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Earth & The American Dream



Summary:
"A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view. From the arrival of Columbus to the simple wilderness living of the 16th and 17th centuries, through the agrarian lifestyle of the 18th century, the changes from the Industrial Revolution, to the 20th century when most of the planet’s resources have been depleted — this film examines the North American landscape and all the wildlife destruction, deforestation, soil depletion and pollution that have been wrought to make the American Dream come true.

This award winning HBO documentary was drawn from a world-wide search for images, resulting in a library of over 5,000 hours of visuals, 200 hours of which were brought into the editing room, distilled down to a superb 77 minutes, and then reduced yet again to one minute for this promotional trailer on this web-site – your basic 250,000 to 1 shooting ratio."

Director: Bill Couturié
Writers: Bill Couturié, Ken Richards

[Recommended by Dane Wigington of GeoengineeringWatch]

Dane Wigington has mentioned this important documentary again in his latest Global Alert News Saturday, December 27, 2025 broadcast.