Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s ‘Legacy’ Bought by Prime Video & More Buyers

Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s environment-themed cinematic documentary “Legacy” has been offered by Calt Distribution around the globe, together with to Amazon Prime Video for the U.S., the U.Ok. and Eire.

A celebrated French environmentalist, photographer and filmmaker, Arthus-Bertrand (“Dwelling”) enlisted the British singer and activist Sting to relate the English model of the well timed documentary.

“Legacy,” which goals at elevating the alarm on the local weather disaster, screened at COP26, the worldwide summit in Glasgow that’s hosted by Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales.

By way of “Legacy,” Arthus-Bertrand captured the great thing about our planet and explored people’ appropriation and the destruction of the surroundings.

Calt Distribution, which is a part of Federation Leisure’s newly-acquired banner Robin&Co, has additionally offered the lushly lensed documentary to Italy (RAI 3), Belgium (Be television and RTL Belux), Switzerland (RTS), Slovenia (RTV), Czech Republic (Ceska TV), French-speaking Canada (Société Radio-Canada), French-Talking Africa (Canal Plus Worldwide) and Poland (Canal Plus Poland and Planete Plus Poland). As a part of its multi-territory deal, Prime Video has additionally acquired second window rights for France.

The doc premiered on the French business community M6 as a part of the channel’s Inexperienced Week and was a scores hit, Fatiha Zeroual at Robin & Co identified, attracting two million viewers on M6, together with youthful audiences.

“It’s a really private movie for Arthus-Bertrand and he was in a position with this documentary to ring a bell with individuals of all ages and present that saving our planet should be our primary precedence now,” Zeroual added.

Lucile Avezard, head of worldwide gross sales at Calt Distribution, in the meantime stated the passion of consumers throughout the globe for “Legacy” “underscores the movie’s timeliness and top quality.” “As with ‘Dwelling’ which was an enormous success 10 years in the past, this documentary combines stunning photographs with an vital message,” stated Avezard.

Arthus-Bertrand produced the movie by his banner Hope Manufacturing, with the help of M6 and Omega. The director-producer is best-known for his documentary “Dwelling” which was narrated by Glen Shut and boasted aerial footage from fifty-four nations, depicting how Earth’s issues are all inter-connected.