Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

A shift in consciousness is the beginning of change

Documentary on psychedelic potash mines, expansive concrete seawalls, mammoth industrial machines, and other examples of humanity’s massive, destructive reengineering of the planet.

2018

1h 27min

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Alicia Vikander
Narrator (voice)

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