Planet of the Humans

2019 1h 40m EN

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★6.4TMDB · 74

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Forget all you have heard about how “Renewable Energy” is our salvation. It is all a myth that is very lucrative for some. Feel-good stuff like electric cars, etc. Such vehicles are actually powered by coal, natural gas… or dead salmon in the Northwest.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Jeff Gibbs
Self - Narrator (voice)
Chris Dodd
Self (archive footage)

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Director: Jeff Gibbs
Writers: Jeff Gibbs
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 7 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Angela Vargos shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Jeff Gibbs and Chris Dodd carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt12192654 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 74 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Jeff Gibbs directs. Angela Vargos cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 7 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Editor Angela Vargos shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Jeff Gibbs and Chris Dodd carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt12192654 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 74 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
7Classified under 13 themes, including "capitalism", "energy policy", "fossil fuel", "billionaire".

The technical file

Editing: Angela Vargos
Runtime: 100 min · 1h 40m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Planet of the Humans (2019)

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SierraKiloBravo2020-05-01
★ 8/10
Click here for a video version of this review: https://youtu.be/IQRAkUhoQUg Michael Moore has taken on a number of subjects over the years, and his latest project is to add his name to Planet of the Humans, a documentary directed by Jeff Gibbs, one of his long time collaborators. Timed to release with Earth Day, I expected this to be a pro-green, "we are all bad", "we are the virus" type thing, but it was, in fact, not really that at all. It's a pretty comprehensive take down of the green industry and how for all their big talk about saving the planet, a lot of their practices are the same, if not worse for the earth than the methods they want to do away with. The film also takes aim at certain environmental organisations that when examined are shown to be not so green after all, and in many cases taken over by capitalistic practices. It's a deep dive into the shortcomings of the current green energy sector, the destructive operating practices of the biofuel industry, and how billionaires and multinational corporations have hijacked the environmental movement for their own gain. The hypocrisy of certain companies and people are laid out using archival interviews, documentation, and contemporary footage. Gibbs visits green rallies to see if protesters have an understanding of what they are shouting for, and takes some movement leaders to task over the ambiguous wording of their policies and how what they claim and what they do often do not align at all. I found the content of this to be quite thought provoking. If what is being said here is true, then a lot of the green and environmentally friendly solutions being put forward today to hush the climate change movement are ineffective, and in some cases as harmful or more harmful than current practices. If anything this should be a trigger for people to do some actual research of their own to see if the thing they are shouting for in the street is in fact something that is a viable solution, and not just some window dressed thing from yet another corporation ready to cash in on the buzzwords people chase. This is readily available for free on Michael Moore's YouTube channel, and will definitely get your brain cells working.

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