about the film
A beautiful and disturbing film recounts 200 years of development and destruction of North America’s natural environment.
The dramatic curve of relentless growth leading to ever greater impact begins at the very moment of the splash down of the anchor on Columbus’s ship, to the simple wilderness living of the 16th and 17th centuries, through the agrarian lifestyle of the 18th century, to he changes from the Industrial Revolution, and into the 20th century when most of the planet’s resources have been depleted.
This film examines the North American landscape and reveals all the wildlife destruction, deforestation, soil depletion and pollution that have been the cost to make the American Dream come true.
Distributed by Direct Cinema