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Years of Living Dangerously

Years of Living Dangerously

Description: Climate change is one of today's most hotly debated topics, not only in America but around the world. This series features firsthand accounts from people who have been affected by the occurrence, with a team of correspondents from the entertainment and news industries travelling around the world to report on effects of global warming and what people are doing to find solutions for it. Among the stories told are Oscar-winner Matt Damon's reporting on the health impact of heat waves around the globe, Golden Globe-winner Michael C. Hall's travelling to Bangladesh to get a vision of the future, and Emmy-winning journalist Lesley Stahl's heading to Greenland to examine the fate of the Arctic. Actors Don Cheadle, Harrison Ford and Jessica Alba are among the other entertainment icons who contribute reports to the hour-long episodes. The roster of executive producers includes James Cameron, Jerry Weintraub and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Genre: Documentary
Year Released: 2014
First episode air date: April 13, 2014
Awards: Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
Episodes: The Surge
Network: SHOWTIME
Executive Producers: Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Gelber, MORE
Program Creators: David Gelber, Joel Bach
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