Documentary filmmaker, author and activist Michael Moore has released a new feature under his Rumble Media banner as the world marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.
The 140-minute film, Planet of the Humans, was released yesterday on YouTube and will be available for free viewing for the next 30 days.
This new documentary was written, produced and directed by filmmaker Jeff Gibbs, who has worked with Moore as a producer on many films, the 2004 global hit Fahrenheit 9/11, as well as 2016's Michael Moore in TrumpLand. Gibbs also financed the movie while Moore was the executive producer.
Gibbs took to Twitter to promote the documentary and called the free viewing opportunity as a gift to the world during lockdown.
This morning we have a surprise, a gift to the world during this time of global pandemic. "Planet of the Humans" is now available free for viewing worldwide! https://t.co/uFbGtWCavB planetofthehumans# michaelmoore# jeffgibbs# earthday# climatechange# ozziezehner#
— Jeff Gibbs (@jeffgibbstc) April 21, 2020
In describing the movie Gibbs says, "We are losing the battle to stop climate change because we are following environmental leaders, many of whom are well-intentioned, but who’ve sold out the green movement to wealthy interests and corporate America."
"This movie takes no prisoners and exposes the truth about how we have been led astray in the fight to save the planet, to the point where if we don’t reverse course right now, events like the current pandemic will become numerous, devastating and insurmountable," said Moore.
Michael Moore has described it as “a documentary that dares to say what no one else will this Earth Day — that we are losing the battle to stop climate change on planet earth because we are following leaders who have taken us down the wrong road — selling out the green movement to wealthy interests and corporate America.”
“ This film is the wake-up call to the reality we are afraid to face: that in the midst of a human-caused extinction event, the environmental movement’s answer is to push for techno-fixes and band-aids. It's too little, too late. Removed from the debate is the only thing that MIGHT save us: getting a grip on our out-of-control human presence and consumption. Why is this not THE issue? Because that would be bad for profits, bad for business.”
He goes on to say that it is "guaranteed to generate anger, debate, and, hopefully, a willingness to see our survival in a new way—before it’s too late.”
The documentary features Al Gore, Bill McKibben, Richard Branson, Robert F Kennedy Jr., Michael Bloomberg, Van Jones, Vinod Khosla, Koch Brothers, Vandana Shiva, General Motors, 350.org, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sierra Club, the Union of Concerned Scientists, Nature Conservancy, Elon Musk, Tesla.
The Globe and Mail has referred to the film as, "The Michael Moore-backed film enviros are dreading."
Watch the teaser trailer right here.
