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With aerial footage from 54 countries, Home is a depiction of how the Earth's problems are all interlinked.

From the ghost town of Pripiat near Chernobyl, to the ruins of Petra, via the sunken ships of the Aral Sea, the tulip fields of Holland, and the frozen immensities of Antarctica, the photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand shares the meanings that these images have for him. He evokes the questions they pose for him, the struggles that have arisen over them, the difficulties of filming, and the very personal attachment that he feels for them. In drawing from the 500 hours of rushes from the documentary "Home", Yann Arthus-Bertrand had a wealth of choices to conceive a second film on the flagrant wounds that our planet is suffering. Far from being redundant, "Home: History of a journey " explains the reasons why the photographer/director has returned to the subject... "Unrecognizable and pitiful – a biodiversity that is constantly regressing." This is the sad overview of our environment that the photographer and firebrand draws from his many trips over the world.

From the ghost town of Pripiat near Chernobyl, to the ruins of Petra, via the sunken ships of the Aral Sea, the tulip fields of Holland, and the frozen immensities of Antarctica, the photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand shares the meanings that these images have for him. He evokes the questions they pose for him, the struggles that have arisen over them, the difficulties of filming, and the very personal attachment that he feels for them. In drawing from the 500 hours of rushes from the documentary "Home", Yann Arthus-Bertrand had a wealth of choices to conceive a second film on the flagrant wounds that our planet is suffering. Far from being redundant, "Home: History of a journey " explains the reasons why the photographer/director has returned to the subject... "Unrecognizable and pitiful – a biodiversity that is constantly regressing." This is the sad overview of our environment that the photographer and firebrand draws from his many trips over the world.

Former actor Yann Arthus Bertrand directed this visually astonishing portrait of the Earth as seen from mesmerizing aerial views. Home is not the first documentary to survey our planet from the air, but Arthus Bertrand brilliantly and dreamily captures the miraculous linkage within delicate eco systems. For viewers whose eyes glaze over at descriptions of the way Earth recycles energy and matter, Home underscores the beautiful and awesome reality of that complex process. Narrated by actress Glenn Close (in this English language version), Home begins by exploring and clarifying the natural history of water, sunlight, and the role simple life forms such as algae played (and still play) in making the planet hospitable to more evolved, living things. As the film moves along, it also has a way of rebooting one s lazy assumptions about familiar phenomena.

Plot: With aerial footage from 54 countries, Home is a depiction of how the Earth's problems are all interlinked.

"Planet Ocean" is an international documentary directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Michael Pitiot. This 90 minutes HD documentary is produced by Hope Production in association with the Tara Foundation and in partnership with the Swiss Luxury Watch Manufacturer, OMEGA.Thanks to its astonishing aerial photography filmed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, and award winning underwater cameramen, the film takes us on a magnificent and unprecedented journey into the heart of the least known regions of our planet.Written also by Michael Pitiot, in collaboration with a unique pool of researchers, oceanographers and biologists from several countries, the film narrates the links between man and ocean, the future of humankind on Earth, the governance issue of the high seas and challenges we'll have to face tomorrow.

French aerial photographer Yann Arthus Bertrand spent ten years making a photographic inventory of the earth's surface. From majestic landscapes to rubbish dumps, the images are shockingly beautiful, but for Yann the most important part is the powerful environmental message which accompanies each image.

After HOME and the Earth from Above series, Yann Arthus-Bertrand's 90' documentary film A THIRSTY WORLD, directed by Thierry Piantanida and Baptiste Rouget-Luchaire proposes another journey around the world.This time, the famous photographer is looking at one of the major challenges to human survival: WATER. Today, against a backdrop of sharply increasing demand, growth in the world population and the growing impact of an unsettled climate, water has become one of the most precious natural resources of our planet.Faithful to Yann Arthus-Bertrand's reputation, A THIRSTY WORLD, filmed in some 20 countries, reveals the mysterious and fascinating world of fresh water through spectacular aerial images shot in regions that are difficult to reach and rarely filmed, like Southern Sudan or Northern Congo. It also lets us discover the most beautiful landscapes on our planet, the lakes, rivers and wetlands created by water.A THIRSTY WORLD attempts to bring together Yann Arthus-Bertrand's trademark aerial view of the world with the harsh, everyday reality of all those people who are deprived of water and may even die for lack of it, the people engaged in the daily struggle to find water, purify it or bring it to those who need it.The film is built up on a host of encounters. A shepherd from north Kenya looks us in the eye and says he has killed for water and would do so again. Women dance when water finally arrives in their village. An atypical United Nations ambassadress talks about her combat to make governments too commit to providing access to water and the most modern purification techniques to guarantee the survival and health of the poorest populations.Reportages filmed in Europe, Africa, Asia and America invite comments from the people working and innovating to bring water to those who need it, use it more intelligently, purify it, or, better still, stop polluting it.Engaging personalities, internationally recognized or simple front-line players, illuminate the film with their energy, their imagination and their enthusiasm.Because access to clean drinking water is more than ever the big challenge of tomorrow.

If the British can claim such stellar documentaries as Planet Earth as among their country's finest television exports, it probably shouldn't come as much surprise that the French are also making their own forays into nature series, as evidenced by the appealing set of Earth from Above documentaries which have been licensed by American distributor Questar. Based on the best-selling book by hot air balloonist, photographer and ecologist Yann Arthus-Bertrand, this series evidently migrated to British television itself, as this episode features lovely English accented voice work substituting for the original French of Arthus-Bertrand and supposedly an original French narrator. But the series' French origins are unmistakable, as several French references are scattered throughout this episode. While the Questar packaging labels this episode variously as Life and Biodiversity, the closing credits on the episode itself feature the rather lengthy title Earth From Above: Everything is Living and Everything is Linked. The episode may seem a bit haphazard as one moves through it, especially on the first go-round, but Arthus-Bertrand attempts at least to tie everything together in the final moments, thanking the many people with whom he comes into contact throughout the episode for their efforts in helping to educate the public about the dangers our planet currently faces from any number of ecological threats. If Earth from Above, the picture book, presented our planet in all its glory from a distance, as it were, this series gets down and dirty (so to speak) with a ground level look at several threats we're all facing, whether or not we know about them.

Former actor Yann Arthus-Bertrand directed this visually astonishing portrait of the Earth as seen from mesmerizing aerial views. Home is not the first documentary to survey our planet from the air, but Arthus-Bertrand brilliantly and dreamily captures the miraculous linkage within delicate eco-systems. For viewers whose eyes glaze over at descriptions of the way Earth recycles energy and matter, Home underscores the beautiful and awesome reality of that complex process. Narrated by actress Glenn Close (in this English-language version), Home begins by exploring and clarifying the natural history of water, sunlight, and the role simple life-forms such as algae played (and still play) in making the planet hospitable to more evolved, living things. As the film moves along, it also has a way of rebooting one's lazy assumptions about familiar phenomena. The Grand Canyon, for example, might be a fantastic sight to behold, but it's also a collection of billions and billions of shells compressed under Earth's oceans long ago. The carbon trapped in the Grand Canyon was drained from the atmosphere, helping--once again--oxygen-dependent life to develop.Similarly, plant life, Home tells us, broke up the water molecule and released oxygen into the atmosphere. Everything is linked, everything is part of a grand machine--the film makes this clear in scores of ways, and not just by telling us. Arthus-Bertrand reveals the intricate, breathtaking designs and patterns of glaciers feeding rivers, of animals feeding on plant life so more plant life can grow, of Australia's great Coral Reef's role in keeping the ocean in eco-balance. Of course, a big part of the story is the impact short-sighted humans have on these systems: the way we overfish, or drain deserts of scarce fossil water, or turn non-farming lands into perverse engines for agriculture. There is much to be alarmed at watching Home, but there is much to move one as well.

Former actor Yann Arthus-Bertrand directed this visually astonishing portrait of the Earth as seen from mesmerizing aerial views. Home is not the first documentary to survey our planet from the air, but Arthus-Bertrand brilliantly and dreamily captures the miraculous linkage within delicate eco-systems. For viewers whose eyes glaze over at descriptions of the way Earth recycles energy and matter, Home underscores the beautiful and awesome reality of that complex process. Narrated by actress Glenn Close (in this English-language version), Home begins by exploring and clarifying the natural history of water, sunlight, and the role simple life-forms such as algae played (and still play) in making the planet hospitable to more evolved, living things. As the film moves along, it also has a way of rebooting one's lazy assumptions about familiar phenomena. The Grand Canyon, for example, might be a fantastic sight to behold, but it's also a collection of billions and billions of shells compressed under Earth's oceans long ago. The carbon trapped in the Grand Canyon was drained from the atmosphere, helping--once again--oxygen-dependent life to develop.Similarly, plant life, Home tells us, broke up the water molecule and released oxygen into the atmosphere. Everything is linked, everything is part of a grand machine--the film makes this clear in scores of ways, and not just by telling us. Arthus-Bertrand reveals the intricate, breathtaking designs and patterns of glaciers feeding rivers, of animals feeding on plant life so more plant life can grow, of Australia's great Coral Reef's role in keeping the ocean in eco-balance. Of course, a big part of the story is the impact short-sighted humans have on these systems: the way we overfish, or drain deserts of scarce fossil water, or turn non-farming lands into perverse engines for agriculture. There is much to be alarmed at watching Home, but there is much to move one as well.

Former actor Yann Arthus-Bertrand directed this visually astonishing portrait of the Earth as seen from mesmerizing aerial views. Home is not the first documentary to survey our planet from the air, but Arthus-Bertrand brilliantly and dreamily captures the miraculous linkage within delicate eco-systems. For viewers whose eyes glaze over at descriptions of the way Earth recycles energy and matter, Home underscores the beautiful and awesome reality of that complex process. Narrated by actress Glenn Close (in this English-language version), Home begins by exploring and clarifying the natural history of water, sunlight, and the role simple life-forms such as algae played (and still play) in making the planet hospitable to more evolved, living things. As the film moves along, it also has a way of rebooting one's lazy assumptions about familiar phenomena. The Grand Canyon, for example, might be a fantastic sight to behold, but it's also a collection of billions and billions of shells compressed under Earth's oceans long ago. The carbon trapped in the Grand Canyon was drained from the atmosphere, helping--once again--oxygen-dependent life to develop.Similarly, plant life, Home tells us, broke up the water molecule and released oxygen into the atmosphere. Everything is linked, everything is part of a grand machine--the film makes this clear in scores of ways, and not just by telling us. Arthus-Bertrand reveals the intricate, breathtaking designs and patterns of glaciers feeding rivers, of animals feeding on plant life so more plant life can grow, of Australia's great Coral Reef's role in keeping the ocean in eco-balance. Of course, a big part of the story is the impact short-sighted humans have on these systems: the way we overfish, or drain deserts of scarce fossil water, or turn non-farming lands into perverse engines for agriculture. There is much to be alarmed at watching Home, but there is much to move one as well.