With 26 directors, 80,000 video clips and 4500 hours of raw footage, it had so much potential to be a garbled mess. Instead, the crowdsourced this-is-our-planet hash of Life in a Day turned out every bit as profound, expansive and inspiring as its terrifically ambitious subject.
One year ago today, producer Ridley Scott and director Kevin McDonald (The Last King of Scotland) asked the world to submit a slice of their life via YouTube. Over 80,000 videos from 140 different nations later, the final 94-minute cut is an inspiring, deeply personal look at humanity. After hitting the festival circuit, Life In A Day opened in US cinemas today to wide acclaim. Here’s the trailer.
A: This Ridley Scott-produced, crowd-sourced documentary titled Life In A Day. The film, which is set to premiere at Sundance, gathered 80,000 video clips of people’s lives, all filmed this past July 24. Sounds epic.
