SCIENCE . TECHNOLOGY

The Sum of All Cities

8 × 52' (ENG, FRA)

There are more than 10,000 cities around the world and 55% of the world’s population — over 4 billion of us — call them home.

Cities are often defined by numbers; population, cost of living, crime rate, temperature, GDP… by themselves, those numbers are just that. Your basic statistics. But look behind a number and you’ll find a story. And that story will lead you to another number. And that number reveals another story and that story connects to another number… and before you know it you’ve got the sum of a city. 

From the amount of shrimp eaten in Las Vegas, to the number of bird species in Panama City, and the spread of the yurt district in Ulaanbaatar, cosmetic surgery rates in Seoul and the length of the Aurora Borealis in Whitehorse.

One city. One episode. Shot on location around the world. So go ahead. Name your city. We’ll do the math.

"The Sum of All Cities" is a highly repeatable highly stylized captivating global tour of the spaces that more than half of us call home, illustrating the importance of place and people, past and present.