City Dark

The most important thing The City Dark has to tell us is that by losing touch with the stars, we've lost touch with something that inspired our distant ancestors in a profoundly spiritual way.

A documentary about light pollution that is entertaining and thought-provoking? It hardly seems possible, but that's what Ian Cheney has made in The City Dark.

Wonder, open-mindedness, and curiosity are the best things about The City Dark

'The City Dark' is more poetry than science.

A gorgeous, tragic essay on the effect light pollution has on viewing the night sky, will make even the most dedicated city-dweller wince.

Thoughtful and yes, illuminating.

Impressive images of star-filled nights will remind auds of childhood trips to the planetarium

A fetching, personal investigation.

Informative in the best sensegenuinely inquisitive and exploratory ... as beautiful to look at as it is eye-opening in its content...This is a truly enlightening film, the increasingly rare documentary that not only opens your eyes to what the filmmaker considers an important issue, but also has the power to expand your perceptions in valuable and even life-affirming ways.

Moving

Ian Cheney's poetic, at times profound, film sheds, well, light on how the constant increase of modern-day artificial illumination has brightened our urban - and many suburban - night skies to the point that the stars and planets can often barely be seen.

An absolutely beautiful film from its quiet, nostalgic beginning to the final rapid-fire revelations from the compelling individuals we meet throughout

The City Dark will make us reconsider how much illumination can darken life as we know it.

The film touches on...that childlike sense of wonder we still get when looking up at the night sky.