The 11th Hour Movie
The 11th Hour is a feature documentary created, produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio about the human impact on our natural environment.
Containing archive footage and interviews with former Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev, scientist Stephen Hawking and over fifty other scientists, leaders and thinkers, the film details how human actions have impacted the natural world. Climate change, deforestation, species depletion and extinction are shown as examples of the negative effects of mass industrialization. The film goes on to explore possible solutions to reduce the human impact on the earth and stresses the importance of changing our current ways of thinking and living before the damage is irreversible.
Fast Facts
- Directed by Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners
- Distributed by Warner Independent Pictures
- Release date: August 17, 2007
- Premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival
- Duration: 132 minutes
- Rating: PG
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"Global warming is not only the number one environmental challenge we face today, but one of the most important issues facing all of humanity ... We all have to do our part to raise awareness about global warming and the problems we as a people face in promoting a sustainable environmental future for our planet."
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