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  • Anthropocene: The Human Epoch (2018)
    Review preview for Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

    Having delivered shock and awe in the first half on the film, Baichwal turns in the second half to projects that are small but growing fast, new approaches to old ways of doing things.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The filmmakers have traversed the globe to document the evidence and experience of human planetary domination.
  • Black Code (2016)
    Review preview for Black Code

    Cinematographer-turned-documentarian de Pencier has an eye for a good image but less of an ear for consistent argument.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Examining the human rights pros and cons of the internet in terms of citizen journalism and global surveillance.

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