UNITED NATIONS WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY – OMAHA AREA EVENTS
World Premiere!
HOME
A film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Friday, June 5
9 pm – Holland Performing Arts Center Courtyard
FREE
Omaha, as North America’s host city for the United Nations World Environment Day, will join cities around the world in the release of HOME, a stunning tour of our planet shot in high definition entirely from the air.
Similar free screening will occur on June 5 at the base of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, in New York’s Central Park and London’s Trafalgar Square. The premiere will take place in more 100 countries and in 23 languages.
In addition to these public screenings, the film will also be released simultaneously in all media - TV, DVD and streaming on the internet at www.youtube.com/homeproject.
Directed by internationally renowned French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand, produced by world famous director Luc Besson and narrated by five-time Academy Award® nominee Glenn Close (Dangerous Liaisons), Home aims to change the way people see the planet and their impact on it. Shot in high definition in 54 countries and 120 locations over 217 days, the unique and first-time ever all-aerial filming style highlights the Earth’s wonders as well as its wounds and provides a necessary perspective to approach the changing environment.
In 200,000 years on Earth, humanity has upset the balance of the planet, established by nearly four billion years of evolution. The price to pay is high as humankind has barely ten years to reverse the trend, become aware of the full extent of the Earth’s riches and change its patterns of consumption. Following in the tradition of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, Home sets out to shift people’s perceptions, inspire action and lay a foundation for the edifice that must be rebuilt. For more on the movie see www.home-2009.com.
The Omaha Screening will be held in the outdoor courtyard of the Holland Performing Arts Center (13th & Douglas) at 9 PM on World Environment Day (Friday, June 5). It is a FREE event. Bring your lawn chairs.
