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  • 2009
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2009
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary A visually stunning, vastly entertaining and awe-inspiring look-back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement—from its post-war rustlings in the 1950s to the first wildly successful 1970 Earth Day celebration and the subsequent firestorm of political action. (Zeitgeist Films)

Directed By: Robert Stone

Written By: Robert Stone

  • 2009
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2009
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 30 m

Earth Days

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary A visually stunning, vastly entertaining and awe-inspiring look-back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement—from its post-war rustlings in the 1950s to the first wildly successful 1970 Earth Day celebration and the subsequent firestorm of political action. (Zeitgeist Films)

Directed By: Robert Stone

Written By: Robert Stone

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Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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77% Positive
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A rapturous and enlightening look at the history of the environmental movement in America.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
80
A moving, elegiac, deeply contemplative work that leaves the viewer not with a save-the-world checklist, but rather a spirit of hopeful reflection.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
75
The rare ecological documentary that doesn’t nag us to run out of the movie theater and change the world.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW
70
Feels like a prolonged campfire conversation, filled with weathered, measured talk about holistic thinking and finding a new perspective.
By Desson Thomson FULL REVIEW
70
There's great archival footage.
By Melissa Anderson FULL REVIEW
60
Even with all the inconvenient truths exposed, Stone's film is still, sadly, inescapably crucial.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
50
A sedate chronicle of the highs and lows of the environmental movement, Earth Days is less a rousing call to action than a bittersweet stroll down memory lane.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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Production Company American Experience, Robert Stone Productions, WGBH
Release Date Aug 14, 2009
Duration 1 h 30 m
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Website https://www.facebook.com/EarthDays/
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Awards

International Documentary Association
• 2 Nominations
Writers Guild of America, USA
• 1 Nomination
International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)
• 1 Nomination

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