In a few short decades, humanity has upset the balance of the planet, established by nearly four billion years of evolution. The price to pay is high, but it’s too late to be a pessimist: humanity has barely ten years to reverse the trend, become
Aware of the full extent of its spoliation of the earth’s riches and change its patterns of consumption.

By bringing us unique footage from over fifty countries, all seen from the air, by sharing with us his wonder and his concern, with this film yann arthus-bertrand lays a foundation stone for the edifice that, together, we must rebuild.

But Home is more than a documentary with a message, it’s a magnificent movie in its own right. Every breathtaking shot shows the Earth—our Earth—as we have never seen it before. Every image seems to be saying, “Look how beautiful the Earth is, look at what we’re destroying, and above all look at all these wonders that we can still preserve.”

When I started working on the project with Yann, I was convinced that the idea of shooting a movie entirely from up in the sky, without interviews or archive footage, was the right one, but I couldn’t pinpoint why. One conversation enlightened me: “From the sky, there’s less need for explanations.” Absolutely!

One’s vision is more immediate, intuitive and emotional. That’s what sets Home apart from all the other movies on the environment—which are all equally necessary in this crucial period for humanity. Home impacts directly on the sensibility of anyone who sees it, bringing us to awareness, through emotion initially, in order to change the way we see the world…

It’s probably the “less need for explanations” that also enables the film to come through on its original aim of embracing the major ecological issues that confront us—and showing how everything on the planet is interconnected—in under two hours. And as the film was shot without a script, that was quite a challenge.

You can download the Press Release and Poster or all other documents in the press kit from the project website.

You can also watch the video here on youtube.

Follow the project and learn more about them on twitter – @homeproject, or on Facebook.

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