The City Dark

The City Dark (2012)

January 20th, 20121h 23min

Documentary
75%

Overview

THE CITY DARK is a feature documentary about the loss of night. After moving to NYC from rural Maine, filmmaker Ian Cheney asks a simple question - do we need the stars? - taking him from Brooklyn to Mauna Kea, Paris, and beyond. Exploring the threat of killer asteroids in Hawaii, tracking hatching turtles along the Florida coast, and rescuing injured birds on Chicago streets, Cheney unravels the myriad implications of a globe glittering with lights - including increased breast cancer rates from exposure to light at night, and a generation of kids without a glimpse of the universe above. Featuring stunning astrophotography and a cast of eclectic scientists, THE CITY DARK is the definitive story of light pollution and the disappearing stars. Written by Wicked Delicate Films


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Pluto and Beyond

Pluto and Beyond


Released on: 2019-08-03
Documentary, TV Movie

Since it explored Pluto in 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft has been zooming toward NASA's most dis...

Svalbard

Svalbard


Released on: 2016-09-01
Documentary

Svalbard is a norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean where the world's northernmost city is situa...

The Mystery of Chaco Canyon

The Mystery of Chaco Canyon


Released on: 1999-01-01
Documentary, History

Chaco Canyon, located in northwest New Mexico, is perhaps the only site in the world constructed in ...

Passage of Venus

Passage of Venus


Released on: 1874-12-09
Documentary

Photo sequence of the rare transit of Venus over the face of the Sun, one of the first chronophotogr...

Venus: Death of a Planet

Venus: Death of a Planet


Released on: 2021-08-28
Documentary, TV Movie

Billions of years ago, Venus may have harbored life-giving habitats similar to those on the early Ea...

Chasing the Equinox

Chasing the Equinox


Released on: 2019-11-19
Documentary, History, TV Movie

The ancients hid the secrets of their incredible knowledge of astronomy in their temples and palaces...

Searching for Planet 9

Searching for Planet 9


Released on: 2022-09-17
Documentary, TV Movie

At the edge of our solar system supposedly lies an immense planet. Five to ten times the size of the...

Nostalgia for the Light

Nostalgia for the Light


Released on: 2010-10-27
Documentary

In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning th...

Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time

Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time


Released on: 2019-03-20
Documentary

How's it all gonna end? This experience takes us on a journey to the end of time, trillions of years...

TimeScapes

TimeScapes


Released on: 2012-06-01
Documentary

Stunning slow-motion and timelapse cinematography of the landscapes, people and wildlife of the Amer...

Stargazing Challenges

Stargazing Challenges


Released on: 2012-01-10
Documentary

Blue Peter presenters Helen Skelton and Barney Harwood want to learn more about the solar system so ...

Beyond Hubble: Launching the Telescope of Tomorrow

Beyond Hubble: Launching the Telescope of Tomorrow


Released on: 2021-12-21
Documentary, TV Movie

Following engineers and scientists on a groundbreaking mission as they build, test and launch the Ja...

Who's Out There?

Who's Out There?


Released on: 1975-01-01
Documentary

Orson Welles — with contributions from scientists George Wald, Carl Sagan, and others — examines the...

Cosmis Flows: The Cartographers of the Universe

Cosmis Flows: The Cartographers of the Universe


Released on: 2019-04-04
Documentary, TV Movie

Man has always sought to seek further afield. After the seafaring explorers of the 16th century, 21s...

Ambassadors of the Sky

Ambassadors of the Sky


Released on: 2016-10-03
Documentary

Canada is leading the way when it comes to dark sky preservation and the fight against light polluti...

The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 1

The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 1


Released on: 2007-08-28
Documentary, Comedy, Family

This series also covers the essential concepts of astronomy: gravity, the light spectrum, Earth's ma...

The Real Death Star

The Real Death Star


Released on: 2002-01-08
Documentary

This documentary examines theories behind the creation of gamma ray bursts, destructive explosions i...

FAST: The Celestial Eye

FAST: The Celestial Eye


Released on: 2021-05-26
Documentary

China's FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope) can detect radio signals emitted tens...

The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See

The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See


Released on: 2023-08-20
Documentary

In an age when misinformation, alternative facts, and conspiracy theories have become mainstream, UF...

From the Atoms to the Stars

From the Atoms to the Stars


Released on: 2017-09-29
Documentary, TV Movie

An incredible travel through space and time between the walls of the Paris Observatory, which is cel...