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Common Ground (2023 Film)
''Common Ground'' is a 2023 documentary film about ethical regenerative farming. It features Laura Dern, Jason Momoa, Donald Glover, Woody Harrelson and Rosario Dawson. It was directed by Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell. In January 2025, it was acquired by Amazon Prime Video and it appeared on the streaming service on the following Earth Day Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally through earthday.org (formerly Earth Day Network) includin ..., April 22nd. Criticisms The documentaries faced criticism by Vox author Kenny Torrella for promoting regenerative agriculture with claims described as overly simplistic, scientifically dubious, and akin to "magical thinking". The critique notes that the films lack skeptical perspectives, ignore complex agricultural tradeoffs, and present a "nostalgic utopianism." Specific claims, ...
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Joshua Tickell
Josh Tickell (born August 7, 1975) is an American film director who specializes in movies with a social message. His first feature movie, ''Fuel'' won the Sundance Audience Award for Best Documentary, was released theatrically in the United States and became a global sensation gaining over 1 million viewers on Netflix, iTunes, Hulu and CNBC. The movie was screened in the White House for energy and environment staff working in the Obama administration. Life and career Tickell directed the Cannes Film Festival movie, '' The Big Fix''. The film explores possible connections between corporate and political malfeasance and the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. He went on to direct his third film, Freedom (2011), which focuses on alcohol fuel and aired on the SuperChannel in Canada. He completed his latest documentary, ''PUMP'', and is currently in production on ''Good Fortune''. Tickell holds a master's degree in film from Florida State University's School of Motion Picture Arts. Tick ...
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Rebecca Harrell Tickell
Rebecca Reynolds Tickell (née Harrell; born March 2, 1980) is a producer, director, actress, singer, and environmental activist. Acting career Rebecca Harrell starred in the Christmas film '' Prancer''. She garnered a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture. Movie critic Roger Ebert wrote of her performance that "what really redeems the movie, taking it out of the category of kiddie picture and giving it a heart and gumption, is the performance by a young actress named Rebecca Harrell, as Jessica. She's something. She has a troublemaker's look in her eye, and a round, pixie face that's filled with mischief. And she's smart—a plucky schemer who figures out things for herself and isn't afraid to act on her convictions". She appeared in other films before putting her acting career aside to focus on environmental activism. She has been interviewed on ''Today'', and by ''The New York Times'', the ''Los Angeles Times'', and ''The Washingt ...
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Laura Dern
Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967) is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and five Golden Globe Awards. Born to actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, Dern embarked on an acting career in the 1980s, and rose to prominence for her performances in ''Mask'' (1985), and in David Lynch's films '' Blue Velvet'' (1986) and '' Wild at Heart'' (1990). She received nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role of the titular orphan in the drama film '' Rambling Rose'' (1991), and her first Golden Globe for her performance in the television film '' Afterburn'' (1992). She achieved international recognition for her role as Ellie Sattler in Steven Spielberg's adventure film ''Jurassic Park'' (1993), a role she later reprised in the sequels, ''Jurassic Park III'' (2001) and ''Jurassic World Dominion'' (2022). After winning two Golden Globes for ...
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Jason Momoa
Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa (; born August 1, 1979) is an American actor. He made his acting debut as Jason Ioane on the syndicated action drama series '' Baywatch: Hawaii'' (1999–2001), which was followed by portrayals of Ronon Dex on the Syfy science fiction series ''Stargate Atlantis'' (2005–2009), and Khal Drogo in the first two seasons of the HBO fantasy drama series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2012). He went on to play the lead roles in the Discovery Channel historical drama series ''Frontier'' (2016–2018) and the Apple TV+ science fiction series '' See'' (2019–2022). Since 2016, Momoa has appeared in various DC Comics media, first portraying Aquaman in the DC Extended Universe (2016–2023). He has also played Duncan Idaho in the science fiction film ''Dune (2021 film), Dune'' (2021), and has starred in the action film ''Fast X'' (2023) and the fantasy adventure comedy film ''A Minecraft Movie'' (2025). Early life An only child, Momoa was born on August 1, 19 ...
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Donald Glover
Donald McKinley Glover Jr. (; born September 25, 1983), also known by his musical stage name Childish Gambino (), is an American actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker. While he studied at New York University and after working in Derrick Comedy, a comedy group, Glover was hired by Tina Fey to write for the NBC sitcom ''30 Rock'' at age 23. He gained fame for portraying college student Troy Barnes on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' from 2009 to 2014. From 2016 to 2022, he starred in the FX series ''Atlanta'', which he created and occasionally directed. For his work on ''Atlanta'', he won various accolades including two Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as two Golden Globe Awards. Glover has appeared in several films, including the supernatural horror '' The Lazarus Effect'' (2015), the comedy-drama '' Magic Mike XXL'' (2015), and the science fiction film '' The Martian'' (2015). He played Aaron Davis in the superhero film '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017), as well as Lando ...
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Woody Harrelson
Woodrow Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor. He first became known for his role as bartender Woody Boyd on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' (1985–1993), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series from five nominations. Harrelson received three Academy Award nominations: Academy Award for Best Actor, Best Actor for ''The People vs. Larry Flynt'' (1996), and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor for ''The Messenger (2009 film), The Messenger'' (2009) and ''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' (2017). Other notable films include ''White Men Can't Jump'' (1992), ''Natural Born Killers'' (1994), ''The Thin Red Line (1998 film), The Thin Red Line'' (1998), ''No Country for Old Men'' (2007), ''Seven Pounds'' (2008), ''Zombieland'' (2009), ''Seven Psychopaths'' (2012), ''Now You See Me (film), Now You See Me'' (2013), ''The Edge of Seventeen'' (2016), ''War for the Planet of the Apes'' (201 ...
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Rosario Dawson
Rosario Isabel Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress. She made her feature-film debut in the 1995 independent drama '' Kids''. Her subsequent film roles include '' He Got Game'' (1998), '' Josie and the Pussycats'' (2001), ''Men in Black II'' (2002), '' The Rundown'' (2003), '' Rent'' (2005), ''Sin City'' (2005), '' Clerks II'' (2006), ''Death Proof'' (2007), ''Seven Pounds'' (2008), '' Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief'' (2010), ''Unstoppable'' (2010), ''Zookeeper'' (2011), ''Trance'' (2013), '' Top Five'' (2014), '' Zombieland: Double Tap'' (2019), and '' Clerks 3'' (2022). Dawson has provided voice-over work for Disney/Marvel, Warner Bros./DC Comics, and ViacomCBS's Nickelodeon unit. She is also recognized for her portrayal of the live-action Ahsoka Tano in the Star Wars franchise. Dawson had several roles in film and television adaptations of comic books. These include Gail in ''Sin City'' (2005) and '' Sin City: A Dame to Kill For'' (2014), ...
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Regenerative Farming
Regenerative agriculture is a conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems. It focuses on topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiversity, improving the water cycle, enhancing ecosystem services, supporting biosequestration, increasing resilience to climate change, and strengthening the health and vitality of farm soil. Regenerative agriculture is not a specific practice. It combines a variety of sustainable agriculture techniques. Practices include maximal recycling of farm waste and adding composted material from non-farm sources. Regenerative agriculture on small farms and gardens is based on permaculture, agroecology, agroforestry, restoration ecology, keyline design, and holistic management. Large farms are also increasingly adopting regenerative techniques, using " no-till" and/or "reduced till" practices. As soil health improves, input requirements may decrease, and crop yields may increase as soils are more resilient to extreme weather and harbor ...
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Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video, known simply as Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming television service owned by Amazon. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced or co-produced by Amazon MGM Studios or licensed to Amazon, as Amazon Originals, with the service also hosting content from other providers, content add-ons, live sporting events, and video rental and purchasing services. Prime Video is offered both as a stand-alone service and as part of Amazon's Prime subscription. Amazon Prime Video is the third most-subscribed video on demand streaming media service in the United States, with 200 million paid memberships. Operating worldwide, the service may require a full Prime subscription to be accessed. In countries like United States, United Kingdom, and Germany, the service can be accessed without a full Prime subscription, whereas in Australia, Canada, France, India, Turkey, and Italy, it can only be access ...
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Earth Day
Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally through earthday.org (formerly Earth Day Network) including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries. In 1969 at a UNESCO conference in San Francisco, peace activist John McConnell (peace activist), John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace, to first be observed on March 21, 1970, the Spring (season)#Astronomical and solar reckoning, first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. This day of nature's equipoise was later sanctioned in a proclamation written by McConnell and signed by Secretary General U Thant at the United Nations. A month later, United States senator Gaylord Nelson proposed the idea to hold a nationwide environmental teach-in on April 22, 1970, and hired a young activist, Denis Hayes, to be the national coordinator. The name "Earth Day" wa ...
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2023 Documentary Films
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ...
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2023 Films
2023 in film is an overview of events, including award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country- and genre-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Warner Bros. and Walt Disney Studios celebrated their 100th anniversaries this year. '' The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' and ''Barbie'' were the only two movies that made $1 billion in 2023. A huge number of the year's films significantly underperformed at the box office, attributed to high budgets and low marketing due to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes. Evaluation of the year In his article highlighting the best movies of 2023, Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' said, "Though a year in movie releases is a small and arbitrary sample size, it's nonetheless clear that, at the moment, the art of cinema is in good shape in the United States. The overwhelming commercial success of two of the year's strangest big-budget films, '' Oppenheimer'' and ''Barbie'', released on the same day this summer, is an obvious sign of t ...
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