Leonardo DiCaprio’s “The 11th Hour” is a feature length documentary concerning the environmental
crises caused by human actions and their impact on the planet. “The 11th Hour” documents the
cumulative impact of these actions upon the planet’s life systems and calls for restorative action
through a reshaping of human activity. With the help of over fifty of the world’s most prominent thinkers
and activists, including reformer Mikhail Gorbachev, physicist Stephen Hawking, and Nobel Prize
winner Wangari Maathai, “The 11th Hour” documents the grave problems facing the planet’s life
systems.
The most powerful element of “The 11th Hour” is not the portrait of a planet in crisis, but the hope and
solutions the films offers. Scientists and environmental advocates paint a portrait for a radically new
and exciting future in which humanity seeks not to dominate the earth’s life systems, but to mimic
them and coexist. “The 11th Hour” calls for a future that is both sustainable and healthier.