Posts Tagged ‘ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch’
Film for a troubled planet
“Anthropocene: The Human Epoch” is a call to action It’s not too late to save the planet, according to a visually stunning documentary to be screened by UW-Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies in advance of a pivotal United Nations climate summit. A free showing of Anthropocene: The Human Epoch on Sept. 25 at Union South Marquee…
Read MoreDRAMATIC PHOTOS CAPTURE HOW HUMANS HAVE CHANGED THE EARTH
By Peter Carbonera | Newsweek Anthropocene: The Human Epoch is a documentary film by Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier that paints a beautiful and terrifying picture of what human beings are doing to the Earth. Since the early 1980s Burtynsky, a Canadian photographer, has been documenting what he calls “intentional landscapes,” the big…
Read MoreANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch Nominated for Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary
Canadian Newswire TORONTO, Sept. 12, 2019 /CNW/ – The DGC is pleased to announce the full 2019 DGC Awards nominees for Feature Film, Documentary, Short Film, Television Series, and Movies for Television and Mini-Series. Selected from over 300 submissions, the nominees represent a spectrum of talent, genres and diversity in the screen-based industry. The Awards will be…
Read MoreThis stunning new film captures how humans have reshaped every part of the Earth
By Eillie Anzilotti | Fast Company The new documentary Anthropocene: The Human Epoch doesn’t waste any time getting to the point: For the first minute of the film, all we see are flames. It’s mesmerizing, in a way, the same way that a fire burning in a hearth on a cold night inevitably draws our gaze. But this…
Read MoreVisual storytelling with flair illustrates human impact on Earth
By Peter Tonguette | The Columbus Dispatch Have human beings made enough of an impact on the natural world for the experts to name a new geological epoch? The documentary “Anthropocene: The Human Epoch” — co-directed by Canadian filmmaker Nicholas de Pencier; his wife, Jennifer Baichwal; and still photographer Edward Burtynsky — offers jaw-dropping views of sites around…
Read MoreOh Dear: Photos Show What Humans Have Done To The Planet
By Jonathan Lambert and Rebecca Ellis | NPR Humans have made an indelible mark on the planet. Since the mid-20th century, we’ve accelerated the digging of mines, construction of dams, expansion of cities and clearing of forests for agriculture — activity that will be visible in the geological record for eons to come. Some scientists are calling…
Read More‘Anthropocene’ Tops Canadian Screen Award Doc Winners
By Pat Mullen | Point of View Magazine Jennifer Baichwal, Nick de Pencier, and Ed Burtynsky are triple crown winners! The team scored its third win from the Canadian Academy when Anthropocene: The Human Epoch took the Ted Rogers Award for Best Documentary Feature at last night’s Canadian Screen Awards. The filmmakers previously won the Genie for 2006’s Manufactured…
Read MoreReel Causes to screen Anthropocene documentary and address waste reduction in Vancouver
By Craig Takeuchi | The Georgia Straight A critically acclaimed documentary about the impact of human activity upon the Earth will provide talking points for how to address local problems about waste. Reel Causes, which holds film screenings with panel discussions to address social issues, will be holding a screening of the Canadian documentary Anthropocene: The Human Epoch at 7…
Read More“How are we part of nature, and we act like we’re not?” – An Interview with Jennifer Baichwal
Doc10 Since her stunning 2006 documentary “Manufactured Landscapes,” Jennifer Baichwal has emerged as one of the cinema’s most foremost poets of ecological devastation. Made in collaboration with Canadian photographer and artist Edward Burtynsky, famous for his large-scale photographs of industrial landscapes, Baichwal’s recent films show the startling visual evidence of humankind’s impact on the planet.…
Read MoreCrave Original Documentaries SHARKWATER EXTINCTION and ANTHROPOCENE: THE HUMAN EPOCH Anchor Earth Day on Crave, April 22
TORONTO (March 19, 2019) – As Canadians prepare to celebrate the best in documentary filmmaking at this year’s Hot Docs Festival, Bell Media’s Crave, home to an unmatched collection of more than 500 documentaries, commemorates Earth Day with two powerful and moving original documentaries from some of Canada’s most prolific and celebrated filmmakers. Read the…
Read MoreCo-directors Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky’s third non-fiction collaboration, following ‘Manufactured Landscapes’ and ‘Watermark,’ looks at the devastation the human race has caused the planet.
By Boyd van Hoeij | The Hollywood Reporter Co-directors Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky’s third non-fiction collaboration, following ‘Manufactured Landscapes’ and ‘Watermark,’ looks at the devastation the human race has caused the planet. Real doomsday scenarios are mostly the domain of comic book movies these days, even if our own planet could use…
Read MoreDP/Co-Director Nicholas de Pencier CSC on “Anthropocene: The Human Epoch”
ARRI A cinematic meditation on humanity’s massive impact on Earth, “Anthropocene: The Human Epoch” is a four years in the making feature documentary from the award-winning team of Nicholas de Pencier, Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky. In this interview, Pencier talks about the film’s stunning visual design and capturing it on the ARRI AMIRA camera…
Read MoreCIFF43 Announces Director Spotlight Award Recipient: Jennifer Baichwal
In 2003 at the 27th CIFF, the Cleveland International Film Festival launched its Director Spotlight Award. The purpose of this program is to showcase directors with distinguished careers by featuring a retrospective of their past work and screenings of their most recent film available. Over the years we have highlighted a variety of impactful filmmakers…
Read More‘Anthropocene’ Introduces the Darkest Man-Made Wonders of the World
By Luke Hicks | Nonfics Astonishment. Pure, lurid, ravishing, genuine astonishment. That is Anthropocene: The Human Epoch. At times, you have to quadruple take, and what you’re looking at still doesn’t fully click. It’s so impossible to comprehend yet such a significant achievement in scientific study and documentary storytelling. Its story is massive in scope. On the…
Read MoreBerlin Fest’s ‘Anthropocene’ Looks at Human Impact on the Environment
By Nick Clement | Variety The documentary “Anthropocene: The Human Epoch,” which screens as a Berlinale Special, exists as one part of a multimedia project, conceived by a trio of passionate and dedicated filmmakers: Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky. The Canadian production enlisted Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander for voice-over duties and serves as one…
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