Kenny Curfman Not Sure what 'Intellectual Adult's' beef is with his post calling this documentary a 'religious drama,' but most his reviews on environmental issues are profoundly negative, and he gave a better review to a documentary on drug dealing, so it is hard to believe him/her. We probably won't be able to find any common ground with someone like that.The biologists, ecologists, physicists, humanitarians, and "earth doctors" that helped put this work together are outstanding, honorable individuals; people whom you would want to go camping or fishing with, or take a class from--unlike politicians that bought their way into office riding the coattails of the corporate elite to block or aim to repeal environmental policy change. The organizations these humanitarians represent to help educate people and change policy all over the world is a generosity beyond comparison. It is a life work that can leave people in awe; informed people that have become aware. The World Resources Institute is one example of an organization making global change to better its societies and environmental health. This documentary raises awareness of the political and environmental hurdles we all must face to maintain a balanced natural environment, not repeal it. It reminds us that our world needs to be balanced; we cannot live only for money--We cannot eat money.

Sophia Aragon I was looking forward to watching this. There is always the chance that a balanced view might be offered and discussed with maturity. No such luck.All that is now left to do is to thank the rich people that made this religious drama. They are now back at their palaces, of course. Or flying around the world in their private jets.Green acolytes will love this latest issue of their Watchtower. Just like the rest of us, the far larger majority, will not. It's a survival issue. For this "film" is an assault, camouflaged as an accusation, disguised as concern. And normal folk have been systematically brutalized before by the enlightened. We know in our bones that we are no more than prey to them.In sum, it's just another propaganda piece. When it won't bore you, it will freak you out with its absurd extremes.

Roland E. Zwick "A Fierce Green Fire," a documentary in five acts, chronicles the history of the environmental movement, beginning in the early years of the 20th Century and running through the present day.Written and directed by Mark Kitchell, the movie divides its subject into sections entitled "Conservation," "Pollution," "Alternatives," "Going Global" and "Climate Change," each hosted by a different narrator (Robert Redford, Ashley Judd, Van Jones, Isabelle Allende, Meryl Streep, respectively). The movie provides a fascinating and informative survey of the people and events that, for more than a hundred years, have helped to raise the world's consciousness regarding the harm humans are inflicting on nature and the planet. More importantly, the movie shows that people can achieve great things against nearly impossible odds when they work together in a common cause. It also illustrates how the environmental movement and the social justice movement dovetailed over time into a single entity.By interviewing many of the movers and shakers over the decades who have dedicated their lives to preserving the environment, the movie functions as an indispensable time capsule for future generations to see how people were able to rise up and make a difference. However, the movie also makes it clear that there is still a great deal more that needs to be done, particularly in the areas of global warming and climate change. And here is where the film turns much more pessimistic, pointing out the many seemingly intractable obstacles to rational action that have been thrown up by industrial, governmental and right wing ideological forces, particularly in the United States, since the 1980s. Yet, despite this gloomy assessment, the fight continues, as people of good faith and intentions storm the barricades of entrenched money and power to do battle in a just cause."A Fierce Green Fire" is a must-see both for those who lived through and participated in those tumultuous times - sometimes at the risk of their own lives - as well as for those more recent inhabitants of the planet who are reaping the rewards of their forebears' commitment and effort. But, as the movie also keeps telling us, there is still so much more to do.

markpsf-2 This is the best film about environmentalism that I've ever seen. The issues are clearly presented. The archival footage is amazing. The narrators are world class. And the whole struggle to save our environment is captured beautifully. The film engages and provokes thinking. The director has done a superb job, in keeping with his world-class reputation.It's unfair to compare this to Al Gore's film, which was also excellent but much narrower in scope.This film is really epic in covering the subject.I am sure that the point of view will provoke negative and even defensive responses from those who oppose it's point of view. That's to be expected.But pay no heed to that and see this important film.