26 Environmental 3. SUSTAINABILITY IN STORYTELLING Last year we described sustainability as an “epic story”. Don’t Look Up ’s writer-director- producer has since described it as “the story of all stories in the history of stories.” The breakout success of Don’t Look Up confirmed our analysis from last year’s report: hundreds of millions of households choose to watch titles that shine a light on sustainability. But, Don’t Look Up was only one of the many Netflix films and TV series across different genres that shone a spotlight on sustainability in 2021: • Comedy: Bo Burnham’s Inside, Workin’ Moms, A Castle for Christmas, Ginny & Georgia, Grace & Frankie • Documentaries: Animal, Breaking Boundaries, Explained: The End of Oil, Gather, Life in Colour with David Attenborough, The Minimalists, Penguin Town, Puff: Wonders of the Reef • Dramas: Japan Sinks, Midnight Mass, Midnight Sky, Ragnarok, Silent Sea, Sweet Tooth, Tribes of Europa (with references in the hits Army of Thieves and Red Notice) • Kids & Family: Ada Twist Scientist, Bigfoot Family, Octonauts: Above and Beyond, Vivo, Waffles and Mochi • Unscripted: Best Leftovers Ever, Blown Away, Izzy’s Koala World, Queer Eye In 2021, we made it easier for members to find many of these diverse stories by curating the Together for Our Planet collection launched in advance of COP26 in partnership with the UK government (and COP Presidency).
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