Happy New Year 2024 (and sorry for the forum being offline some hours) /DM
Great initiative Ktb!This is not a documentary but a must watch I'd say:Brave New Ocean - Lecture by Dr. Jeremy Jackson 1h09m[...]
Planet of the Humans directed by Jeff Gibbs with executive producer Michael Moore.I have not watched this yet. Feel free to leave your thoughts if you already have.
A Note from Films For Action (Last Updated 4/27 with Film Resources at the bottom):When Planet of the Humans first came out, we added it to the site before watching it because we trusted Michael Moore's track record of releasing quality films that are factually accurate. After we watched it, we had issues with the film but assumed it was at least factually accurate, since Michael knows his films will be rigorously fact-checked.We are disheartened and dismayed to report that the film is full of misinformation (1, 2, 3, 4) - so much so that for half a day we removed the film from the site.Ultimately, we decided to put it back up because we believe media literacy, critique and debate is the best solution to misinformation.[...][...]*The film never once mentions permaculture? As the editor of this site, I'm aware of hundreds of positive ideas, solutions and experiments in new ways of living all around the world, which are essentially answers to the filmmakers' despairing question, "where do we go from here?" It's painful to think about how all this positive knowledge is still not getting the attention it deserves while this ill-informed FUD (Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt) is getting the global spotlight.[...]Here are 20 films that tell me "it's not all hopeless."To be clear, if saving civilization as it exists was the goal, then it's true, the future is looking bleak.[...]Our task is to imagine and design an ecological civilization that can thrive at vastly lower energy and consumption levels - a civilization based not on the old paradigm of "sustainable development" but on ecological regeneration - where the human presence on the Earth generates higher and higher levels of biodiversity and ecological health.These films point us in the direction we need to go.
Planet of the StupidExhautive, devastating and much-deserved point by point takedown of Michael Moore’s sadly bogus energy doc. This is the the one I’ll be linking people to, for now. [...]Quote[...]It should have faded off into the pit of Youtube’s unwatched terabytes, but it didn’t, because mediocrity is celebrated, boosted and broadcast if it comes from someone who looks and sounds the right way. That is a serious vulnerability. The hard work of climate and energy advocates, as they grapple with challenges like [...] can be shattered by the monotone arrogance of a single person inflicted with the Dunning Kruger effect.Somber music.https://ketanjoshi.co/2020/04/24/planet-of-the-humans-a-reheated-mess-of-lazy-old-myths/
[...]It should have faded off into the pit of Youtube’s unwatched terabytes, but it didn’t, because mediocrity is celebrated, boosted and broadcast if it comes from someone who looks and sounds the right way. That is a serious vulnerability. The hard work of climate and energy advocates, as they grapple with challenges like [...] can be shattered by the monotone arrogance of a single person inflicted with the Dunning Kruger effect.Somber music.
I have attached Michael Mann's reaction here: https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,256.msg261853.html#msg261853
