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The City Dark (2011)

The City Dark poster
Directed by
Ian Cheney
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 24m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the loss of dark night skies due to artificial light. It explores the environmental and health effects of light pollution through interviews with scientists and stargazers.

contemplativethought-provokingeducationalvisually strikingsomberinformativequietly urgent

What happens

The City Dark is a documentary film by filmmaker Ian Cheney about light pollution. It won the Best Score/Music Award at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival and was nominated for at the 34th News & Documentary Emmy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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