David: Tomorrow, Tuesday, the new film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Legacy, our heritage, is broadcast on M6.
François: Yes, this heritage is the Earth that carries each of us. Each generation receives it as a gift for its life and also to transmit it as a gift to the following generations.
This new film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand is first and foremost an ode to the beauty of nature and humanity. It is easy to imagine such a hymn when you know the talents of the photographer who, since the early 1970s, with his ecological commitment, has magnified the Earth on our screens.
David: What motivates Yann Arthus-Bertrand?
François: Through all his art, he wants to express his love for the Planet, but he also warns against everything that disfigures it because of our destructive impacts. Life on Earth is threatened, the survival of human beings in the short term. We remember the film Home in 2009 where the photographer showed the pressure that human beings put on the environment and the harmful consequences that this has on climate change and other vital processes such as biodiversity. The degradation of the habitable conditions of the Earth is a reality. However, Yann Arthus-Bertrand's film was not presented as a disaster movie but as a message of hope because he believes in the formidable capacity of human beings "to create and help each other".
This message of hope also brings to mind the magnificent photographs that accompany the encyclical Laudato Si, joining Pope Francis in the invitation to profoundly change our behavior and convert our economic and political logic in favor of human beings and the environment.
David: So, what does Yann Arthus-Bertrand's new film add?
François: If the photographer is once again committed to this documentary on our heritage, it is because it is not too late to act: "it is now that we must do it" he emphasizes in GoodPlanet mag' (January 22, 2021). But his insistence focuses first on the question of personal responsibility. He admits how much he tries, as best he can, to manage his contradictions, and this is the case for each of us, I think. In everything we consume for food, transport, housing ... "we are faced with our own inconsistencies, and it is we who decide all of this with our free will" he continues. We therefore all have to be educated on these crucial questions.
David: In this respect, the film Legacy to be seen tomorrow evening on M6 is undoubtedly a good educational tool and a great life lesson for all of us.
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