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  • The Human Element (2018)
  • Not Rated
    76 min | Documentary
The Human Element (2018)
Not Rated
76 min | Documentary
During his four-decade career as a photographer and explorer, James Balog has focused his lens on the complex relationship between humans and nature. Human activity has now surpassed all other forces shaping our world. Balog's work has ...See moreDuring his four-decade career as a photographer and explorer, James Balog has focused his lens on the complex relationship between humans and nature. Human activity has now surpassed all other forces shaping our world. Balog's work has challenged us to contemplate our place in, and responsibility to, the natural world. Balog investigates how altering the elements is in turn affecting everyday Americans right now. The Human Element features subjects who are often overlooked victims of climate change. Balog visits Tangier Island, a fishing community facing the imminent reality of sea level rise threatening their future. We meet Yadira Sanchez and her three children in Denver, Colorado, all of whom suffer from asthma, and attend a special school for children struggling with air. Balog embeds with a Cal Fire strike team on the frontlines of the most expensive wildfire in California history. And he ventures deep into Kentucky coal country, meeting unemployed miners finding hope from a new source. Balog argues that humans are part of the whole system of nature and not apart from it. Knowing this, he finds great hope that the fifth element, the human element, can bring the whole system back into balance. See less
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Director
Matthew Testa
Writers
James Balog (concept by) | Lyman Smith | Matthew Testa
Composers
Morgan Kibby | Jeff Russo
Cinematographers
Jim Hurst | Josh Salzman
Editor
Lyman Smith
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Updated Feb 25, 2018
Release date
Feb 25, 2018 (United States)
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