. HOME has an impact on anyone who sees it. It awakens in us the awareness that is needed to change the way we see the world. (HOME embraces the major ecological issues that confront us and shows how everything on our planet is interconnected.) In 200,000 years on Earth, humanity has upset the balance of the planet, established by nearly four billion years of evolution. The price to pay is high, but it is too late to be a pessimist: humanity has barely ten years to reverse the trend, become aware of the full extent of its spoliation of the Earth’s riches and change its patterns of consumption.
Watch the trailer below and the full movie here.