Dirt! The Movie (2009)

Directed by

Bill Benenson, Eleonore Dailly, Gene Rosow

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at how soil supports human life and how our actions affect it. It features environmentalists explaining the importance of dirt for food, water, and the planet.

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What happens

Dirt! The Movie is a 2009 American documentary film directed by filmmakers Gene Rosow and Bill Benenson and narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis. It was inspired by William Bryant Logan's book Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth. The documentary starred environmentalists like Wangari Maathai, Vandana Shiva, Gary Vaynerchuk, Paul Stamets, and Bill Logan. The film explores the relationship between humans and soil, including its necessity for human life and impacts by society. Dirt! The Movie was an official selection for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and won several awards, including the Best Documentary award at the 2009 Visions/Voices Environmental Film Festival and the "Best Film for our Future" award at the 2009 Mendocino Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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