Megafires: The Global Threat (movie)

Name: Megafires: The Global Threat
Director: Cosima Dannoritzer
Released: 2020-0-21
Rating: 8

Incendies géants : enquête sur un nouveau fléau

User score: 8
Production country: Belgium, Chile, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland
Producer: Cosima Dannoritzer
Production companies: ARTE, Georama TV Productions, NHK, Luna Blue Film, Cabala Producciones, Latvijas Televizija, Česká televize, DW, EPT, Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK), RSI, RTP, RTBF, VRT, Ushuaïa TV, TG4, SVT, SRF
Genre: Documentary
Release date: 1/21/2020
Run time: 94 min.

Movie description

For more than a decade, wildfires of unprecedented force have been devouring our lives, homes and forests at a steady pace. Each year, 350 million hectares of forest go up in smoke, the equivalent of six times the size of France. In the US, the fire season now lasts up to two months longer than a generation ago, and the surface burnt annually has multiplied by three. This film sets out on a gripping journey of investigation from Europe to the US, Canada, Brazil and Indonesia to follow the work of a global team of dedicated firefighters, scientists and fire experts as they investigate why our forests are going up in flames, and act on an unexpected discovery: if we want to save our forests, homes, health and our climate, we need to radically change our attitude towards fire and the way we fight wildfires.