In the north of New Mexico, the volcanic Jemez mountains rise up out of the desert, completely isolated from other mountain chains: a rocky island standing out against the sky, surrounded by a sea of sand. The director John Grabowska describes this fascinating landscape, analysing how climatic changes are inexorably altering the desert and mountain ecosystem. A lyrical and expressive film with stunning scenery, narrated by the famous actress Meryl Streep.
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John Grabowska
Environmental filmmaker John Grabowska has produced films from the subarctic to the subtropics. His films have won awards at festivals around the world and have been broadcast nationally in the USA as prime time specials on PBS. He has been a guest lecturer at the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History and several universities, and has led environmental media workshops in Argentina and Panama.
The Ends of the Earth
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Natural History filmmaker John Grabowska specializes in films on the American West and the Alaskan wilderness. He has been a guest lecturer at the National Geographic Society and the Smithsonian Institution, led environmental media workshops in Argentina and Panama and co-founded of the American Conservation Film Festival. Grabowska works frequently with actress Meryl Streep and the American Indian writer N. Scott Momaday. In a 2005 profile The Washington Post called him "one of the virtuoso environmental filmmakers in the country."
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