One Day on Earth

Name: One Day on Earth
Director: Kyle Ruddick
Released: 2012

Kyle Ruddick 2012

ONE DAY ON EARTH is the first film made in every country of the world on the same day. We see both the challenges and hopes of humanity from a diverse group of volunteer filmmakers assembled by a participatory media experiment. The world is greatly interconnected, enormous, perilous, and wonderful.

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Running Time:

104 min.

Spoken Languages:

English

Directors:

Kyle Ruddick

Producers:

Brandon Litman

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CBS This Morning

"A very special documentary"
CNN International

"Truly amazing"
Entertainment Weekly

"Visit every country in the world"
CNET News

"A record of how extraordinary a single day on our planet can be"

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