By Alberto Sclaverano Jurassic Park is one of the most recognizable movie franchises of all time. The first movie, directed by Steven Spielberg in 1993 and based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Michael Crichton, was one of the most successful films ever produced when it was released. Three scientists- paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill, who sadly has passed away recently), paleobotanist Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), and mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum)

documentary helps us better understand the Extinction Rebellion movement By Alberto Sclaverano 2021 British documentary film Rebellion by Maia Kenworthy and Elena Sánchez Bellot (also co-producers) offers a unique look inside the rise and spread of the Extinction Rebellion (ER) movement. After the film premiere at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, it was released in the United Kingdom in 2022 and then, mainly through VOD platforms, in the rest of the world.

From repression under military dictatorship and exile to serving as editor-in-chief of Inter Press Service (IPS), fostering community media in Afghanistan, and building a network linking 476 universities worldwide, Ricardo Grassi’s journey—and the model he has developed along the way—resonates deeply with the vision of an IPS founder Dr. Roberto Savio: to give a voice to the voiceless and make information a force for social change. It also reflects INPS Japan’s commitment to

Legal thriller with strong pro-environment message By Alberto Sclaverano 2019 American legal thriller Dark Waters draws inspiration from real events. It is certainly not the first movie of its kind. In fact, it belongs to a long series of films based on true stories of common people that succeed in making a difference and uncover the crimes against the environment and the people committed by public or private authorities. Steven Soderbergh’s Erin Brockovich is one of the mai

A harsh documentary enlightens the darkest aspects of the human response to the climate crisis By Alberto Sclaverano The movie brings to light one of the most disturbing aspects of the ongoing climate crisis, and, for its style and goals, can be classified as a piece of investigative journalism, in the tradition of the best Anglo-Saxon products of its kind (think about Michael Moore’s documentaries for comparison). American filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite reached a certain

By Alberto Sclaverano Thrash (2026) opens with a caption that explains to us that “since 1980, the intensity, frequency, and duration of Atlantic hurricanes have increased 250%”. The increase in the number of violent hurricanes is a direct consequence of climate change, the film says. It is impossible not to think of the many hurricanes, whose names are at this point well-known around the world, that have plagued the US East coast during the last decades, and particularly t

How the Greenland film series could help us to appreciate the planet we have been gifted with By Alberto Sclaverano Released in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the sci-fi disaster movie, directed by genre specialist Ric Roman Waugh ( Angel Has Fallen , 2019), was a modest success. While it is not a movie explicitly related to climate change, it nevertheless offers a commentary on the beauty of our planet, a thing that many characters of the film really start to appreciate

Film Review: the moving real story of Dian Fossey needs to be rediscovered By Alberto Sclaverano The 1988 American biographical drama adventure film Gorillas in the Mist is based on the life (and mysterious death) of primatologist Dian Fossey (1932-1985). The movie is made in a way that makes it accessible to teenagers: it offers a moving portrayal of a great female figure, a woman who will always be remembered as a key figure in XX Century primatology. The film is inspired b

Film Review: Fire and Ash, a visual-experience film with strong ecological messages By Alberto Sclaverano The third chapter in James Cameron's epic science-fiction saga follows the events of the previous movie, Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). Cameron seems to create a (very actual and sad) parallel between the desire for war and the destruction of the ecosystem. Much like on Earth, on Pandora, the ones who want to go to war and kill their counterparts are also the ones w

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By Roberto Razeto A Deep Dive into China's Heat Crisis and Global Implications As the sun blazed down on Beijing's bustling streets, the...

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As explained by an indigenous woman elected to Brazil's National Congress By: Amanda Vargas Sonia Guajajara and Célia Xakriabá are on a...

By Alberto Sclaverano There are many documentaries about climate change. Some of them are big-budget Netflix production, others are...