A force of nature david suzuki biography

  • This feature documentary profiles the life and work of world-renowned Canadian scientist, educator, broadcaster and activist David Suzuki.
  • Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie is a 2010 Canadian documentary film, directed by Sturla Gunnarsson.
  • David Suzuki, iconic Canadian scientist, educator, broadcaster, and activist shares his powerful autobiography of ideas--forged by the major social, scientific.

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    Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie

    "For the first time since life appeared on earth, one species- us- is single-handedly altering the physical, chemical and biological nature of earth. We have become a force of nature" - David Suzuki

    Award-winning director Sturla Gunnarsson presents a biography of ideas featuring iconic Canadian scientist, educator, broadcaster and activist David Suzuki.  At 73 years of age Suzuki delivered what he describes as “a last lecture – a distillation of my life and thoughts, my legacy, what I want to say before I die.”

    In Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie Gunnarsson interweaves this lecture with scenes from Suzuki’s life and lifetime – the major social, scientific, cultural and political events of the past 70 years.

    Suzuki articulates a core, urgent message: We have exhausted the limits of the biosphere and it is imperative that we rethink our relationship with the natural world. He looks unflinchingly at the strains on the intercon

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    Is David Suzuki a Force of Nature?

    There’s a reason that Neil Young’s 1990 song “Mother Earth” carries the subtitle “Natural Anthem.” Its terse, coruscating opening chords are more than a little reminiscent of “The Star Spangled Banner.” In lieu of bombs bursting in air, Young envisions a “ball of fire in the summer sky” possessed of a “healing light.” In a voice rendered almost meek bygd the ragged glory of the surrounding guitar work, the singer asks the Earth, “how long can you give and not receive?” It is a question tinged with equal measures of humility and righteous indignation.

    This majestic track serves as the herald for Sturla Gunnarsson’s Force of Nature, a documentary about and featuring David Suzuki. It’s a fitting transition from one Canadian icon to another. First glimpsed in his dressing room in the moments before delivering a “legacy address” at the University of British Columbia, the 75-year-old environmentalist, scientist and CBC prime-time icon might be an aged

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    Distributor subjects

    Activism; Aging; Anthropology; Biodiversity; Biography; Biology; Canadian Studies; Climate Change/Global Warming; Conservation; Consumerism; Cosmology; Death And Dying; Earth Science; Ecology; Economics; Endangered Species; Environmental Ethics; Forests and Rainforests; Genetics; Geography; Global Issues; Habitat; History; Human Rights; Indigenous Peoples; Japan; Life Science; Multicultural Studies; Natural Resources; Population; Race and Racism; Science, Technology, Society; Social Justice; Sociology; Toxic Chemicals; War and Peace; Water; Wetlands

    Keywords

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