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Oh, nature. The one you swore you would travel more to if only you had the leisure, motivation, vehicle or even genuine and sincere intent. The one that reveals to us in all its glory just this time of year, brings flowers and sky glow, flooding scents and rejuvenating scents to our nostrils, while bird chirps caress our eardrums, while circling around us like a scene from a Disney movie. 

The truth is that this bizarre period of the universe actually brings us together with a host of unexpected natural phenomena. From those birds whose voices are heard this year more than ever, to the wild boars who chose to take over Haifa, terrorize the city's residents, pick up another good sharma in the center of Carmel and threaten to set a permanent seat in the Bahai Gardens, or just dance to the Dark Eighties on the ruins of the City Hall.

In honor of Earth Day, which we are celebrating today (Wednesday), and in the absence of the opportunity to enjoy the same nature this year (and forgiveness for the average-sized Giant Mosquito who visited our apartments last month), we have compiled for you some films and series that justify the use of the word "spectacular" and tell its story Of all the rare, beautiful and living among us.

"Our planet"

"Our Planet" (or "The Wonderful Planet," as they chose to translate it into Hebrew) is one of the more highly regarded and illustrated series of nature released in recent years, and it's hard to understand why. It is led by Sir David Atinborough, the British broadcaster and famous naturalist, whose voice has been accompanied for years by fine nature documentaries. You know, the kind you used to buy in fancy box stores in disc stores and DVDs as a status symbol. 

Except for Edinburgh, the creators of the series are the people who created the BBC series "Frozen Planet", "Planet Earth" and "The Blue Planet" (see the DVD enclosures mentioned in the previous paragraph), combined with the World Wildlife Fund.

Like her sisters in the genre, "Our Planet" is also a thought-provoking craft of photography, combined with a narrative that turns each of its chapters into a film on its own. It tracks the plots of animals in their natural habitat and visits 50 countries, with each chapter dealing with a different topic. Among other things, she explores the worlds of ice, jungle, forests and deserts, and shows everyone accompanied by material that they like to call "breathtaking," but in this case it is absolute. 

The novelty of this series, which was the first docu-nature ever produced by Netflix, is in a way that it not only wants to expose its viewers to bears, monkeys and the more vivid and spectacular world that surrounds us, the way it wants to educate them. "Did you like the favorite jungle in the jungle and polar bears in the Frozen Worlds?", She asks. "for sure!" We happily answer her. "Beauty," the creators of the series answer us, "so why the hell do you kill them with your hands?"

Without being too docile, "The Wonderful Planet" manages to explain how global warming is a phenomenon that affects every side of the planet and its creatures, and how it is man's responsibility to fix the remaining situation. After all, in the wild, just like in the china warehouse that sells you the Noi delusion, you broke - paid.

The series aired a year ago on Netflix, and later a backstage episode. Its popularity resulted in the production of a live and interactive show in front of an audience, which was scheduled to take place this fall in England, Scotland and Ireland. But then came the Corona, changed all our plans and devoured the cards of our lives, as if Antelope had escaped from a hungry, determined lion.

"Flight of the Butterflies"

Look at you, locked in houses like tigers in a prison facility. One moment you were free, boundless and unrestrained: the world, you thought, was yours. A moment later, you have already found yourself locked in your home cage, searching for freedom, imagining and memorizing the list of things to do immediately when all this curfew is over, and the world will once again be your playground. Oh then, you say to yourself, be as free as this butterfly that hovers here outside the window.

And if we are in the butterfly, we will focus for a moment on the machine called "Monarch," known in Israel as "Royal Danish." These are big, orange-orange butterflies that are at the center of "Butterfly Flight," a 45-minute documentary that tracks the year-round cycle of these butterflies, from Mexico through the United States, to Canada and back. About 100 million Monarch butterflies make their way through this arduous, stretching thousands of miles to reach their convention areas, where the cold and the weather match their needs. 

Armed with your navigational ability will no longer be alive - because you have become addicted to Wise, these majestic butterflies do this way only once in their short lives - but oh, which way it is. This is a spectacular short film that will benefit even those who are not part of this lyricist who suffers from such a small-winged phobia, whose agitated wing economy manages to undermine its tranquility, so who does not know what is stable.  

"Blackfish"

In contrast, what he writes very fondly is the docu-crime genre. Yes, the genre has not been making cinematic or television classics for a number of years now, and no - "Tiger King," just like heroin, may be addictive but not considered particularly classic. But in the days when the genre was at the height of its popularity in 2013, Blackfish spawned, a fascinating combination of nature film and documentary crime, centered on the backstage of the famous Sea World water park. 

As many know, the "water world" in Orlando has been a popular tourist attraction for several decades, for those choosing to relax in the sunny city. Some choose to visit it as part of a tour of parks and attractions such as Disney World and MGM Studios. But unlike them, whose touristic darkness is centered on sonic performances, disorienting and nauseating installations, and a number of early-stage actors dressed in mouse costume, Si World continues to draw on live shows of real creatures, giant marine monsters, held captive for entertainment and enjoyment. And they, too, seem to be getting tired at some point. 

This excellent and disturbing doco film deals with the lives of those whales imprisoned for years and slowly loses their sanity, leading to a vicious attack and killing of water park trainers and workers, which in turn hides a rather awful behavior behind all the smiles and sham dolls familiar to its visitors on departure. Evidence from former trainers and workers instead sheds light on the dark conditions in which these noble creatures are being held, the way they are brutally separated from their descendants and even their capture, which he would call "brutal" would be like describing the 2000 Chairs War as futile.

The film goes back to the hunting voyages of those whales in the 1970s, with fishing boats trapping them, accompanied by planes and even bombs. It is an accurate and painful document which is essentially a defense of those creatures whose peace and sanity are undermined and become cruel when their freedom is stolen. Sound familiar? Or, as the movie says it creepily: "If you were stuck in the bath for 25 years, wouldn't you be a little psychotic?" 

"72 Cutest Animals"

The previous recommendation may have been quite dark, and there is nothing like balancing a bitter sobriety with a quick whip of intense sweetness. Just like the one implied by the name of "72 Cuteest Animals," a 2016 series that brings us together with, well, 72 very cute animals.

"Cute 72" (admit it sounds like a pop song to me) is perfect escapism in the days when we desperately need it, but it also has something sobering. After all, along with the cute flamboyant and sweet faces, each of the animals here, just like your sweet but psychotic home cat for your episodes, is subjected to frivolity, whims and behavior that can be called bizarre, but in actuality - who are we to visit?  

Penguins, monkeys, giraffes, koala bears, lazy - all are here, in a series about animals, whose PR has done a great job for them over the years, making them accessible to people and branding them in a positive and sympathetic way. Which are defined as "animals that only a mother will love", and also a study of bizarre behavior of those animals defined as "cute," but can actually break you down the toilet door if you only thought of locking them there at night. 

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