Pro of this documentary: Excellent information--this information would be widely disseminated everywhere.
However a coastal elite audience doesn't need this film--farmers do. Farmers around the world do. Appeal to that demographic with that type of sensibility. They are the targets of change--not people who might do their backyard a little bit differently.
The tone deafness of the film almost drowns out its important information. The lack of people of color being interviewed is mind boggling. The white colonial imperialist mindset got us in this climate mess in the first place and the fact that this is not acknowledged is a huge blindspot. Also why not include Native Americans who are experts at land management? Or non-western indigenous people who never messed up their land in the first place? Or anyone from an urban area who is doing interesting soil restoration work? How are more people on the ground not interviewed and only their "white saviors"? There was no one in Haiti to interview about how the compostable toilets have altered their gardening techniques and sanitation? Or Africans to talk about how the grassland has changed their area?
Climate change is more about the mindset of humans than anything else.
Gisele meditating over her food with her personal chef in the background is the type of thing that prevents a wider population from jumping on board with climate chaos. When it is seen as an elitist upper class concern, the rest of the world will not get on board.
However a coastal elite audience doesn't need this film--farmers do. Farmers around the world do. Appeal to that demographic with that type of sensibility. They are the targets of change--not people who might do their backyard a little bit differently.
The tone deafness of the film almost drowns out its important information. The lack of people of color being interviewed is mind boggling. The white colonial imperialist mindset got us in this climate mess in the first place and the fact that this is not acknowledged is a huge blindspot. Also why not include Native Americans who are experts at land management? Or non-western indigenous people who never messed up their land in the first place? Or anyone from an urban area who is doing interesting soil restoration work? How are more people on the ground not interviewed and only their "white saviors"? There was no one in Haiti to interview about how the compostable toilets have altered their gardening techniques and sanitation? Or Africans to talk about how the grassland has changed their area?
Climate change is more about the mindset of humans than anything else.
Gisele meditating over her food with her personal chef in the background is the type of thing that prevents a wider population from jumping on board with climate chaos. When it is seen as an elitist upper class concern, the rest of the world will not get on board.