In 2025, satellites recorded wildfires sweeping through the hills of Hollywood, shifting battle lines in Ukraine, and nearly 600 million people assembling for a sacred pilgrimage along the River Ganges. From orbit, imagery exposed the vast displacement of civilians in Gaza, while reconnaissance satellites traced covert weapons transfers from North Korea to Russia. Scientists also relied on satellite data to count migrating wildebeest and walrus, monitoring the planet’s health. Combined with news archives, eyewitness accounts, user-generated content, and expert analysis, these views from above reveal the hidden story of 2025.
Ben Harding
Director
David Harewood
Narrator (Voice)
Donald Trump
Self (archive footage)
Harrison Ford
Self (archive footage)
Elon Musk
Self (archive footage)
The Captains63%
Koyaanisqatsi79%
2000 Meters to Andriivka79%
An Inconvenient Truth69%
Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea75%
Louis Theroux: The Settlers84%
The Year Earth Changed79%
A Beautiful Planet71%
Naqoyqatsi61%
Misha and the Wolves69%
Polar Bear72%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Ocean with David Attenborough80%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Katy Perry: Part of Me71%
The Class of ‘9271%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert83%
One Life75%
Audrey71%
