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Planet of the Humans

  • 2019
  • 1h 40m
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6.9/10
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Planet of the Humans (2019)
Planet of the Humans takes a harsh look at how the environmental movement has lost the battle through well-meaning but disastrous choices.
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Planet of the Humans takes a harsh look at how the environmental movement has lost the battle through well-meaning but disastrous choices.Planet of the Humans takes a harsh look at how the environmental movement has lost the battle through well-meaning but disastrous choices.Planet of the Humans takes a harsh look at how the environmental movement has lost the battle through well-meaning but disastrous choices.

  • Director
    • Jeff Gibbs
  • Writer
    • Jeff Gibbs
  • Stars
    • Jeff Gibbs
    • David Joos
    • Kristin Zimmerman
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    3.4K
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    • Director
      • Jeff Gibbs
    • Writer
      • Jeff Gibbs
    • Stars
      • Jeff Gibbs
      • David Joos
      • Kristin Zimmerman
    • 120User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
    • 56Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Jeff Gibbs
    • Self - Narrator
    David Joos
    David Joos
    • Self - Board Chairman of CMS Energy
    Kristin Zimmerman
    Kristin Zimmerman
    • Self - General Motors Spokesperson
    J. Peter Lark
    J. Peter Lark
    • Self - Lansing Board of Water & Light
    David Gard
    David Gard
    • Self - Michigan Environmental Council
    Jan Nelson
    Jan Nelson
    • Self - Lansing Board of Water & Light
    Richard Heinberg
    Richard Heinberg
    • Self - Author, The End of Growth
    Richard York
    Richard York
    • Self - Environmental Sociologist, University of Oregon
    Nina Jablonski
    Nina Jablonski
    • Self - Anthropologist, Penn State University
    Ozzie Zehner
    Ozzie Zehner
    • Self - Author, Green Illusions
    Philip Moeller
    Philip Moeller
    • Self - Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner
    Mary Anne Hitt
    Mary Anne Hitt
    • Self - Director, Beyond Coal
    Suzanne Goldenberg
    Suzanne Goldenberg
    • Self - The Guardian
    Adriann McCoy
    Adriann McCoy
    • Self - Electrical Engineer
    Thomas Williams
    Thomas Williams
    • Self - Duke Energy
    Steven Running
    Steven Running
    • Self - Ecologist, University of Montana
    Steven Churchill
    Steven Churchill
    • Self - Anthropologist
    Sheldon Solomon
    Sheldon Solomon
    • Self - Social Psychologist, Skidmore College
    • Director
      • Jeff Gibbs
    • Writer
      • Jeff Gibbs
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    8stefan-huybrechts

    8 for throwing the stick

    It's always good to have people question the present sacrements and enviromental solutions for our overconsumption of the natural resources. But it isn't that well done. I would presume that his budget wasn't so big as the billionaires to state his ideas in this documentary. The criticism that he gives no solutions is not fair, because these are not easily found when overpopulation and the lifestyle of a majority of the inhabitants of the first world countries with a gigantic carbon footprint are the source of the problem. Who is willing to really alter their way of life? And that's a really inconvenient truth.
    9schaffers13

    Why No Discussion Of Nuclear Power

    The biggest flaw in this film was excluding a discussion of the obvious solution to the problem...Nuclear power. The gen 3 reactors currently in operation are far safer than their earlier predecessors, and future gen 4 reactors should be capable of operating without generating radioactive waste and with zero melt down risk. Gen 4 reactors are projected to be commercial viable as early as 2030. Conversely, the film did an excellent job of demonstrating the folly and impracticality of "green technologies" such as solar and wind.
    9stu_hasic

    Not your typical Michael Moore documentary

    I can see greenies being very upset with this documentary - but by no means is it a fossil fuels lobby piece. It's an eye-opening look at Big Green and their hidden secret that renewables like solar, wind turbines, biomass fuel and mega battery storage is actually worse for the earth that Big Coal and Big Oil. Don't be blinded in thinking that today's big renewables are actually going to save us, because they clearly aren't. The bad thing is that this documentary does not offer any solutions beyond depopulating the earth.
    9TigerHeron

    Timely and Hard-Hitting Documentary

    We've been had. This film shows the lies and the fantastical thinking behind the notion that solar, wind, and especially, "biomass" are "clean" energy. It's a bitter pill for a lot of people to swallow.

    This film gores, no pun intended, many sacred cows, including the most outspoken (and wealthy) environmental activists. Guess who their best friends are? Several well-known organizations are taken down.

    I always knew that people back in the 70s were right: We have to use less...we have to live more in harmony with nature...we have to conserve. We have to have fewer children. We live on a planet with finite resources. We cannot continue boundless growth.

    My one quibble with the film is that it does not discuss nuclear energy.
    9cdbanaktsang

    Truth is hard to swallow, but is a must

    Every single human needs to watch this movie! The movie is full of information. Thank you for making a movie that gives us eyes to see parts we miss otherwise. Thank you for making us think deeper. Humans, especially in the more developed countries need to cut down on over consumption of everything, EVERYTHING! Water, gas, electricity, paper etc. May the wisdom spread!

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    • Trivia
      It was released for free for 30 days on YouTube on the 21st of April 2020 (Earth Day 2020).
    • Quotes

      Narrator: The takeover of the environmental movement by capitalism is now complete. Environmentalists are no longer resisting those with the profit motive, they're collaborating with them.

    • Connections
      Featured in Outsiders: Episode #5.14 (2020)
    • Soundtracks
      Chilled Cream
      Blank & Jones

      Interpreted by Blank & Jones

      Written by Piet Blank, jaspa Jones, Andy Kaufhold

      Published by Soundcolours

      Produced, arranged and mixed by Piet Blank, jaspa Jones, Andy Kaufhold

      (C) NightsHighNoon Studio, Germany for Soundcolours GmbH & Co. KG

      Licenced courtesy of Soundcolours GmbH & Co. KG, www.soundcolours.com

      ISRC: DEGE91300132

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    • Release date
      • April 21, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Планета людей
    • Filming locations
      • Lansing, Michigan, USA(Mercantile Way: Chevy Volt exhibition, S Cedar St: solar panels, Michigan State Capitol: students rally for green energy)
    • Production companies
      • Rumble Media
      • Huron Mountain Films
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      1 hour 40 minutes
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      • 1.78 : 1

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