Sergio Cabada Braddy
Documentary Cinema
Professor Patrick Mullins
April 5, 2010
Planet Earth The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) along with its Natural History division and the Discovery Channel produced in 2006 a television series called Planet Earth, a documentary about the wildlife and the impact of global warming and other issues on the ecosystem. The growing popularity of the series was reflected with the release of a feature film titled Earth in 2009 in the United States. The series was a breakthrough on the nature documentary genre as it introduced new technologies in the filmmaking process and set new standards for the genre. Planet Earth consists of 11 episodes, each one exploring different ecosystems. The episodes