Floods, drought, climate change, and even war are all directly related to the fate of humble dirt. Made from the same elements as stars, plants, and human beings, dirt is very much alive. One teaspoon of dirt contains a billion organisms working in balance to sustain a series of complex, thriving communities that are invisibly a part of our daily lives.
Narrated by Jaimie Lee Curtis and inspired by William Bryant Logan’s acclaimed book "Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth," this film introduces viewers to dirt’s fascinating history. Four billion years of evolution have created the dirt that recycles our water, gives us food, and provides us with shelter. But humanity has endangered this vital living resource with destructive methods of agriculture, mining practices, and urban development, with catastrophic results: mass starvation, drought, and global warming.
From farmers rediscovering sustainable agriculture and scientists discovering connections with soil to inmates learning job skills in a prison horticulture program and children eating from edible schoolyards, "Dirt! The Movie" brings to life the environmental, economic, social, and political importance of soil and suggests ways we can create new possibilities for all life on Earth.
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