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1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 min. 12 sec.) ; 310857769 bytes |
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From acclaimed producers James Cameron, Jerry Weintraub and Arnold Schwarzenegger comes the explosive, cinematic environmental documentary series Years of Living Dangerously. Climate change is the biggest story of our time, and this nine-part winner of the 2014 Emmy Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Series tells it like never before. Separate stories around climate change unfold across nine episodes, told by a cast of A-list Hollywood celebrities: Harrison Ford, Matt Damon, Jessica Alba, Michael C. Hall, Ian Somerhalder, Olivia Munn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, America Ferrara, Don Cheadle, and high profile journalists Chris Hayes, M. Sanjayan, Lesley Stahl, Mark Bittman, Thomas L. Friedman. Each becomes a correspondent, putting aside their celebrity to tell a first-hand story about the effects of climate change. Far from merely providing cameo star power, this high-profile cast are each renowned for their genuine and passionate environmental activism. Fronting the series for Australian audiences is television presenter Jamie Durie, who has a longstanding personal interest in, and passion for environmental issues.This episode, Matt Damon takes viewers on an investigation into the impact of extreme heat on human health and mortality. With a focus on startling new research from leading scientists and researchers, Damon uncovers the ways in which climate change and rising temperatures are becoming a public health emergency locally, nationally and globally. Michael C. Hall journeys to the low-lying deltaic country of Bangladesh where rising seas are expected to submerge 17% of the nation. Hall explores the prediction that by 2050, the migration of upwards of 150 million people worldwide will be the single most worrisome impact of our climate-changed future. Pulitzer Prize-winner Thomas Friedman concludes his investigation of three Middle Eastern nations - Syria, Egypt, and now Yemen--to witness how climate change can be a stressor that can take a volatile political situation and push it over the edge. (Ep.3) (From the US) (Documentary) PG CCFollow the conversation on twitter: #sbsdoco |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2014-12-09 at 21:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects.
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Droughts -- Health aspects.
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Global warming.
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Human beings -- Effect of climate on.
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Natural disasters -- Social aspects.
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Water-supply -- Government policy.
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Bangladesh.
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Middle East.
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Streaming video
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Damon, Matt, host
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Friedman, Thomas, host
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Hall, Michael C., host
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