Home (documentary) -- A Must See

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That's it? No synopsis?

 

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Sorry I hould have included this from wiki...

Home is a 2009 documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The film is almost entirely composed of aerial shots of various places on Earth. It shows the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet. The movie was released simultaneously on June 5, 2009, in cinemas across the globe, on DVD, Blu-ray, television, and on YouTube, opening in 181 countries. Home had its world festival premiere at the Dawn Breakers International Film Festival in 2012.[SUP][1][/SUP] The film was financed by PPR, a French multinational holding company specializing in retail shops and luxury brands, as part of their public relation strategy.[SUP][2][/SUP][SUP][3]

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I wish I could remember the details, but I saw a documentary a few years back about an area of the African plains where the animals would come to enjoy the waters of the annual flood of this certain river. But of course there aren't any heavy rains and no mountains, so where does the water come from? Well, traveling up the river they show that it originates in a forest. Recently the river has become smaller and smaller, drying up in some places. It's pretty clear that the reason is that development in and around the forest is of course shrinking the forest itself, thus less area to collect and retain water, thus drying up the river, thus thinning the plains animal population through drought.