This story is part of The Hollywood Reporter’s 2023 Sustainability Issue (click here to read more).
We’re currently living in a golden age of panic-inducing eco-documentaries gushing facts and statistics at us about how humans are killing the planet. These didactic films are vital for grounding us in the sobering truths of climate change and spurring activism across generations. But it’s easy to feel wrung out from the constant finger-wagging, too. Unquestionably, it’s more challenging for filmmakers to transmit environmentalist messages via tone, mood or imagery alone — but for viewers, the rewards can be spectacular.
The documentaries in this list showcase the grand scale of Earth, but they’re also able to demonstrate the refinement of our microcosmic communities. Some focus on explorers who either conflict or harmonize with their subjects; others are dialogue-free meditations on life itself. We’re witnesses to tragedy and celebration, spirituality and terror.
We’re currently living in a golden age of panic-inducing eco-documentaries gushing facts and statistics at us about how humans are killing the planet. These didactic films are vital for grounding us in the sobering truths of climate change and spurring activism across generations. But it’s easy to feel wrung out from the constant finger-wagging, too. Unquestionably, it’s more challenging for filmmakers to transmit environmentalist messages via tone, mood or imagery alone — but for viewers, the rewards can be spectacular.
The documentaries in this list showcase the grand scale of Earth, but they’re also able to demonstrate the refinement of our microcosmic communities. Some focus on explorers who either conflict or harmonize with their subjects; others are dialogue-free meditations on life itself. We’re witnesses to tragedy and celebration, spirituality and terror.
- 3/22/2023
- by Robyn Bahr
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Director Marion Neumann not only pays tribute to the magic of mushrooms but claims they could save humanity from the coming climate apocalypse
At once earthy and magical, fungi not only link us to the origins of life itself but also open doors to alternate realms of consciousness. In Marion Neumann’s loose-limbed documentary, just the latest in a string of films that opine on its enigma, the mushroom can even save the world.
Compared with the surreal time-lapse photography of Louie Schwartzberg’s Fantastic Fungi (2019) or the rustic charm of Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw’s The Truffle Hunters (2020), Neumann’s approach is more free-wheeling and eccentric. Interviews with a wide host of fungi lovers – who include scientists, culinary specialists and devoted enthusiasts – delve into the generative power of mushrooms with vigour and optimism. Considering that the cultivation of fungal cultures has allowed us to ease our physical ailments...
At once earthy and magical, fungi not only link us to the origins of life itself but also open doors to alternate realms of consciousness. In Marion Neumann’s loose-limbed documentary, just the latest in a string of films that opine on its enigma, the mushroom can even save the world.
Compared with the surreal time-lapse photography of Louie Schwartzberg’s Fantastic Fungi (2019) or the rustic charm of Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw’s The Truffle Hunters (2020), Neumann’s approach is more free-wheeling and eccentric. Interviews with a wide host of fungi lovers – who include scientists, culinary specialists and devoted enthusiasts – delve into the generative power of mushrooms with vigour and optimism. Considering that the cultivation of fungal cultures has allowed us to ease our physical ailments...
- 2/21/2023
- by Phuong Le
- The Guardian - Film News
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National Geographic’s The First Wave took home the top award at the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards in New York City on Thursday.
Matthew Heineman’s documentary details the first four months of the Covid-19 pandemic in NYC, as healthcare workers at Long Island Jewish Medical Center risked their lives in the epic battle to keep the virus at bay.
Presenters at the Documentary ceremony included Frontline’s Tamara Shogaolu, In the Shadow of 9/11 and Four Hours at the Capitol’s Dan Reed, The Rescue‘s Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, Pray Away‘s Kristine Stolakis and Vice News’ Alzo Slade.
Biologist and filmmaker Sir David Attenborough received the Lifetime Achievement honors at the ceremony, which was presented to him by Louie Schwartzberg, the award-winning cinematographer, time-lapse photographer and documentarian. Dame Judi Dench also appeared via video to celebrate Attenborough.
National Geographic’s The First Wave took home the top award at the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards in New York City on Thursday.
Matthew Heineman’s documentary details the first four months of the Covid-19 pandemic in NYC, as healthcare workers at Long Island Jewish Medical Center risked their lives in the epic battle to keep the virus at bay.
Presenters at the Documentary ceremony included Frontline’s Tamara Shogaolu, In the Shadow of 9/11 and Four Hours at the Capitol’s Dan Reed, The Rescue‘s Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, Pray Away‘s Kristine Stolakis and Vice News’ Alzo Slade.
Biologist and filmmaker Sir David Attenborough received the Lifetime Achievement honors at the ceremony, which was presented to him by Louie Schwartzberg, the award-winning cinematographer, time-lapse photographer and documentarian. Dame Judi Dench also appeared via video to celebrate Attenborough.
- 9/30/2022
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“The Rescue” filmmakers and Oscar winners Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin are among the presenters set to appear at the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ 43rd Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The news ceremony will take place on Wednesday, September 28 at 7:30 p.m. Et and the documentary ceremony takes place Thursday, September 29 at 7:30 p.m. Et, both at the Palladium Times Square in New York City.
Presenters set to appear at the news ceremony include Linsey Davis (ABC News), Margaret Brennan (CBS News), Omar Jimenez (CNN), Morgan Radford (NBC News), Julio Vaqueiro (Noticias Telemundo), Teresa Rodrigues (Univision) and Paola Ramos (Vice News).
Presenters at the documentary ceremony include Tamara Shogaolu, “Frontline” (PBS); Dan Reed, “In the Shadow of 9/11” (PBS) and “ Four Hours at the Capitol” (HBO); Vasarhelyi and Chin, “The Rescue” (National Geographic); Kristine Stolakis, “Pray Away” (Netflix); and Alzo Slade (Vice News).
PBS NewsHour anchor and...
Presenters set to appear at the news ceremony include Linsey Davis (ABC News), Margaret Brennan (CBS News), Omar Jimenez (CNN), Morgan Radford (NBC News), Julio Vaqueiro (Noticias Telemundo), Teresa Rodrigues (Univision) and Paola Ramos (Vice News).
Presenters at the documentary ceremony include Tamara Shogaolu, “Frontline” (PBS); Dan Reed, “In the Shadow of 9/11” (PBS) and “ Four Hours at the Capitol” (HBO); Vasarhelyi and Chin, “The Rescue” (National Geographic); Kristine Stolakis, “Pray Away” (Netflix); and Alzo Slade (Vice News).
PBS NewsHour anchor and...
- 9/27/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
"The journey is into oneself, and into the meaning of being." Area 23a has revealed the official trailer for a documentary film titled Gratitude Revealed, the latest from doc filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg (also of Disneynature: Wings of Life and Fantastic Fungi). This wholesome and uplifting film is about the power of gratitude. Following the incredible success of his viral sensation Fantastic Fungi, and a wildly popular TEDx talk (watch here) on gratitude that has reached tens of millions of viewers, Gratitude Revealed is an epic journey forty years in the making. Featuring intimate conversations with everyday people, thought leaders and personalities, the film reveals that Gratitude is a proven pathway back from the disconnection we feel in our lives. I'm all for this, sounds good. Just feel like it's bad timing? Gratitude isn't going to slop climate change or fight fascism, as much as we may ...
- 7/7/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Loot, Spiderhead and The Princess, and highlights from the Tribeca Festival and Disney’s FYC Fest.
The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project benefit
Charlize Theron hosted the second annual summer block party to benefit The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project (Ctaop) on Saturday on the Universal Studios Backlot. The outdoor event featured an opening weekend screening of Jurassic World: Dominion and a special Q&a with the stars of the film, including Jeff Goldblum, Bryce Dallas Howard, DeWanda Wise, and Mamoudou Athie, as well as director Colin Trevorrow and writer, Emily Carmichael. The conversation was moderated by Theron, followed by a performance from Wyclef Jean.
Tribeca Festival
After kicking off on June 8, Tribeca’s starry lineup continued on, with a...
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Loot, Spiderhead and The Princess, and highlights from the Tribeca Festival and Disney’s FYC Fest.
The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project benefit
Charlize Theron hosted the second annual summer block party to benefit The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project (Ctaop) on Saturday on the Universal Studios Backlot. The outdoor event featured an opening weekend screening of Jurassic World: Dominion and a special Q&a with the stars of the film, including Jeff Goldblum, Bryce Dallas Howard, DeWanda Wise, and Mamoudou Athie, as well as director Colin Trevorrow and writer, Emily Carmichael. The conversation was moderated by Theron, followed by a performance from Wyclef Jean.
Tribeca Festival
After kicking off on June 8, Tribeca’s starry lineup continued on, with a...
- 6/17/2022
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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With daylight fading from the sky and lanterns floating on a private lake over his shoulder, Vacheron Constantin’s Alexander Schmiedt stepped up onto a dock that had been transformed into a mini stage, encased in lush green foliage with a giant movie screen as a backdrop.
Taking a microphone, the luxury Swiss watchmaker’s president of the Americas detailed designs for the evening. “Tonight, we celebrate The Anatomy of Beauty,” he said referencing the title of the Maison’s short film that was about to debut but also a concept that laid the blueprints for the evening soiree. “We always say that beauty is definitely subjective but there is a common objective element to it, and that is the fact that the beauty of the whole that we see, is only a summary of all the small details. That’s the same...
With daylight fading from the sky and lanterns floating on a private lake over his shoulder, Vacheron Constantin’s Alexander Schmiedt stepped up onto a dock that had been transformed into a mini stage, encased in lush green foliage with a giant movie screen as a backdrop.
Taking a microphone, the luxury Swiss watchmaker’s president of the Americas detailed designs for the evening. “Tonight, we celebrate The Anatomy of Beauty,” he said referencing the title of the Maison’s short film that was about to debut but also a concept that laid the blueprints for the evening soiree. “We always say that beauty is definitely subjective but there is a common objective element to it, and that is the fact that the beauty of the whole that we see, is only a summary of all the small details. That’s the same...
- 6/17/2022
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Shift Network (Tsn), known for transformational media, is proud to announce the lineup for its second annual Shift Your World Film Festival. Running from February 17-20, 2022, the festival program includes opening remarks from actor and activist Jeff Bridges.
18 feature-length and six short films focused on wellness, sustainability, social justice, and spirituality. More than a dozen panels with filmmakers and thought-leaders…and the Culture Shift Legacy Awards. The full 2022 festival program and trailer can be found here.
Access to film screenings, panels and conversations with filmmakers, along with official festival voting, is free and open to the general public. An optional VIP Pass ($49) includes online, on-demand access to most of the festival films and filmmaker interviews, as well as admission to the Psychedelic Sunday program of films and panels devoted to the psychedelic renaissance.
“The themes of this year’s Shift Your World Film Festival — health, sustainability, social justice, and...
18 feature-length and six short films focused on wellness, sustainability, social justice, and spirituality. More than a dozen panels with filmmakers and thought-leaders…and the Culture Shift Legacy Awards. The full 2022 festival program and trailer can be found here.
Access to film screenings, panels and conversations with filmmakers, along with official festival voting, is free and open to the general public. An optional VIP Pass ($49) includes online, on-demand access to most of the festival films and filmmaker interviews, as well as admission to the Psychedelic Sunday program of films and panels devoted to the psychedelic renaissance.
“The themes of this year’s Shift Your World Film Festival — health, sustainability, social justice, and...
- 2/1/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Documentary filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg, who released the Brie Larson-narrated documentary Fantastic Fungi in 2019, has announced a virtual event dedicated to the complexity and multitude of medical uses within the fungi kingdom.
Dubbed the Fantastic Fungi Global Summit, the event will be hosted from October 15th through 17th and will feature speakers like alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra, renowned mycologist Paul Stamets, celebrity chef Rick Bayless, and author Michael Pollan.
“We’re in the midst of a full cultural ‘shroom boom’ and the Fantastic Fungi Summit is at the forefront of the movement,...
Dubbed the Fantastic Fungi Global Summit, the event will be hosted from October 15th through 17th and will feature speakers like alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra, renowned mycologist Paul Stamets, celebrity chef Rick Bayless, and author Michael Pollan.
“We’re in the midst of a full cultural ‘shroom boom’ and the Fantastic Fungi Summit is at the forefront of the movement,...
- 8/2/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
The team behind a new documentary full of incredible footage of the secret life of mushrooms explain how fungi could help us stave off future pandemics
Watching the anemone stinkhorn sprout from the soil is a wondrous – and terrifying – thing. Emerging from a pod that looks like a truffle, the mushroom unfurls half a dozen arms, all a throbbing scarlet, like a collection of tongues. Each of these is forked and, across their stems, a series of black sticky lumps pop up like rotting barbecue. It’s supposed to smell something awful too.
The uncanny blooming of the Aseroe rubra is one of many transfixing moments in Fantastic Fungi, a crowdfunded US documentary made by Louie Schwartzberg, an affable old hippie and pioneer of time-lapse photography. It stars Paul Stamets, a trailblazer in the popularisation of mycology, the study of fungi, and bursts with footage revealing the secret life of mushrooms.
Watching the anemone stinkhorn sprout from the soil is a wondrous – and terrifying – thing. Emerging from a pod that looks like a truffle, the mushroom unfurls half a dozen arms, all a throbbing scarlet, like a collection of tongues. Each of these is forked and, across their stems, a series of black sticky lumps pop up like rotting barbecue. It’s supposed to smell something awful too.
The uncanny blooming of the Aseroe rubra is one of many transfixing moments in Fantastic Fungi, a crowdfunded US documentary made by Louie Schwartzberg, an affable old hippie and pioneer of time-lapse photography. It stars Paul Stamets, a trailblazer in the popularisation of mycology, the study of fungi, and bursts with footage revealing the secret life of mushrooms.
- 11/4/2020
- by Paul MacInnes
- The Guardian - Film News
“Fantastic Fungi,” a captivating and revealing new nature documentary from Moving Art, makes the case that the very essence of the world, humanity, of life and death, can be reduced to mushrooms. Cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg directs the docu, which is narrated by Brie Larson.
Released in late 2019, the documentary available on Apple TV and Prime Video, received a surprising second life when the coronavirus pandemic forced cinemas to shut down, the filmmakers pivoted to virtual cinema and introduced the film to a new audience.
Below, filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg and distributor Kirt Eftekhar (Area 23a) discuss how they found a new way to distribute a film during a pandemic.
The film has gotten this second life because of the pandemic, can you talk a little bit about how that happened?
Louie Schwartzberg: We were going strong in the fall as the number one doc in theaters. We had a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Released in late 2019, the documentary available on Apple TV and Prime Video, received a surprising second life when the coronavirus pandemic forced cinemas to shut down, the filmmakers pivoted to virtual cinema and introduced the film to a new audience.
Below, filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg and distributor Kirt Eftekhar (Area 23a) discuss how they found a new way to distribute a film during a pandemic.
The film has gotten this second life because of the pandemic, can you talk a little bit about how that happened?
Louie Schwartzberg: We were going strong in the fall as the number one doc in theaters. We had a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.
- 9/23/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Crip Camp Photo: Steve Honigsbaum Welcome to week two of our Stay-At-Home seven. You can read our week one recommendations here and don't forget to let us know on Facebook or Twitter if there's any specific subject or genre you'd like us to cover in future weeks.
Fantastic Fungi, March 25, $4.99 to rent at fantasticfungi.com
If being stuck at home has left you missing the interactive experience of cinema Q&As then this global screening event could well be for you. Louie Schwarzberg's documentary about the wonderful world of mushrooms and their ilk, narrated by Brie Larsson, is being screened in 50 countries along with a live online virtual discussion with Director Louie Schwartzberg, mycologist Paul Stamets, and special guests. Read the full review and watch it online here
The best conversation time for UK viewers is 8pm London time (1pm Pst/4pm Est/9pm Paris).
Crip Camp, streaming on Netflix from Wednesday,...
Fantastic Fungi, March 25, $4.99 to rent at fantasticfungi.com
If being stuck at home has left you missing the interactive experience of cinema Q&As then this global screening event could well be for you. Louie Schwarzberg's documentary about the wonderful world of mushrooms and their ilk, narrated by Brie Larsson, is being screened in 50 countries along with a live online virtual discussion with Director Louie Schwartzberg, mycologist Paul Stamets, and special guests. Read the full review and watch it online here
The best conversation time for UK viewers is 8pm London time (1pm Pst/4pm Est/9pm Paris).
Crip Camp, streaming on Netflix from Wednesday,...
- 3/23/2020
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
In today’s film news roundup, “Phoenix, Oregon” is being offered at a discount, Fantastic Fungi Day is set for March 26, and the opening of Methodfest has been shifted to May.
Release Strategy
Dark comedy “Phoenix, Oregon” will launch Friday simultaneously in theaters that are still open and at home for a “matinee” discount price of $6.50.
Producers will share all revenue on a 50/50 basis with the group of theaters where “Phoenix, Oregon” would have been shown. The theatrical-at-home option will be available in the U.S. and Canada.
“Phoenix, Oregon” centers on a graphic novelist and a chef who seize an unlikely opportunity to reinvent their lives by quitting their service industry jobs to restore an old bowling alley and serve the “world’s greatest pizza.” The cast includes James Le Gros, Jesse Borrego, Lisa Edelstein, Reynaldo Gallegos, Diedrich Bader and Kevin Corrigan. “Phoenix, Oregon” is being released by Aspiration Entertainment...
Release Strategy
Dark comedy “Phoenix, Oregon” will launch Friday simultaneously in theaters that are still open and at home for a “matinee” discount price of $6.50.
Producers will share all revenue on a 50/50 basis with the group of theaters where “Phoenix, Oregon” would have been shown. The theatrical-at-home option will be available in the U.S. and Canada.
“Phoenix, Oregon” centers on a graphic novelist and a chef who seize an unlikely opportunity to reinvent their lives by quitting their service industry jobs to restore an old bowling alley and serve the “world’s greatest pizza.” The cast includes James Le Gros, Jesse Borrego, Lisa Edelstein, Reynaldo Gallegos, Diedrich Bader and Kevin Corrigan. “Phoenix, Oregon” is being released by Aspiration Entertainment...
- 3/19/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
"Under every footstep you take... and that's all over the world." Moving Art has unveiled an official trailer for a documentary called Fantastic Fungi, which is indeed a movie about fungi - mushrooms and other fascinating underground networkers in the fungi kingdom. This doc film is described as "a consciousness-shifting film that takes us on an immersive journey through time and scale into the magical earth beneath our feet, an underground network that can heal and save our planet." Featuring scientists and mycologists like Paul Stamets, authors Michael Pollan, Eugenia Bone, Andrew Weil, and others, the film shows us "the beauty, intelligence and solutions the fungi kingdom" may provide humanity - the potential to save our planet. Which does indeed sound fascinating. It's "directed by the pioneer of time-lapse photography", Louie Schwartzberg, and it has plenty of stunning growth time-lapse shots. With narration by Brie Larson. Here's the official trailer...
- 8/15/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Held in beautiful Wailea, Hawaii, the 2019 Maui Film Festival honored Awkwafina, Paul Rudd, Olivia Wilde, Gina Rodriguez, Maya Erskine and Joe Manganiello with awards at this year’s festival running June 12-16.
In addition to screening films and hosting several food and culture events, the film fest gave out awards to the actors for their achievements. Wilde, who received the Shining Star Award for acting in 2011, returned to accept the Lights! Camera! Passion! Award for directing the coming-of-age comedy “Booksmart” on June 16. Paul Rudd took home the Nova Award on June 12, “Jane the Virgin” star Gina Rodriguez got the Navigator Award on June 13, “Pen15” creator Maya Erskine received the Rising Star Award on June 14, and Awkwafina, star of the upcoming movie “The Farewell” accepted the Shining Star Award on June 15.
“Modern Family” actress Sofia Vergara presented her husband and actor, Joe Manganiello, with the Shooting Star Award on June 14. The...
In addition to screening films and hosting several food and culture events, the film fest gave out awards to the actors for their achievements. Wilde, who received the Shining Star Award for acting in 2011, returned to accept the Lights! Camera! Passion! Award for directing the coming-of-age comedy “Booksmart” on June 16. Paul Rudd took home the Nova Award on June 12, “Jane the Virgin” star Gina Rodriguez got the Navigator Award on June 13, “Pen15” creator Maya Erskine received the Rising Star Award on June 14, and Awkwafina, star of the upcoming movie “The Farewell” accepted the Shining Star Award on June 15.
“Modern Family” actress Sofia Vergara presented her husband and actor, Joe Manganiello, with the Shooting Star Award on June 14. The...
- 6/17/2019
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
When Barry Rivers launched the Maui Film Festival two decades ago, he didn’t have a lot going for him. He was a documentary filmmaker whose previous festival experience had been as an attendee, and he didn’t have much money. But he did have one ace in the hole: a tropical island paradise.
The festival hasn’t had trouble attracting top-tier talent over the years, from big names such as Clint Eastwood, Pierce Brosnan, Mike Myers, Bryan Cranston and Woody Harrelson to emerging stars including Adam Driver, Andrew Garfield, Michael B. Jordan and Brie Larson.
“The aloha spirit of the Maui Film Fest is true to the excellent vibes of the island,” says “Booksmart” director Olivia Wilde, who received the Shining Star Award for her acting in 2011 and is returning to receive its Lights! Camera! Passion! Award on June 16. “Everyone involved is so lovely and kind, the food could not be more delicious,...
The festival hasn’t had trouble attracting top-tier talent over the years, from big names such as Clint Eastwood, Pierce Brosnan, Mike Myers, Bryan Cranston and Woody Harrelson to emerging stars including Adam Driver, Andrew Garfield, Michael B. Jordan and Brie Larson.
“The aloha spirit of the Maui Film Fest is true to the excellent vibes of the island,” says “Booksmart” director Olivia Wilde, who received the Shining Star Award for her acting in 2011 and is returning to receive its Lights! Camera! Passion! Award on June 16. “Everyone involved is so lovely and kind, the food could not be more delicious,...
- 6/12/2019
- by Todd Longwell
- Variety Film + TV
At birth every child is bestowed with a mighty super power – the ability to wonder. To goggle in awe at the wide world before them. But wonder is an ability that dissipates with time, weakened by the Kryptonite grind of maturity, wasting through lack of use. Rather than relying upon YouTube clips, Instagram and annual jaunts abroad to sustain us, London’s Science Museum is offering an exciting 3D IMAX experience seemingly tailor-made to exercise our awe: Mysteries of the Unseen World.
With celebrated time-lapse cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg as our expert guide and the inimitable Forest Whitaker our narrator, this transportive educational exploration becomes a roller coaster ride. Dynamic filmmaking partners with cutting edge science to take us into alternate dimensions of time and scale Gene Roddenberry would applaud. And every last astonishing spectacle takes place right here on earth. The air we breath, the sound we make, the mini...
With celebrated time-lapse cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg as our expert guide and the inimitable Forest Whitaker our narrator, this transportive educational exploration becomes a roller coaster ride. Dynamic filmmaking partners with cutting edge science to take us into alternate dimensions of time and scale Gene Roddenberry would applaud. And every last astonishing spectacle takes place right here on earth. The air we breath, the sound we make, the mini...
- 9/12/2014
- by Emily Breen
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
We've been sent along the new trailer for NatGeo's new 3D IMAX offering Mysteries of the Unseen World which opens Fall 2013 and is narrated by Forest Whitaker. This is an original production by National Geographic Entertainment and Day’s End Pictures, and makes its premiere on November 8, 2013, available in the giant-screen format as well as in digital 3-D cinemas, in 3-D and 2-D, 15/70 and digital formats in the USA and worldwide. Louie Schwartzberg (Disneynature: Wings of Life) directs. The show runs for 40 minutes, and is produced by Lisa Truitt (Mysteries of Egypt) alongside Jini Dürr (Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure).
- 11/7/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Louie Schwartzberg got the bug 35 years ago. That.s when he began shooting time lapse footage of flowers, a hobby that struck a passionate chord that still vibrates in him today. Schwartzberg.s latest project, Disneynature.s Wings of Life, is a breathtaking visual experience, capturing plants, insects, birds and animals in time lapse and slow motion. But there is an important reason for making the film. He.d heard dire reports of reductions in natural pollination systems which will deeply impact our world, and wanted to get the story. M&C: You sound the alarm for dwindling natural resources in Wings of Life, resources present in small things we don.t often notice. Schwartzberg: I.ve been shooting flowers for 35...
- 4/12/2013
- by Anne Brodie
- Monsters and Critics
Disneynature “Wings of Life” available April 16, 2013 on Blu-ray Combo Pack, Digital and On Demand. © 2013 Disney.
Spring is in the air—literally—as Disneynature prepares to unveil “Wings of Life,” a spectacular, closer-than-close, high-definition look at the intricate world of butterflies, hummingbirds, bees and bats, and their life-sustaining collaboration with flowers. Directed by Louie Schwartzberg (“America’s Heart & Soul”) and narrated by Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep, “Wings of Life” will be available on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, Digital and On Demand on April 16, 2013—just in time for Earth Day.
“In the chaos and craziness of our day-to-day lives, few of us stop to consider what’s happening behind the scenes in nature that makes our lives possible,” said Streep. “This film is a stunning adventure that literally takes flight alongside all kinds of winged creatures—butterflies, bees and bats—each working hard to pollinate our planet.”
Said Schwartzberg, “For me, the...
Spring is in the air—literally—as Disneynature prepares to unveil “Wings of Life,” a spectacular, closer-than-close, high-definition look at the intricate world of butterflies, hummingbirds, bees and bats, and their life-sustaining collaboration with flowers. Directed by Louie Schwartzberg (“America’s Heart & Soul”) and narrated by Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep, “Wings of Life” will be available on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, Digital and On Demand on April 16, 2013—just in time for Earth Day.
“In the chaos and craziness of our day-to-day lives, few of us stop to consider what’s happening behind the scenes in nature that makes our lives possible,” said Streep. “This film is a stunning adventure that literally takes flight alongside all kinds of winged creatures—butterflies, bees and bats—each working hard to pollinate our planet.”
Said Schwartzberg, “For me, the...
- 3/8/2013
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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