A Fierce Green Fire (2013)

Crappy film

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Not Sure what 'Intellectual Adult's' beef is with his post calling this documentary a 'religious drama,' but most his reviews on environmental issues are profoundly negative, and he gave a better review to a documentary on drug dealing, so it is hard to believe him/her. We probably won't be able to find any common ground with someone like that.The biologists, ecologists, physicists, humanitarians, and "earth doctors" that helped put this work together are outstanding, honorable individuals; people whom you would want to go camping or fishing with, or take a class from--unlike politicians that bought their way into office riding the coattails of the corporate elite to block or aim to repeal environmental policy change. The organizations these humanitarians represent to help educate people and change policy all over the world is a generosity beyond comparison. It is a life work that can leave people in awe; informed people that have become aware. The World Resources Institute is one example of an organization making global change to better its societies and environmental health. This documentary raises awareness of the political and environmental hurdles we all must face to maintain a balanced natural environment, not repeal it. It reminds us that our world needs to be balanced; we cannot live only for money--We cannot eat money.

"A Fierce Green Fire," a documentary in five acts, chronicles the history of the environmental movement, beginning in the early years of the 20th Century and running through the present day.Written and directed by Mark Kitchell, the movie divides its subject into sections entitled "Conservation," "Pollution," "Alternatives," "Going Global" and "Climate Change," each hosted by a different narrator (Robert Redford, Ashley Judd, Van Jones, Isabelle Allende, Meryl Streep, respectively). The movie provides a fascinating and informative survey of the people and events that, for more than a hundred years, have helped to raise the world's consciousness regarding the harm humans are inflicting on nature and the planet. More importantly, the movie shows that people can achieve great things against nearly impossible odds when they work together in a common cause. It also illustrates how the environmental movement and the social justice movement dovetailed over time into a single entity.By interviewing many of the movers and shakers over the decades who have dedicated their lives to preserving the environment, the movie functions as an indispensable time capsule for future generations to see how people were able to rise up and make a difference. However, the movie also makes it clear that there is still a great deal more that needs to be done, particularly in the areas of global warming and climate change. And here is where the film turns much more pessimistic, pointing out the many seemingly intractable obstacles to rational action that have been thrown up by industrial, governmental and right wing ideological forces, particularly in the United States, since the 1980s. Yet, despite this gloomy assessment, the fight continues, as people of good faith and intentions storm the barricades of entrenched money and power to do battle in a just cause."A Fierce Green Fire" is a must-see both for those who lived through and participated in those tumultuous times - sometimes at the risk of their own lives - as well as for those more recent inhabitants of the planet who are reaping the rewards of their forebears' commitment and effort. But, as the movie also keeps telling us, there is still so much more to do.

I saw the latest version and was blown away. A series of stories about historical moments when it seemed like there was no way to overcome a particular environmental threat: national parks, Love Canal, Brazilian rain forest, whale killing. The movie pulls it all together and shows what it takes to win the battles, and ends with 350.org's struggle with climate change. Inspiring and essential knowledge for anyone thinking about becoming an actor in preventing ecological disaster. Broken up into five parts that tell the story of five people playing key roles at different points in the movement. It played to sold out, cheering audiences last night at the beginning of it's run in San Francisco.

This is the best film about environmentalism that I've ever seen. The issues are clearly presented. The archival footage is amazing. The narrators are world class. And the whole struggle to save our environment is captured beautifully. The film engages and provokes thinking. The director has done a superb job, in keeping with his world-class reputation.It's unfair to compare this to Al Gore's film, which was also excellent but much narrower in scope.This film is really epic in covering the subject.I am sure that the point of view will provoke negative and even defensive responses from those who oppose it's point of view. That's to be expected.But pay no heed to that and see this important film.