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Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

[woman in German]

[woman in German]

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[woman in German]
Duration
4 seconds
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47
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:15
Uploaded
Jun 20, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Anthropocene Films,Mercury Films, Inc.,Seville International

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Movie Summary

Filmmakers travel to six continents and 20 countries to document the impact humans have made on the planet.
[narrator] Since Hambach coal mine opened in 1978, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:17
[narrator] Since Hambach coal mine opened in 1978,
Terraforming is the act of altering the Earth's surface for human needs. - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:18
Terraforming is the act of altering the Earth's surface...
[narrator] The Earth's forests are home to 80 percent - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:12
[narrator] The Earth's forests are home to 80 percent
Less than 10 percent of old growth forest remains on Vancouver Island, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:13
Less than 10 percent of old growth forest remains on Vancouv...
85 percent of the Earth's forests have been cleared - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:09
85 percent of the Earth's forests have been cleared
[man] This business, it starts from the bush, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:23
[man] This business, it starts from the bush,
[narrator] The population of Lagos has grown from 200,000 - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:21
[narrator] The population of Lagos has grown from 200,000
[man sings] ♪ My childhood life ♪ - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:43
[man sings] ♪ My childhood life ♪
[woman] This is the biggest dump site in Nairobi. - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:13
[woman] This is the biggest dump site in Nairobi.
Some people collect bottles, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:07
Some people collect bottles,
When the bottles have no market, we just collect plastics. - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:05
When the bottles have no market, we just collect plastics.
[narrator] A quarter of a million people - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:36
[narrator] A quarter of a million people
[woman] Ladies and gentlemen, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:20
[woman] Ladies and gentlemen,
[narrator] Humans have created thousands of kilometers - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:13
[narrator] Humans have created thousands of kilometers
[man] We need to create new lands, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:09
[man] We need to create new lands,
And intensifying yields by doing it - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:11
And intensifying yields by doing it
We don't use pesticides or herbicides. - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:18
We don't use pesticides or herbicides.
The only element of technology - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:05
The only element of technology
We can give the plants the exact environment that they require - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:07
We can give the plants the exact environment that they requi...
What we have done is taken an old World War II air raid shelter, - Anthropocene: The Human Epoch 00:09
What we have done is taken an old World War II air raid shel...