The protection of the environment is a struggle that has been dividing for many years. On the one hand, there are those who are persuaded that to act now will limit the damage to come. On the other hand, there are those who are persuaded of the contrary. This is where environmental documentaries come in. From the agro-food industry completely consumed by capitalism, to global warming that completely disinterested the great ones of this world, return on 5 documentaries that each in their own way try to awaken a semblance of environmental conscience.
- "Al Gore's Inconvenient Suite: Time for Action"
Who does not know Al Gore, former vice president of the United States, fervent defender of the environment? After "An Inconvenient Truth" (released in 2007), the politician takes us with "An Inconvenient Suite: Time for Action" in his everyday life, constantly battling to preserve the fragile balance of our planet. Because the latter is indeed threatened: floods more and more frequent, melting ice, global warming, the observation is scary to see. Yet Al Gore prefers to focus on those people who can bring tangible solutions instead of focusing on what is no longer possible to change. A film full of hope, which pursues the idea defended in the first part "A truth that disturbs" released ten years earlier, which obtained an Oscar as best documentary film.
- "Food Inc" by Robert Kenner
What do we actually find on our plates? How long has this corn been produced? Where does the meat come from? Food Inc. focuses the workings of the American food industry, and its drifts. And the picture is not pretty: GMOs with all-out, food scandals, abominable breeding conditions. The report is not very pleasing. At the table of guests, honest breeders, specialists and defenders of consumer rights, we have a frightening picture of our current society: that which advocates performance at all costs at the expense of our health. Capitalism in all its splendor.
- "Home" by Yann Arthus Bertrand
Certainly one of the most beautiful documentaries dedicated to the environment. Acclaimed at its release, Home allows viewers to actually see the state of the Earth, and human action on the environment. Ice-smelting, pollution, deforestation and the depletion of natural resources, nothing is spared. And yet, the film is more optimistic than alarming. Because in this last, Yann Arthus-Bertrand tries to make understand that instead of despair, it remains to the man 10 years to make move things. The message is crystal clear: it is time to stop lamenting and actually act for our future.
- "Promised Land" by Gus Van Sant
Matt Damon is stepping into the role of Steve Butler, a representative of a major pharmaceutical group. With the aim of recovering land to exploit the energy resources it contains, he goes with a colleague to a small country town in the United States. While the task seemed easy to announce, they both clashed with the hostility of the inhabitants, determined to protect their own. If it is not a documentary, Promised Land, directed by Gus Van Sant, is a film that deserves the viewing. He also received a special jury mention at the 63 th edition of the Berlinale in 2013.
- "Darwin's nightmare" by Hubert Sauper
Oscar nominee Darwin's Nightmare, which was selected for Best Short-Formal Documentary in 2005, focuses on the traffic between Mwanza Airport in Tanzania and the Victoria River. The film starts with the introduction in 1960 of a fish, the Perch of the Nile, which has since become the main source of income for the country.
It is not a question of the commerce of the latter, but of all the people who revolve around this business and who participate in another: that of weapons to the South. A gripping documentary that made controversy on its release in 2004.
