Humboldt USA
- Director: G. Anthony Svatek
- Writer: Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Kaija Siirala, Kathy Sirico, Elijah Stevens, G. Anthony Svatek
- Producer: Heather A. Baldry, Sean Hanley, Elijah Stevens, G. Anthony Svatek
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In three namesakes of 19th century gay scientist Alexander von Humboldt – Humboldt County, Nevada, Humboldt Parkway in Buffalo NY, and Humboldt Redwoods, California – the struggle for environmental protection interweaves with technological alienation and climate collapse, in this experimental journey of American nature. The three braided stories reflect Humboldt’s photo-ecologist motto “everything is interconnectedness” – asking: how do the tools of the modern world change our relationship to nature? Addressed as a fraught love letter to Alexander von Humboldt – the world’s most used namesake – HUMBOLDT USA paints a portrait of Americans trying to understand and respond to their rapidly changing environments.
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