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PLANET EARTH, a music-art video written, produced and directed by Tarik Haddad [|Tarik Haddad]. Planet earth has been filmed in Jordan and San Francisco, USA. Dwells on the beautiful and bountiful planet we live on and share with countless species of animal and fauna. [|Planet Earth teaser] Planet Earth is our home. Can we, as a global society, find the righteous path to respect and nurture our environment and resources? Can we find the way to making progress without destroying and polluting the oceans and forests, the air and land—the sacred elements that breathe life into all beings? Not enough is being done. Will the planet survive or will we, in our collective greed and apathy, destroy Mother Earth and the sustenance she generously offers?

Environmental subjects are a reoccurring theme in many creative efforts. Planet Earth is a cooperative project brought to fruition by filmmakers, artists, musicians, production staff and writers— volunteers from all corners of the earth—who work together and believe that Art Can Save the World. We are all in charge of keeping our planet safe and healthy.

[|Tarik Haddad] Tarik Haddad - award winning filmmaker - resides in Jordan and teaches film at Yarmouk University, helping a new generation of filmmakers express their passion and reach their professional goals. He established the first academic film festival [|first academic film festival] after receiving his master of fine art degree in film making from AAU, California. [|POV short film festival 2016] POV successfully connects industry with academia to help the growth of filmmaking students in Jordan. Five of his graduation students worked with him on the Planet Earth video in both the USA and Jordan. Tarik supports the idea of collaboration projects with international crews.

Tarik strongly believes that a good idea isn't always enough to guarantee success in the film, video, and TV industries. "Motion pictures is a powerful medium that evokes deep emotion from the viewer," Tarik says, "but when companies, borders, opportunities, culture and technology are overlooked, achieving professional success can be tenuous. In order to be a successful director and producer, one must throughly understand and be well-versed in all stages of production, both creative and technical."

Tarik’s career goal and aspiration is to continue working as a director/producer generating high-quality entertainment content for film, video and web by utilizing great storytelling and world-class production values.

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