The show of the Earth

by Alessio Sciurpa

On 22 April Disneynature, the new Disney division dedicated to nature, in co-production with BBC, Greenlight Media and Discovery Channel, will present "Earth", a kind of reality show dedicated to the wonders of our planet told through the lives of three families of animals: polar bears, elephants and whales and their fantastic journeys across the globe.The narrator of Earth is James Earl Jones, famous voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars by George Lucas, which will lead us through actions than ever before, extreme size and impossible location to capture the most intimate moments of the most elusive creatures on the planet and wildlife, while reminding us of what is capable wonders our planet.
The spectacle of nature on the big screen is an already tried successfully by "Le peuple migrateur" of Jacques Perrin 2002 or the more recent "La marche de l'empereur” by Luc Jacquet. Moreover on the Disneynature web site a section dedicated to education, where you can download the kit and handouts to accompany the movie in class. The film comes together with the 39th edition of Earth Day, this year dedicated to the consequences resulting from climate change, which will be celebrated, as every year, Wednesday April 22 in 175 countries worldwide.

The film was also included among the events of the next G8 - Environment of Syracuse (Italy). Are precisely the climate of the central topics of the present Ministers, with the hope that the images of what the land is able to generate and to lose, will take inspiration for the UN Conference on Climate in Copenhagen on December 2009.