Post date: Apr 17, 2012 9:39:5 PM
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (APRIL 16, 2012) (REUTERS) - On one day, the film "One Day On Earth" strives be viewed in every country on Earth.
On Earth Day, filmmakers want "One Day On Earth", the film that includes stories from every country on the planet, to be viewed in every country on the planet.
The filmmakers, Kyle Ruddick and Brandon Litman, told Reuters the feature-length documentary will make its worldwide debut on Earth Day (Sunday, April 22).
"One Day On Earth" was shot on October 10, 2010 to coincide with the calendar date 10-10-10 with footage from every country in the world. More than 19,000 people contributed to the project, creating more than 3,000 hours of footage and more than 70 languages are featured in the film.
The ambitious film features "day in the life" accounts that range from the most intimate to the mundane and features a look at people's lives in wealthy city centers and in war-torn towns.
"It's a simple, big idea," said the filmmakers during an interview with Reuters on Monday (April 16).
"From the film, I hope that people see that the world is this enormous, powerful, sometimes dangerous, sometimes wonderful place and that they realize that their life is connected to everyone else's and that, for a lack of better words, we are all in this together, more or less," said Kyle Ruddick, the film's director.
A global screening has been planned to debut the film.
So far, screenings for the film have been scheduled in more than 170 countries on Sunday, April 22, which is also Earth Day. Most of the screenings are free to the public.
"A large group of people around the world created this film and now it's time to share this film on a local level, on a very personal level, so we have theaters, we also have universities, and art house theaters and people even opening up their own makeshift venues outdoors to screen the film and it's really I think special moment for people to share and experience around the world and to celebrate what a community could do if we come together and try to tell our stories," said Brandon Litman, executive producer for the film.
Film screenings have already been scheduled in such diverse countries such as Australia, Germany, San Marino, Afghanistan, Eritrea, North Korea and Iran.
"It took us about six weeks of planning to get the film into Iran. I literally was traveling around the world with a DVD," said Litman
"And no one would take it. And we finally got it through some transferring over the Internet, but it took a lot of time and patience. So there are some countries like that where you just have to stick with it. There are some countries where we don't have as big or as robust of a community. Luxembourg might be one of those places," he added.
Litman said he hopes to coordinate screenings in Luxembourg, Monaco and other countries before Sunday.
The film will also be shown inside the United Nations General Assembly. The United Nations was among the many non-profit groups that provided valuable assistance with helping transport footage from remote areas.