Celebrate the Earth with HOME, a film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
In 200,000 years, humans have disrupted the fragile balance on which Earth was living for 4 billion years. Global warming, shortage of resources, endangered species: humans are jeopardizing their own living conditions. By the end of the century, the relentless consumption will have exhausted almost all of our planet’s natural resources. But it is too late to be pessimistic: we have barely 10 years left to reverse the trend. We need to become aware of our abusive exploitation of Earth’s gifts and change our way of life.
HOME is a travel notebook, showing landscapes captured from a bird’s eye view above. This film calls for a new awareness, inviting the viewer to stop for a moment in order to look at our planet and realize how we treat her treasures and her beauty.
Directed by internationally renowned French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand, produced by world famous director Luc Besson and narrated by five-time Academy Award® nominee Glenn Close, HOME aims to change the way people see the planet and their impact on it. Shot in high definition in 54 countries and 120 locations over 217 days, the unique and first-time ever all-aerial filming style highlights the Earth’s wonders as well as its wounds and provides a necessary perspective to approach the changing environment.
Omaha, as North America’s host city for the United Nations World Environment Day, will join cities around the world in the release of HOME. Similar free screenings will occur on June 5 at the base of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, in New York’s Central Park and London’s Trafalgar Square. The premiere will take place in more 100 countries and in 23 languages. If you can’t make it to any of the free screenings, HOME is viewable on HD via YouTube until June 14th and will also air on National Geographic Channel.
Learn more about HOME via the official site, United Nations Environment Programme and view it in fantastic HD here.
