Inspired by Philip Shabecoff’s book of the same name, the ambitious documentary A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet takes as its subject the very history of American environmentalism. From the foundings of Greenpeace and the Sierra Club as well as the inaugural Earth Day through the Love Canal disaster, fights for global rain forests and the counter-revolution pushback of industry during the Reagan Administration on to climate change and more, director Mark Kitchell’s wide-ranging yet compelling film — essential viewing for those with a social conscience, and an interest in where we’ve been and where we’re going in the struggle for a better, sustainable planet Earth — showcases a rare and cogent macro-portrait skill unmatched in the arena of this topic since the Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth. For the full, original review, from ShockYa, click here. (First Run Features, unrated, 101 minutes)