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Burning

Play trailer Poster for Burning 2021,  1h 26m,  Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 94% 17 Reviews Tomatometer 62% Fewer than 50 Ratings Popcornmeter
94% Tomatometer 17 Reviews 62% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
Burning takes an unflinching look at the unprecedented and catastrophic Australian bushfires of 2019-2020, known as ‘Black Summer.’ Fueled by climate change, the nation’s hottest and driest summer ever recorded resulted in bushfires that burned over 59 million acres, killed an estimated three billion animals, and affected millions of Australians.

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Nicolas Rapold New York Times Nov 25, 2021
If you think what climate change portends for America is scary, wait until you hear about Australia. Go to Full Review
Luke Buckmaster Guardian Nov 4, 2021
5/5
This is a tremendously well-made film with a burning vitality: without question one of the most important Australian documentaries of the 21st century so far. Go to Full Review
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas AWFJ.org Sep 18, 2021
Burning is an immersive, awful, essential watch, and the urgency with which Orner seeks to alert us of just how close we are to the edge of global disaster is intoxicating Go to Full Review
Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine Jan 5, 2023
I emerged pleasantly confused and remain so. Go to Full Review
Carson Timar Clapper Feb 12, 2022
Burning is a fine introduction to the topic of the government's failure to act on climate change, with enough conviction and personality to feel both engaging and captivating. Go to Full Review
George Fenwick The Post NZ Nov 30, 2021
Director Eva Orner cleverly addresses a number of counter-arguments often offered by climate-change skeptics... with clear and harrowing information about the ways in which the fires are only getting worse. Go to Full Review
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Eva Orner

Director

Greg Mullins

Self

Cate Blanchett

Executive Producer

Eva Orner

Executive Producer

Forrest Borie

Film Editor

Kimberley Hassett

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Burning

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Movie Info

Synopsis Burning takes an unflinching look at the unprecedented and catastrophic Australian bushfires of 2019-2020, known as ‘Black Summer.’ Fueled by climate change, the nation’s hottest and driest summer ever recorded resulted in bushfires that burned over 59 million acres, killed an estimated three billion animals, and affected millions of Australians.
Director
Eva Orner
Producer
Eva Orner, Jonathan Schaerf
Production Co
Amazon Studios, Dirty Films, Propagate Content
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 29, 2021
Runtime
1h 26m
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