David Attenborough
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
As a young man, Attenborough felt he was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world. But it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day: the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity. Here he shares his witness statement from a lifetime of wisdom. And he offers a hopeful vision for the future: how we can work to restore the wonderful world we inherited....
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
All hippos are utterly dependent on water, but in Botswana, hippos face an unparalleled challenge as deep floodwaters dry to dust in a matter of months. Follow their perilous quest for water as hippos protect their families, face their enemies, and show the true nature of the hippopotamus, highly sensitive and surprisingly intelligent. This is the life of the hippo as never seen before.
13) A Plastic Ocean
Publisher
Brainstorm Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
An epic global adventure following a filmmaker and a world record free-diver as they travel the earth discovering the shocking impact plastic is having on our oceans and the marine animals that live there.
15) Frozen planet
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The Arctic and Antarctic remain the greatest wildernesses on Earth. The scale and beauty of the scenery and the sheer power of the elements, the weather, the rough ocean and the ice, is unmatched anywhere else on our planet. tells the compelling story of animals such as the wandering albatross, the adelie penguin and the polar bear, and paints a portrait that will take your breath away, at a moment when, melting fast, the frozen regions of our planet...
16) Brave new world
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Hosted by Professor Stephen Hawking, this five-part series travels the globe to explore the amazing research and awesome inventions that will transform lives in the future. Hawking is joined by a stellar cast of scientists offering expert commentary on today's scientific revolutions.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
A masterpiece of modern cinema, A ZED AND TWO NOUGHTS is Peter Greenaway’s beautifully disturbing and darkly humorous take on erotic obsession and death. In a horrific automobile-swan accident in front of the Rotterdam Zoo, two women die and a third, Alba, loses her leg. The two widowers, twin zoologists Oliver and Oswald, fixate on their wives’ bodies, and slowly become obsessed with evolution and decomposition. With this follow-up to his acclaimed...
20) Blue planet II
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
David Attenborough returns to the world's oceans in this sequel to the acclaimed documentary filming rare and unusual creatures of the deep, as well as documenting the problems our oceans face.