Years of Living Dangerously
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Years of Living Dangerously |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | since 2014 |
| Episodes | 17 in 2 seasons |
| genre | documentation |
| production |
Jacob Kornbluth Margaret Ebrahim Aaron Lubarsky Helen Malmgren Catherine Olian Jesse Sweet Sydney Trattner |
| music | Richard Marvin |
| camera | Mark Moormann |
| First broadcast | April 13, 2014 on Showtime |
Years of Living Dangerously is an American documentary series on the US broadcaster Showtime about the climate crisis . The first episode aired on April 13, 2014 and was made available as an online stream a few days earlier.
Executive producers of the series include James Cameron , Jerry Weintraub and Arnold Schwarzenegger . The episodes show famous Hollywood actors who, as so-called "correspondents" in the USA and around the world, report on the causes and consequences of global warming . They talk to both experts (climate researchers) and normal citizens who are already affected by the effects of the climate crisis. Correspondents include Harrison Ford , Matt Damon , Jessica Alba , Don Cheadle , America Ferrera , Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lesley Stahl , Mark Bittman , Ian Somerhalder , Olivia Munn, and Michael C. Hall . Numerous internationally recognized climate researchers work as scientific advisors to the series, including Joseph Romm and Heidi Cullen as "chief science advisors" as well as Michael Oppenheimer , James E. Hansen , the former head of the NASA Goddard Institute for space studies Michael E. Mann , whose well-known “ Hockey stick curve ” is one of the basics of climate research, and more. Well-known environmental activists such as the primate researcher Jane Goodall and the managing director of Greenpeace international Kumi Naidoo are also advising the series.
Commenting on his motivations for being on the series, producer and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger said, “I think the environmental movement can only be successful if we are simple and clear [in what we say] and make it a human story. Scientists would never get the attention like someone from show business. "
Episodes
In episode 1, Don Cheadle, Harrison Ford and Thomas L. Friedman take turns reporting from different parts of the world. Cheadle visits Plainview, Texas, which has been particularly hard hit by the extreme drought in the American Southwest (2010-2013) . There he meets the climate researcher and devout Christian Katharine Hayhoe , who reports in Christian communities on the connections between extreme weather events and climate changes. Ford visits peat forests and palm oil plantations in Indonesia to see the accelerating destruction of these natural carbon sinks. Friedman examines the possible connections between a " mega-drought " in Syria and the civil war that began shortly afterwards .
The further episodes deal with the following topics:
- Jessica Alba reports on efforts to make the economy more environmentally friendly;
- Mark Bittman studies sea level rise and the consequences of shale gas extraction by fracking ;
- Matt Damon Shows How Extreme Heat Waves Can Affect Health Systems;
- America Ferrera reports on political obstacles to large-scale expansion of solar and wind energy;
- Michael C. Hall travels to Bangladesh to see today how climate change can affect us worldwide in the coming decades;
- Chris Hayes reports on the effects of super storm Sandy in the USA;
- Olivia Munn accompanies the newly elected Governor of the US state Washington , who sees the fight against the climate crisis as one of his top priorities;
- M. Sanjayan reports on the worldwide consequences of global warming ;
- Arnold Schwarzenegger accompanies a group of fire service specialists in their fight against forest fires in the western United States;
- Ian Somerhalder accompanies the daughter of evangelical preacher Rick Joyner as she tries to get churches and preachers (including her father) in North Carolina to take action against the climate crisis; and
- Lesley Stahl travels to Greenland to see how the Greenland ice sheet is melting .
Charisma
The series ran on the US broadcaster Showtime . The pilot episode is freely available on the Internet. The company Electus International has acquired the international rights to the series.
Awards
Years of Living Dangerously received an Emmy in 2014 in the category “Outstanding Documentary and Non-fiction Series”. The series also received the Environmental Media Award in 2014 , an American environmental media award .
Web links
- Years of Living Dangerously in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
- Showtime Official Website
- Friedman and Cullen on Face the Nation . (Minute 16:05 and 23:50)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ross, Robyn. "Exclusive: Get a First Look at Showtime's Years of Living Dangerously " , TV Guide , February 27, 2014
- ↑ "Showtime Announces Its Spring 2014 Schedule" , ComingSoon.net, January 16, 2014
- ↑ Joel Bach, Daniel Abbasi and David Gelber are other executive producers of the series. See "Team"
- ↑ Doyle, John. "The Governator's got a new foe - Climate Change" , The Globe and Mail , January 16, 2014
- ↑ "Watch Episode 1 of James Cameron's Years of Living Dangerously " , Skeptical Science , April 7, 2014
- ↑ Online stream of the pilot episode ( memento of the original from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ O'Connell, Michael. "Electus Acquires International Rights to Showtime Doc Years of Living Dangerously , Hollywood Reporter , September 12, 2013
- ↑ 66th Emmy Awards - 2014 Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Television Academy, August 16, 2014, accessed August 22, 2014 .
- ↑ Ryan Gajewski: 'Years of Living Dangerously' Named First Honoree of 2014 Environmental Media Awards. In: Hollywood Reporter. August 7, 2014, accessed August 22, 2014 .
