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DIRT! THE MOVIE is an astonishing, humorous and substantial look at the glorious and unappreciated ground beneath our feet.
Dirt feeds us and gives us shelter. Dirt holds and cleans our water. Dirt heals us and makes us beautiful. Dirt regulates the earth s climate. Why do we humans ignore, abuse, and destroy our most precious living natural resource? Consider the results of such behavior: Mass starvation, drought, floods and global warming.
Narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis, DIRT! THE MOVIE tells the story of humans trying to re-connect to dirt the living skin of the earth. Traveling from the vineyards of California to the plains of Kenya, DIRT! reveals how repairing our relationship with dirt can create new possibilities for all life on earth.
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June 14, 2010
#1
Review by betty black
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I saw this film during Docuweeks in Los Angeles about a year ago. It inspired me beyond words, into action.
I found this film to have a broad range of views on varying topics having to do with dirt: natural building, tree planting, edible schoolyards (and after watching Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, I am convinced that EVERY school needs a garden program!), mountaintop removal, mycology, energy, food, water, farming, composting, gardening….
I have since seen this film NUMEROUS times and I highly recommend it. While it does touch on some serious topics, it is not a heavy documentary that requires a barf bag (thanks, Cove) or a prescription for Lexapro. It is informative, general, entertaining and inspiring. AND it has a great soundtrack from KCRW’s highly acclaimed Tom Schnabel.
June 14, 2010
#2
Review by R. Daye
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Dirt! The movie takes a look at the importance of dirt in sustaining human life. In this era where we think a lot about water, it is good to also be looking at our impact on dirt.
June 14, 2010
#3
Review by Stuart B. Rich
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The movie is adapted from Bill Logan’s essays collected under the title “Dirt: the Ecstatic Skin of the Earth.” In three parts, it explains the miraculous nature of soil, illustrates humanity’s mismanagement of soil, and shows some hopeful approaches to better management. The talking heads are varied and interesting, and the photography wonderful. I found the coverage of soil mismanagement a little difficult to follow, even though it’s not new to me. I’m planning to show my copy to a youth group at our church and will have to pause it there and explain things. By the end the movie gets a little redundant but the cumulative impact is very good.
June 14, 2010
#4
Review by Ordinary guy
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Kinda slow. Not particularly enlightening. Jamie Lee doesn’t have the authoritative voice you’d expect in a science oriented production. Overall, I would say not bad…but rent it, don’t buy it.
Mike
June 14, 2010
#5
Review by Farmer John
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Although this is not yet released, I have heard and seen some previews of DIRT: The Movie, and I must say what a great way this is to sum up what we need to know and do in order to save our planet; by learning to respect and treat as sacred, or at the very least essential, the basic element of our natural environment, the Soil!
Preserving and nurturing our soil preserves and nurtures life on the planet. We often look for the obvious, or plainly visible, and want the type of instant gratification that comes with easily recognizing something. In our soil lies the mostly invisible forces that make and sustain life on the planet. The fungus, bacteria, insects, and other minute, often microscopic beings and other elements that feed, support and recycle life as we know it. I will be purchasing this from the producer and turning a lot of people on to the wonder, glory and essential beauty of DIRT!
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