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Film Review of Dirt: The Movie
Dirt: The Movie introduces the viewers to the fascinating history of the soil. The
directors of the movie are Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow. The film adopts an amusing and an
extensive look into history and the present condition of the living organic matter from which we
come from and to which we later return. Evolution through billions of years led to the creation of
soil that gives people food, recycles the water, provides shelter, and acts as a source of medicine,
culture, and aesthetic. Nonetheless, individuals have become careless and greedy thus
endangering dirt, the vital living resource because of practices such as mining, agriculture, and
urban development. Human beings have made dirt become “dirty(Nardi, 2009). The abusive
behavior of human beings causes catastrophic results such as floods, use of artificial fertilizer,
monoculture, drought, soil erosion, slash and burn, desertification, mass starvation, and global
warming. The movie attests that the times are changing; brown is now green.
From the number of species living in the dirt; from bacteria to fungi, molds, and algae,
dirt proves to be alive. The soil is the fragile skin of the earth that supports all life. It consists of
numerous species that form a complex and highly dynamic ecosystem (Nardi, 2009).
Approximately four and half billion years ago, the earth was molten rock; the volcanoes
disgorged minerals onto the surface of the earth releasing water vapors. The rain then crushed the
rock into clay forming oceans where life started. Microscopic life oozed onto the land from the
sea and mixed with clay to form dirt, which turned out to be the matrix of life on the earth. Five
centimeter of dirt on the earth is the giver of life, and if the wind blows this layer away, the layer
left is a bare rock which cannot support life. A handful of dirt consists of probably tens of
billions of microorganisms living together and keeping the earth going.
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Soil links the water, rocks, air, as well as organisms, and serves some different functions.
Soil regulates the quality and composition of the air, regulates temperature, nutrient and carbon
cycling, decomposition (treatment) of natural waste, as well as a habitat for many living things
and their food. There could be no life or survival of organisms without the presence of soil along
with its functions. The soil has a close connection to the human culture and civilization for
people living in specific places including their thoughts, health, religion, and livelihood. People
need to protect the soil, environments, and agriculture because if soil collapses, the human
culture, civilization, health, and livelihood collapse altogether. The connection between human
beings and soil result from the ethical attitudes that individuals have concerning the soil as well
as what they demonstrate as they interact with the soil. However, the soil resources are
undergoing immense exploitation in the contemporary society and presently on the edge of
collapsing.
The soil is facing many problems currently; soil erosion and degradation, salinity, loss of
the soil structure, alkalinity, and soil acidity. Soil erosion leads to increased sedimentation as
well as pollution of water sources thus bringing about a decrease in fish along with other animal
classes. Degraded lands hold less onto water, and this may exacerbate flooding. Alkaline soils
need continual buffering while soils lows in PH require the addition of lime. To deal with
salinity, people need to incorporate compost, pea gravel or sand into the soil. People need to
plant more trees to prevent soil erosion. In conclusion, dirt is alive than the human beings are and
is the giver of life. People should, therefore, be more careful and value soil because harmful
practices like deforestation, global warming, and mining among others lead to the collapse of soil
and consequently the collapse of human civilization and culture.
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References
Nardi, J. B. (2009). Life in the soil: a guide for naturalists and gardeners. University of Chicago
Press.

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