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040			_cSILC
041			_aeng _heng
046			_k2018
050			_aPN1997 _b.H863 2018
100			_aMatthew Testa
245			_aThe Human Element _cMatthew Testa _h[videorecording]=
260			_aUSA _bEarth Vision Film _c2018
300			_a1 videodisc (ca. 78 min.) _bsound, color. _c4 3/4 in.
500			_a<based on, contains the following, public viewing rights>
520			_aFrom Cover: During his four-decade career as a photographer and explorer, James Balog has focused his lens on the complex relationship between humans and nature. Human activity has now surpassed all other forces shaping our world. Balog's work has challenged us to contemplate our place in, and responsibility to, the natural world. Balog investigates how altering the elements is in turn affecting everyday Americans right now. The Human Element features subjects who are often overlooked victims of climate change. Balog visits Tangier Island, a fishing community facing the imminent reality of sea level rise threatening their future. We meet Yadira Sanchez and her three children in Denver, Colorado, all of whom suffer from asthma, and attend a special school for children struggling with air. Balog embeds with a Cal Fire strike team on the frontlines of the most expensive wildfire in California history. And he ventures deep into Kentucky coal country, meeting unemployed miners finding hope from a new source. Balog argues that humans are part of the whole system of nature and not apart from it. Knowing this, he finds great hope that the fifth element, the human element, can bring the whole system back into balance.
538			_aDVD video; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0; surround, stereo; NTSC, 1080p; Regions 1-A; 1.77:1 as 16:9 widescreen.
546			_aEnglish audio with optional closed captioning for the hard of hearing.
700			_aMatthew Testa _eDirector _eScreenwriter
700			_aJames Balog _eScreenwriter
700			_aLyman Smith _eScreenwriter
942			_2lcc _cDVD
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