Manufactured Landscapes

I'm looking forward to seeing Manufactured Landscapes, a film which is a feature-length documentary on the works of Edward Burtynsky by Jennifer Baichwal. It's only playing for a limited time at the Nuart, from July 6-July 12. It came out last year and is available on Amazon as well.

Burtynsky traveled through China to capture some of the country's most striking industrialized landscapes and humanity's transformation of nature. The effect of the documentary is not to make a judgement of the often ill-cited effects of industrialization but rather to foster greater awareness of the consequences and impacts of industry on our environment. There are no simple answers to the issues of industrialization, and as such, to condemn would be too easy. You can read an article about it here titled 'Landscapes that weep toxic tears'.