exploring the uniting power of the Earth from space
In 2015, to mark the launch of the UN’s new Global Goals for Sustainable Development, 59 Productions produced a short film with Richard Curtis in association with the Global Poverty Project, the United Nations and NASA.
The film explored the idea that the best way for us to ensure the future safety of the planet is to consider the whole Earth as our collective home. Drawing on interviews with past and current astronauts, the film uses material from NASA’s extensive archive to show the Earth as viewed from space over the course of the last fifty years. Form this unique viewpoint, the film explores what global unity might look like, and what it might hope to achieve.
Broadcast world wide as part of the coverage of the Global Citizen festival in Central Park, Home was also screened to world leaders in the United Nations General Assembly.
CREDITS
Assistant Producer
Akhila Krishnan
Animation
Nicol Scott
Additional Animation
Jesse Richards
Digital Post Producer
James Long
Sound Design and Mix
Gareth Fry
Music
Steven Price
Colourist
Jack McGinity
Sound Recordist
Ian Humphries
Archive Research
Christopher Riley
Voice Over Artist
Valene Kane
Additional Voiceover
GoLocalise
With thanks to
Commander Scott Kelly
Ed Cooper Clarke
Polly Mallinson
Frances Simpson Allen
Rebecca Collis
NASA
Christchurch Studios, Bristol
With thanks to
Nicole Stott
Aleksei Leonov
Frank Borman
Sultan Bin Salman Al Saud
Getty Images
Time Based Arts
The Global Poverty Project
Produced By
The United Nations