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DOCUMENTARIES
age-appropriate
films
Amazonia
Vertical
Pavol Barabas, Slovakia, documentary, 63
min, 2004
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Auyan Tepui is the highest
table mountain in the Amazon Basin. From
one flank issues Angel Falls, the world’s
highest. Amazonia Vertical documents the
exploration of the lost world on top. A
team of three climbs a big wall, traverses
a torturous alien landscape, and barely
escapes down the opposite side, via long
committing rappels.
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The
Disappearing of Tuvalu
Christopher Horner, USA, documentary, 75
min., 2004
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Tiny Tuvalu, earth’s
first sovereign nation, faces total destruction
as a result of global warming. At the heart
of this story are the South Pacific Islanders
of Tuvalu who struggle to survive economically
while confronting the likelihood of having
to evacuate their homeland within the next
50 years.
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The Eskimo and the Whale
Jenn Hoffman, USA, documentary, 57 min.,
2005
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Arctic light illuminates an utterly alien
corner of the Earth and the Inupiat people
as they struggle for the preservation of
their subsistence whaling culture in the
Arctic regions of Alaska. Challenged by
hostile weather, intricate international
politics, the potential opening of ANWR
for oil development and aggressive off-shore
oil exploration, the Inupiat whalers remain
as resolute as their icebound ocean.
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The
Future Of Food
Deborah Koon Garcia, USA, documentary, 88
min., 2005
** Live Phone
Discussion w/ Deborah Garcia ** |
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If we are what we eat you
may want to consider your diet. Garcia (wife
of the late Grateful Dead member Jerry Garcia)
provides an in-depth investigation into
the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled,
patented, genetically engineered foods that
have quietly filled grocery store shelves
for the past decade. There is a revolution
going on in the farm fields and on the dinner
tables of America, one that is transforming
the very nature of the food we eat. Monsanto,
world’s leading producer of GM crops,
comes in for particularly close scrutiny
as a leader in this brave new world of biotech
business — a place where issues of
agricultural production, cutting-edge science,
profits, conservation, public health and
civil liberties all collide.
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Heavy
Metal
Neil Diamond & Jean-Pierre Maher, Canada,
documentary, 48 min., 2004
(English with French subtitles)
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In Northern Quebec, a major
mining disaster has been secretly devastating
the people and the environment for over
forty years. Seeking community redress,
Cree environmentalist Joseph Blacksmith
and American geologist Chris Covel compile
an environmental report, and attempt to
put a stop to the lethal heavy metal pollution.
Samples are collected from the areas in
which the mines are operating as well as
from people’s hair – extremely
toxic levels of arsenic, cyanide and mercury
are found. Blacksmith and Covel overcome
hurdle after hurdle, to complete their report—we
are there when the report is delivered to
the Quebec National Assembly. And then,
a terrible tragedy occurs – and a
controversial deal is made. Vital, gritty
and hard-hitting. Awards: Both directors
recently received the 2005 Rigoberta Menchu
Prize for Heavy Metal.
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Meltdown: In the Shadow of Nepal's Lost
Glaciers
Richard Heap, UK, documentary, 50 min., 2004
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Global warming is starting
to impact dangerously on one of the most
beautiful and distant parts of the world.
This film follows a UN trip to look at the
glacial melt that is forming huge lakes
behind moraine dams. Effectively a ticking
time bomb, these lakes contain up to 30
million tons of water and the film highlights
the people on the front line of this imminent
flood disaster – the Nepali people
themselves. True to the usual Slackjaw style
this film is both personable and provocative
in equal measure.
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Nature: The Good, the Bad and the Grizzly
Shane Moore, Janet Hess, USA, documentary, 57 min., 2004
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After a decades-long comeback,
the grizzly bears of Yellowstone National
Park appear to be thriving. Should they
now be removed from the protection of the
Endangered Species Act? Explore the complex
issue of grizzly-bear management and conservation
with ranchers, conservationists and government
officials.
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One in Eight,
Janice’s Journey
Cynthia McKeown, USA, documentary, 57 min.,
2003
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A highly personal and irreverent
look, both poignant and comic, at one woman's
fight against breast cancer. The film follows
33-year-old Janice Fine through her diagnosis,
treatment, recovery and search for answers,
while dealing with memories of her mother's
death from cancer 17 years earlier.
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Plitvice –
Im Land der Fallenden Seen (The Land of
the Falling Lakes)
Michael Schlaumberger, Austria, documentary,
53 min, 2004
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The falling lakes of Plitvice,
Croatia, comprise 16 crystal-clear lakes
arranged in spectacular terraces and connected
by countless waterfalls and rapids. The
old forests of this, Europe’s oldest
national park, are teeming with wolves,
bears and lynx.
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Rio Arriba
Ulises de la Orden, Argentina, documentary,
72 min., 2004
(Spanish with subtitles)
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A personal, reflective journey
of history, self-discovery and recovery.
Filmmaker Ulises de la Orden explores the
economic, cultural political impact of European
focused monoculture on the land and people
of the Andean hillsides of Argentina. De
la Orden's grandfather was a manager at
a sugar mill that hired indigenous labourers.
He begins by asking “what land and
lifestyle did the labourers leave in order
to work at the mill?” Travelling by
plane, train, bus, foot and donkey upstream
he searches for the answers. Truth and testimony
survive atop the Andean steppes. The indigenous
descendents of the original mill workers
relate stories of land theft, forced labour
and cultural loss. Beautifully shot and
rhythmically edited with a reflective narrative
that measures the loss of habitable, sustainable
culture against the material gains of a
colossal capital expansion.
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Viva Vicuna
Christian Baumeister, Germany, documentary, 50 min., 2006
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Today, the Vikunjas, which
were at times threatened with extinction,
are protected sources of the finest wool
on earth. They were held as sacred by the
Indios, almost extinguished by the Spanish,
and now they serve as an economic resource
for the Indios on the South American Altiplano.
The Vikunjas are no longer killed today,
but they are hunted. They are caught, sheared
and then set free again. A coat made of
this noble wool costs more than 25,000 US
dollars in Milan.
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