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Day Zero

  • 2021
  • 1h 11m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Day Zero (2021)
The world's water shortage crisis.
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The world's water shortage crisis.The world's water shortage crisis.The world's water shortage crisis.

  • Directors
    • Virginia Quinn
    • Kevin Sim
  • Writer
    • Kevin Sim
  • Stars
    • Chiwetel Ejiofor
    • Jay Famiglietti
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  • IMDb RATING
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    • Directors
      • Virginia Quinn
      • Kevin Sim
    • Writer
      • Kevin Sim
    • Stars
      • Chiwetel Ejiofor
      • Jay Famiglietti
    • 10User reviews
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    8deloudelouvain

    Mandatory watch even though it's hopeless.

    I kept postponing watching this documentary as I wasn't in a good mindset to watch something that you know beforehand it will make you sad. Day Zero should be a mandatory watch to the whole world, maybe to open some eyes in the hope we would wake up and revolt, but when I see that half of the reviews on here are from people that calls this rubbish or propaganda then you know enough, you know we're doomed. Day Zero is an eye opener, well mine were already open for a long time but still. A well made and narrated documentary where you can learn interesting things from, like the underground reservoirs that seemed endless but certainly aren't, the need for meat that is actually the main cause for the coming catastrophe, the unwillingness from people that are supposed to rule us and thus also protect to change anything about Day Zero, the day that is fast approaching. I must think of Bolsonaro in Brazil, you know the far right wing former president, whos goal it was to destroy the rain forest, the lungs of our beloved planet, just to make more profits for multi-nationals. Humanity is going to hit a brick wall, at full force, and it's unstoppable, certainly not with the narrow minded people we have here, that seem to have the IQ of an amobea. I don't have kids, I'm vegan, I try to be self sufficient, so yes I try, but it's a lost battle and to be honest I will probably watch this doomsday scenario from a retiring home, like an apocalyptic movie. Glad I have no kids.
    8thewhale-49134

    Water Problems well defined, Need other films for possible solutions.

    I am very glad that I watched David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020) & KISS THE GROUND (2020) before seeing this documentary. They are more general and provided a Problem-Solution approach.

    This documentary has done a good job of bringing together locals, advocates and experts from some of the affected areas of the world. The Brazilian Rain Forest scientist is really dedicated and inclusive of all populations. He readily offers up that the native people understood the dynamics of the forest correctly, long before modern science.

    NASA satellites are used as a key element to tie together some regions of the world and the whole planet. Coverage is impressive and visually stunning. Overview to specific to connectedness to overview to specific to...

    For instance: The Cape Town water shortage footage, interviews, and expert perspectives provided valuable insights to help identify the causes of the problem - Past, Present and Future. Dry reservoir compared to 3 yrs prior was especially interesting to see, up close.

    Yet it appears that so many problems exist, without the populations understanding why these issues are happening, that the documentary budgeted it's time to explain many of the problems we face, and so offers few solutions. The American farmer was able to say only one sentence about Regenerative Farming techniques.
    2ianas

    No inspiration only propaganda

    While most of what was presented in this documentary is true the way they did it reminded me of old school propaganda videos I'm not sure if this documentary had a proper script or not what we got is a rant by that swedish girl who cried about stuff without any life experience, what is true is parts of the world are growing and drinking water will become much more expensive that's nothing new this documentaries author has nothing more than it's your fault, I recently watched another documentary called river about water and that one was both aye opening and good avoid this political propaganda.
    1joeonj

    Simply a Lie.

    All the water consumed on earth returns to the earth through the natural evaporation cycle. We all learned this in elementary school.

    Also, here's a line copied from Wikipedia: "While it is difficult to estimate the total water content of the mantle due to limited samples, approximately three times the mass of the Earth's oceans could be stored there. Similarly, the Earth's core could contain four to five oceans' worth of hydrogen." These films are produced by simple minded producers to scare the population. Don't just believe them, do your own investigations.

    Think about all the scams being pushed now days.
    10gbkimberley

    Everyone Needs To See This NOW!

    I find it appalling that it appears, at this time, that so few people have watched this yet.

    As no one is going to do anything about it before it's too late. And it may already be too late. What are we going to tell our grandchildren when the water is all gone? This is frightening viewing and everyone needs to watch this. EVERYONE!

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    • Release date
      • May 27, 2021 (Japan)
    • Countries of origin
      • China
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dagen då vattnet tar slut
    • Production companies
      • KEO films
      • OoS Pictures
      • Tencent Pictures
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      • 1h 11m(71 min)
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