“Everything is connected.” This concept, applied to everything from nature to society, including our lives in the digital age amid climate change, was promoted by German naturalist and polymath Alexander von Humboldt in the 19th century. His thinking and the pros and cons of interconnectedness are key themes explored in filmmaker and environmentalist G. Anthony Svatek’s feature Humboldt USA, which world premieres in the international feature film competition of the 57th edition of the documentary film festival Visions du Réel in Nyon, Switzerland, on Wednesday, April 22, before its North American premiere on May 2 at the Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look festival.
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The kaleidoscopic film travels to different parts of the U.S. that bear Humboldt’s name to follow urban activists promoting the greening of neglected neighborhoods, scientists scanning redwood forests and people returning bighorn sheep to protected land. “Across generations and
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