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Burning

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Burning takes an unflinching look at the unprecedented and catastrophic Australian bushfires of 2019-2020, known as ‘Black Summer.’ Fueled by climate change, the nation’s hottest and driest summer ever recorded resulted in bushfires that burned over 59 million acres, killed an estimated three billion animals, and affected millions of Australians.
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Nicolas Rapold New York Times If you think what climate change portends for America is scary, wait until you hear about Australia. Nov 25, 2021 Full Review Luke Buckmaster Guardian This is a tremendously well-made film with a burning vitality: without question one of the most important Australian documentaries of the 21st century so far. Rated: 5/5 Nov 4, 2021 Full Review Alexandra Heller-Nicholas AWFJ.org Burning is an immersive, awful, essential watch, and the urgency with which Orner seeks to alert us of just how close we are to the edge of global disaster is intoxicating Sep 18, 2021 Full Review Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine I emerged pleasantly confused and remain so. Jan 5, 2023 Full Review Carson Timar Clapper Burning is a fine introduction to the topic of the government's failure to act on climate change, with enough conviction and personality to feel both engaging and captivating. Feb 12, 2022 Full Review George Fenwick Stuff.co.nz Director Eva Orner cleverly addresses a number of counter-arguments often offered by climate-change skeptics... with clear and harrowing information about the ways in which the fires are only getting worse. Nov 30, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Hate to rain on the parade (pun intended!) but bushfires have been around for as long as Australia has existed, and the only reason the 2019 season was worse than some was because idiot politicians listened to the Greens, and stopped land-owners from back-burning. Aboriginals knew about back-burning and practised it for millennia. It took stupid Greens and lapdog politicians to create that firestorm, which everyone now tries to pin on 'climate change'. It's rubbish. Look up the facts, not what climate alarmists want you to think. (PS - Doubt very much this will be published, because it goes against the group think. But you never know). Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Spectacular documentary. Said things that need to be said. A view into the frightening future that we all face. It's motivation to take climate change very seriously. I pray that Australia gets a new and smart Prime Minister. Mr Morrison is as bad as Trump about creating positive change and abandoning fossil fuels. Hopeless. Move on and find a new leader. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Burning takes an unflinching look at the unprecedented and catastrophic Australian bushfires of 2019-2020, known as ‘Black Summer.’ Fueled by climate change, the nation’s hottest and driest summer ever recorded resulted in bushfires that burned over 59 million acres, killed an estimated three billion animals, and affected millions of Australians.
Director
Eva Orner
Producer
Eva Orner, Jonathan Schaerf
Production Co
Amazon Studios, Propagate Content, Dirty Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 29, 2021
Runtime
1h 26m
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