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

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 Rockström and his team's discovery of the nine

planetary boundaries Planetary boundaries is a concept highlighting human-caused perturbations of Earth systems making them relevant in a way not accommodated by the environmental boundaries separating the three ages within the Holocene epoch. Crossing a planetary ...

Production

The film was released on

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on 4 June 2021. Alongside the film's release, a book of the same name was published, with a foreword from

Greta Thunberg Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg (; born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish environmental activist who is known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action for climate change mitigation. Thunberg's activism began when she persuaded ...

. The film was directed by Jon Clay, and executive produced by

Alastair Fothergill Alastair David William Fothergill (born 10 April 1960) is a British producer of nature documentaries for television and cinema. He is the series producer of the series ''The Blue Planet'' (2001), ''Planet Earth'' (2006) and the co-director of ...

, Colin Butfield, Kate Garwood,

Keith Scholey Keith Scholey (born 24 June 1957 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) is a British producer of nature documentaries for television and cinema, and a former television executive. He is the joint series producer of the Netflix original documentary series ...

, and Jochen Zeitz. Original music was composed by Hannah Cartwright and Ross Tones. Attenborough had previously appeared in two other

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films, ''

Our Planet ''Our Planet'' is a British nature documentary series made for Netflix. The series is narrated by David Attenborough and produced by Silverback Films, led by Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey, who also created BBC documentary series ''Plane ...

'' 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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* * {{Rotten Tomatoes, m/breaking_boundaries_the_science_of_our_planet, Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet Documentary films about global warming Netflix original documentary films 2020s English-language films