A few years ago, Zhou Xun participated in the Chinese dubbing of a god-level documentary, and during the dubbing process, she shed tears several times. "When I watched this documentary for the first time, I felt that I had to do something for this film, and I had to let more people see it," she said. ”
Zhou Xun strongly recommends that a first-class human-themed documentary tells about more than 7 billion human beings with different skin colors, languages, and cultures. French aerial photographer Jan Artis-Bertrand spent three years shooting, with Luc Besson as the producer.
The documentary was released in France on September 12, 2015 and runs for 190 minutes (theatrical version) and 131 minutes (TV version).
On camera, Jan visited 60 countries and heard 2020 different people tell their stories. The stories cover a wide range of skin colors, ethnicities, and genders.
In these stories, the beauty of the Earth from above is touching and shocking. Zhou Xun was moved to tears many times when he was in this film. Humanity was the first film to be officially screened in the United Nations General Assembly Hall.
You may not be familiar with the name of photographer Jan Arthurs-Bertrand, but you may be fascinated by his aerial photographs, and may even use them as mobile phone desktops.
Jan has been involved in aerial photography for over 30 years and is a traveler who has traveled to every corner of the world. His aerial photography collection, A Bird's-eye View of the Earth, has been translated into 24 languages and sold more than 3 million copies.
"Human" is the culmination of his 30 years of aerial photography experience.
In Jan Artis-Bertrand's films, those stunning images of the earth are breathtakingly beautiful. Through God's perspective, the viewer can experience a feeling of detachment and empathy, and the filming technique is very ingenious.
No matter how much trouble and pressure you face, you can find relief in the process of watching the movie. That's where aerial photography comes in.
Director Jan and his team flew a small *** for 18 months, flying over 55 countries around the world, showing the magnificent scenery around the world with the camera.
Humanity was distributed in 181 countries around the world, setting a new record for film circulation. On YouTube's first day, it received more than 400,000 hits, and its premiere on French television attracted more than 8 million viewers.
Young's aerial imagery not only captures the Earth realistically, but also breathtaks with its stunning beauty.
In addition to the stunning aerial footage, there is also a part of the documentary where people from all over the world share their stories. The protagonists of these stories include rebels in Ukraine, farmers in Somalia, prisoners in the United States, women who love their husbands dearly, fathers who care for disabled children, and young people who are confused about the meaning of life.
These narrators tell their stories against an all-black backdrop, with no soundtrack and no narration. Their names, ages, educational backgrounds, nationalities, occupations are not mentioned in the documentary.
Viewers can only see the differences in their skin color, gender, age, and language, as well as their common identity – that of human beings. And these true stories are enough to deeply move people's hearts.
Despite the universal desire for peace, conflicts and wars never cease in reality. The recent Palestinian-Israeli conflict, in which countless innocent lives have been lost and cities have been reduced to rubble, has made us deeply aware of the value of peace.
In the documentary "Humanity", two fathers, one Palestinian and one Israeli, who lost their daughters in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, choose to put aside their hatred and call for peace.
However, eight years later, peace is still out of reach. Let's take a look at the touching accounts of a Palestinian father: "On January 16, 2007, my 10-year-old daughter was shot dead by an Israeli border police officer at the school gate.
If I kill an enemy or an enemy, or even a ten-year-old child, will my daughter come back to life?No!I can only make other people's hearts ache and create another victim.
I hope to break this vicious cycle of violence, gore and revenge, starting with a stop to killing and revenge. I know I can't forgive all this on behalf of my daughter, but I can't take revenge on her behalf either. ”
An Israeli loses his daughter: I am an Israeli who lost her daughter in a suicide attack. Both my country and Palestine are educating the younger generation to make sacrifices for the country, but unlike them, I desire peace and am willing to give everything I have for it.
In prison, I met a death row inmate who was abused in various ways by his stepfather, who told him that it was out of love. This gave him a false understanding of love, and he thought that love was hurt.
However, his crimes cost him when he meets the grandmother of a child who was ** by him in prison, and she gives him the perfect lesson to understand what true love is.
Although he hurt her, she did not hate him, but gave him love and let him know the true meaning of love.
A Jewish woman who grew up in Germany recalled: "On a rainy night, a German soldier broke into the ghetto and came to the barbed wire. A mother begged the soldier to take her daughter, and she lifted me over the barbed wire fence to the German soldier, who was dressed in an SS**.
He cloak me, hid me in his arms, and then led me across the German-Polish border, handed me over to his parents, and instructed them to take care of me like his own daughter. ”
Immature and thoughtful child: "Some people think that the goal of life is to leave a mark on the long river of history, but this is not true. Those who were once famous in history have now faded from people's memory.
Perhaps, the value of life is to help others and make as many people as possible feel happy and happy. ”
The girl became lonely after her father's death, but she drew strength from her father's words and strengthened her determination to never say never. She is convinced that it is useless to dwell on grief, and that only by standing up bravely can she look forward.
She encouraged everyone to learn to smile at life no matter when and where, because the past is gone, and now is the moment we should cherish.
Faced with the confusion of life, the young man said: "My biggest worry is that I am lonely and have nothing to do. I was confused about the meaning of my existence, what I was born for, and whether my life was worthwhile.
I have heard of a theory of the dynamics of the universe that if I don't become a part of it, I will be destroyed. I aspire to leave my mark on the long history of mankind. ”
The man who always remembers his original intention: "Sometimes, I think about a quote I heard when I was young, a friend said that life is like you start as a little boy, with a belief, and until you are old, you have to make sure that this belief is still there.
Because when I was a child, I often fantasized about a bright future and dreamed of a world where there was no poverty and everyone could live a happy life. If you forget these things in the journey of life, work just to make a living, no longer care about others, and lose empathy, what about the former me?
Perhaps, the meaning of life is to let this belief never be forgotten. ”
In the consumer society we have created, we are constantly striving for growth, but when this growth stops, it means tragedy. We create a lot of unnecessary demand, so that people have to keep shopping and throw it away, and that's how much time we're wasted.
When we shop, we don't just pay money, we also have to spend precious time in our lives to make money. The difference is that we can't buy life. Life will only pass, and worse, to waste it is to lose freedom"
Humanity is a unique work that allows us to see the world from a perspective that transcends all differences. When we remove the labels of name, age, education, nationality, creed, skin color, and occupation, we find that we have common emotions and desires in our hearts.
No matter what language you are in, no matter what language you speak, we are all the same, we all yearn to be loved, we are afraid of loneliness, and we yearn for a peaceful and beautiful life.
In this world, there seems to be an increasingly obvious trend of separation, and the current Russia-Ukraine war and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict have once again revealed the fragility of peace and the cruelty of war.
Looking back at history, there have been too many misfortunes caused by war, when will we put an end to the tragedies that have been repeated repeatedly?Director Jan said: "We need to self-reflect and ask ourselves.
I hope to integrate the current world into the film, so that the audience has a spiritual power, and that is - thinking. "This documentary about the narrator and the landscape of the planet is simple in structure, but it has a profound impact.
Why do people who watch this documentary move to tears, and why does the experience of a stranger in a foreign country resonate with you?There's just one reason: we're all human beings, and we have more in common than we have.
Hello everyone, I am Rama, I am a passionate person who loves life, loves Xi and loves work. I'm passionate about exploring new things, traveling, reading, photography and writing, because they all make me feel that life is endless.
I believe that as long as we experience with our hearts, learn Xi with our hearts, and work with our hearts, we can discover the beauty in life and become a better version of ourselves.