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Humboldt USA

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Countless places across the United States still bear the name of Alexander von Humboldt -- queer naturalist, visionary ecologist, now largely forgotten. The longing filmmaker uses three of them as unlikely common ground, weaving Humboldt's own words through present-day lives: urban activists greening neglected neighborhoods, scientists scanning redwood forests, hunters returning bighorn sheep to protected land. Across generations and landscapes, HUMBOLDT USA asks what remains of a vision of "interconnectedness."

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Jared Mobarak Hey, Have You Seen ...? 1d
6/10
It’s an intriguing experiment wherein Humboldt becomes a thematic through line if not the actual subject himself. [It] seeks to have its audience ask their own questions about what’s on-screen and similar happenings they might have seen themselves. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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G. Anthony Svatek

Director

G. Anthony Svatek

Narrator

G. Anthony Svatek

Screenwriter

Elijah Stevens

Producer

G. Anthony Svatek

Producer

Heather A. Baldry

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Movie Info

Synopsis Countless places across the United States still bear the name of Alexander von Humboldt -- queer naturalist, visionary ecologist, now largely forgotten. The longing filmmaker uses three of them as unlikely common ground, weaving Humboldt's own words through present-day lives: urban activists greening neglected neighborhoods, scientists scanning redwood forests, hunters returning bighorn sheep to protected land. Across generations and landscapes, HUMBOLDT USA asks what remains of a vision of "interconnectedness."
Director
G. Anthony Svatek
Producer
Elijah Stevens, G. Anthony Svatek
Screenwriter
G. Anthony Svatek
Production Co
Space Time Films
Genre
Documentary, Nature
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 29m