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Wikipedia article




'Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet' is a 2021 documentary film directed by Jon Clay, and presented by David Attenborough and Johan Rockstrm.

Synopsis



'Breaking Boundaries' tells the story how humans are pushing Earth beyond the boundaries that have kept the planet stable for 10,000 years, following scientific journey of Rockstrm and his team's discovery of the nine planetary boundaries.

Production



The film was released on Netflix on 4 June 2021. Alongside the film's release, a book of the same name was published, with a foreword from Greta Thunberg. The film was directed by Jon Clay, and executive produced by Alastair Fothergill, Colin Butfield, Kate Garwood, Keith Scholey, and Jochen Zeitz. Original music was composed by Hannah Cartwright and Ross Tones.

Attenborough had previously appeared in two other Netflix Original films, 'Our Planet' and 'David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet'.

Reception



Reviews of 'Breaking Boundaries' were generally mixed.



Kevin Maher gave the film three out of five stars. 'The New York Times'' Calum Marsh criticised the films use of visualisations, in particular the CGI humans, as "laughable" in effect. Elle Hunt noted that the film is unusual compared to most Attenborough documentaries in that it focuses on planetary decline. Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two stars out of five.

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