The Garden of Eden (1984)

The Garden of Eden is a 1984 American short documentary film directed by Roger M Sherman The film posits that in the next 30 years 20 of all forms of life will cease to exist It argues that it can be for good business to save the environment discoveries in the plant animal and microbiology worlds show that what you might think of as unimportant could be the cure to a major disease save an entire species of plant or ward off pests The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short