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Man: The Polluter

This feature-length animation is a richly illustrated cartoon film with an environmental message: how much longer can humans foul their own nest and ignore the consequences? Made by a joint team of Canadian and Yugoslav animation artists, the film transmits its warning with unflagging humour, imagination, movement and design. In between animated sequences, Dr. Fred H. Knelman, Professor of Science and Human Affairs at Montreal’s Concordia University, comments on the importance of what is shown and on what lies in store if more responsibility is not taken on a global scale to conserve what is left of our vital resources.
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This feature-length animation is a richly illustrated cartoon film with an environmental message: how much longer can humans foul their own nest and ignore the consequences? Made by a joint team of Canadian and Yugoslav animation artists, the film transmits its warning with unflagging humour, imagination, movement and design. In between animated sequences, Dr. Fred H. Knelman, Professor of Science and Human Affairs at Montreal’s Concordia University, comments on the importance of what is shown and on what lies in store if more responsibility is not taken on a global scale to conserve what is left of our vital resources.

Environment and Conservation All subjects
Animation Our Planet in Focus All channels
  • director
    Don Arioli
    Hugh Foulds
    Chuck Jones
    Wolf Koenig
    Kaj Pindal
    Frank Nissen
    Pino Van Lamsweerde
    Milan Blažeković
    Zlatko Bourek
    Nedeljko Dragič
    Boris Kolar
    Aleksandar Marks
    Vladimir Jutrisa
    Dušan Vukotić
    Ante Zaninovič
  • producer
    Wolf Koenig
  • executive producer
    Robert Verrall
  • sound
    Claude Delorme
    Roger Lamoureux
    Don Wellington
  • editing
    Tea Brunsmid
    Peter Hearn
    Jeanette Lerman
  • sound editing
    Peter Hearn
  • re-recording
    Michel Descombes
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
  • animation
    Robert Doucet
    Hugh Foulds
    Ken Hancock
    Michael Mills
    Kenichiro Mimura
    Frank Nissen
    Paul Sabella
    Paul Shibli
    Pino Van Lamsweerde
    Milan Blažeković
    Nedeljko Dragič
    Vladimir Jutrisa
    Boris Kolar
    Nikola Petricic
    Pavao Stalter
    Ante Zaninovič
  • music
    Tomica Simovic
  • host
    Fred H. Knelman
Man: The Polluter
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