Investigates how the exploitation of Southern Louisiana’s abundant natural resources compromised the resiliency of its ecology and culture, thus multiplying the effects of the BP oil spill and Hurricane Katrina. DVD 8124 Distributor description: http://bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/sola.html
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Hot Docs: Quiet Revolution now available in Media Services
Many say Singapore has the best education system in the world. This film shows how this system has produced such amazing results and how it differs from the educational philosophy as practiced here in the United States. The system acknowledges that not everyone is “college material” and steers students into the appropriate training or educational […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Prosecutor now available in Media Services
“The first main prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo indicted people who were accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes as defined in international treaties. Prosecutor follows Moreno-Ocampo during his first trial against Congolese army leader Thomas Lubanga, accused of war crimes. The film retraces the history of the controversial Criminal […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Delicious peace grows in a Ugandan coffee bean now available in Media Services
“Living in the lingering wake of the Idi Amin regime of terror and intolerance, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Ugandan coffee farmers challenged historical and economic hurdles by forming “Delicious Peace” Cooperative. Their mission was to build harmonious relationships and economic development, and they are succeeding. Partnering with a Fair Trade US roaster, the farmers’ standard […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Grace, Milly, Lucy– child soldiers now available in Media Services
In Uganda, more than 30,000 children have been abducted by rebel troops over the past 20 years and forced into armed conflict. Many of these child soldiers are girls. When they return from captivity, the girls struggle to be accepted in their communities and make their voices heard. DVD 8899 Distributor webpage: http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c792.shtml
Continue readingHot Docs: How to boil a frog now available in Media Services
An eco-comedy (documentary feature film) that mixes rapid-fire humorwith hard-hitting facts to show the consequences of overshoot: toomany people using up too little planet, much too fast. Gives us anoverview of our situation and 5 surprising ways that regular peoplelike you and me can save civilization, while making our own livesbetter now. DVD 9186 Film […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Immigrant Nation now available in Media Services
This is a documentary combining the story of activist Elvira Arellano with the larger story of the pro-immigrant movement that primarily began in Chicago. DVD 9197 Film website: http://www.immigrantnationfilm.com/
Continue readingHot Docs: Impunity: What kind of war for Columbia? now available in Media Services
“Colombia today: the biggest trial against Paramilitary armies – accused of killing thousands of Colombians – is designed to create “peace and justice”. Instead the process comes to an abrupt halt, when the political and economic interests in the paramilitary war are uncovered. Are the victims’ families doomed to stay victims forever or are they […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Our Daily Poison now available in Media Services
According to the World Health Organization, the incidence of cancer has doubled over the last thirty years (after allowing for the population aging factor). Over this period, the increase in leukemia and brain tumours in children has been around 2% per year. The WHO has observed a similar trend for neurological diseases (Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s) […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Mr CO2: Life after Kyoto now available in Media Services
He has expanded through the very air we breathe. He’s galvanized activists around the globe to fight him, and stymied the world’s political leaders. Meet Mr. CO2: carbon dioxide, the primary cause of climate change. This documentary may use whimsical animation to personify carbon dioxide emissions, but its message is dead-serious: if we fail to […]
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