CONSUMERISM
I Am - exceptional movie by the man who directed or produced
Jim Carey's Ace Ventura --
A discussion of
consumerism & how societies that function best are based on
collaboration not winning
Those based on winning were
considered "unbalanced " by the well functioning societies.
ENERGY RELATED
Who killed the Electric car –excellent movie chronicling the start
up - and disappearance of the first electric cars
Charcoal people
The Energy Gamble
The Power of Community what Cuba did to rebuild after being left with no
energy
Killowatt Ours by Jeff Barrie - a
national movement for energy conservation, efficiency & renewables
Peak Moment TV offers movies about
Peak Oil & related issues
The End of Suburbia
Burning the Future- coal in America ironweed films.com- good
Fuel by Josh Tickell - a
comprehensive and entertaining look at energy in America
- bio diesel, algae, wind- *
The Story of Stuff by Annie
Leonard - a 20 minute film viewable online
The Story of Cap &
Trade by Annie Leonard - another 20 minute film viewable online
The Last Mountain - long, but excellent - coal pollution and the
destruction of the
Appalachian Mountains by
removing them. It also covers Bobby Kennedy Jr.'s work in this area
WATER
Fracking Hell – on You Tube 17 mins
The Split Estate
Gasland - Josh Fox's
Award winning movie about Fracking - excellent 1 hr
49 min
Fracking - online
Frack - the Movie
DownStream – Sandra Steingraber 's
The Story of Bottled
Water by Annie Leonard
FOOD
Fresh – ** gives solutions
The Future of Food
Food, Inc.(2008)
Fed up 2002 ( GMO's , Industrial farming , pesticides )
King corn- GMO's & planting only corn
HEALTHCARE
Sick Around America - how hospital and medical care is
inaccessible
Damaged Care- *about Humana & how decisions are made to cover or deny
Do No Harm-whistleblowers at a local hospital
Sicko- *Michael Moore - compares our system with others
MONEY /POLITICS
Inside Job- the Market Crash ***
Priceless –excellent film on campaign finance reform reform.
Arizona & Maine have publicly
funded politicians also in the fraywith the non-publicly funded ones.
Fishing industry, pesticides, farming etc
are covered to show how the
politicians are "funded" by what they support. There is a 58 min and a 25
min version.
www.habitatmedia.org
The End of America - Naomi Wolf *
Capitalism- A Love Story - Michael Moore – very good
Casino Jack And the United States of Money -about Jack Abramoff
- lobbying – good
Zeitgeist – review of banking from inception www.thezeitgeistmovement.com
www.thevenusproject.com
www.zeitgeistmovie.com
An Unreasonable man - * About Ralph Nader - who challenged Gen Motors
when very young on the safety of vehicles
after they tried to besmirch his
reputation, spied on him etc, he won a 450,000 lawsuit and used it to fight
for others
rights - garnered student support .
He helped found many organzations - then ran for president .
Many felt his running diminished the
Democratic vote & caused a Republican president to gain power . After
his
2nd run ( against Kerry )
many lost faith. He still works tireless for his (our) causes.
Chaos Theory
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Plunder- the Wall Street crime of 03-07 & beyond
Rise of Disaster Capitalism '09 Hidden Agenda, Vol. 1:
The Capitalist Conspiracy”
The End Of Poverty by Philippe Diaz - the collusion of big business and
governments to suppress democracy and human rights in developing countries
The War On Democracy John Pilger focuses on the USA's role in South
America (upsetting scenes)
http://johnpilger.com/videos
Obama Money Men
Fair Game – about Valerie Plame
Margin Call – stock mkt debacle
The Smartest Guys in the Room - about Enron
SCHOOLS/ EDUCATION
Waiting for Superman
THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRANSITION MOVEMENT
In Transition - premiered Sept 9,
2009
The Power Down Show (about Transition Towns)
Power Down by Richard Heinberg
Earth Days - the story of the environmental movement
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