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Published: 27.04.2011.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Review about the Film "Home"', 1.
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The movie starts by taking the viewer back to the beginning of time, and explains how and when life on Earth came about. The film shows images of cities, rain forests, deserts and oceans from above to highlight the damage climate change, development and over exploitation is doing to the planet. The narrative quickly draws the viewer in to see the story of life on the planet, our role in shaping it and calls to us to work together to write the script of what happens next. It portrays the current predicament regarding cattle ranches, deforestation, food and water shortages, the use of non-renewable "fossil water", the over-quarrying crisis and the shortage of energy, namely electricity. …

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