The Eco Film(s) on Friday, October 30th: Multiple Short Films about the Differently-Abled The Award Winners at the “We Care Filmfest”: Celebrating Diversity 2009 / Genre: Documentary. 50 minutes. 1. Abilities Unlimited – a group of young adults sitting in a restaurant plays beautiful music. Nobody knows that they are disabled , when they finishes […]
CONTINUE READINGThe Eco Film on Friday, October 23rd: Life and Debt The full movie is available on blip.tv: Won the Audience Award in the Prague One World Film Festival 2002 Genre: Documentary. Writer: Jamaica Kincaid. Director: Stephanie Black. USA, 2001. 80 minutes. Based on the fascinating novel “A Small Place” by Jamaica Kincaid, and backed by […]
CONTINUE READINGThe Eco Film on Friday, October 16th: Secrets of the King Cobra Genre: Documentary. Producers: John Bowman, Joy Galane, Richard Matthews, Michael Rosenfeld, John Rubin, and Romulus Whitaker. USA, 2007. 53 minutes. Secrets of the King Cobra is an unprecedented journey into the natural history of the wild King Cobra, following them into their world-revealing […]
CONTINUE READINGThe Eco Film on Friday, October 9th: The Age of Stupid Here’s the trailer via visionOntv: Won Best Documentary awards in 3 film festivals Genre: Documentary. Director: Franny Armstrong. UK, 2009. 92 Minutes. Blurring the boundary between sci-fi and documentary, Franny Armstrong’s The Age of Stupid peers back in time from a climate crisis-wracked 2055 […]
CONTINUE READINGThe Eco Film on Friday, October 2nd: Dark Days Won Best Documentary awards in 4 film festivals Genre: Documentary. Director: Marc Singer. UK, 2001. 78 Minutes. For two years Marc Singer lived with the people who make their home in the tunnels beneath Penn Station in New York, creating an unflinching portrait of a part […]
CONTINUE READINGThe Eco Film on Friday, September 25th:: Alone in the Wilderness Genre: Documentary. Director: Bob Swerer. USA, 2004. 57 Minutes. “Alone in the Wilderness” is the true story of Dick Proenneke living in the Alaska wilderness. Dick filmed his adventures so he could show his relatives in the lower 48 states what life was like […]
CONTINUE READINGThe Eco Film on Friday, September 18th: Autism: The Musical Here’s an interview with Tricia Regan, the Director of ‘Autism: The Musical’: Won 7 awards including an Emmy Award in 2008 Genre: Documentary. Director: Tricia Regan. USA, 2007. 93 Minutes. With environmental pressures (especially the abundance of heavy metals) Autism is the fastest growing developmental […]
CONTINUE READINGThe Eco Film on Friday, September 11th: KING CORN Genre: Documentary. Director: Aaron Woolf. USA, 2007. 88 Minutes. King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives a fast-food nation. In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east […]
CONTINUE READINGWhat is the Story of Stuff? From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story […]
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