The Video Project
SPRING 2012 NEW RELEASES
NEW RELEASES OVERVIEW
Table of Contents
New Releases
2
Community Screenings
9
Popular Films
10
Recent Releases
12
The Video Project
Steve Michelson
President
David Donnenfield
Managing Director
Craig Malina
Director of Business Affairs
Jessica Hammond
Operations Manager
Waking the Green Tiger
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ABOUT THE VIDEO PROJECT
Founded in 1983, our mission is
to distribute media programs that
educate people of all ages to the
critical challenges of our time –
environmental, social and global
issues – and encourage exploring
and acting on potential solutions.
Tells the dramatic story of the rise of the first major grassroots environmental
movement in China, a significant development that could reshape the country.
In My Lifetime
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A comprehensive look at the history and impact of the nuclear age from its
beginnings to the present day, including the international efforts to reduce
the nuclear threat.
The Video Project is the
educational distribution arm of
Specialty Studios, a full-service
development and distribution studio
for social cause media programs:
www.SpecialtyStudios.com.
Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
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Brings to light the issue of population growth and how it’s connected to our
most pressing environmental and humanitarian problems, as well as the
potential solutions.
Animate Earth
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Steve Ladd
Makes the case for a new holistic scientific revolution as essential to solving
the environmental crises created in part by conventional science’s view of
the earth.
Marketing & Distribution
Margaret Poindexter
Community Engagement Coordinator
Erica Wong
Marketing Associate
NOTABLE DATES
TO USE OUR FILMS
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The Light Bulb Conspiracy
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2012
UN International
Year of Cooperatives
Uncovers how planned obsolescence has shaped our lives and economy
since the 1920s, when manufacturers deliberately started shortening the life
of consumer products to increase demand.
March 8
International
Women’s Day
The Sacred Science
Rebecca Holland
Accounting
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March 11 Fukushima Disaster
Anniversary
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March 22 UN World Water Day
April 22
Earth Day
May 18
Endangered Species
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June 8
World Oceans Day
Aug 6-9
Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Anniversaries
Sept 29
National Public Lands
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Oct 24
National Food Day
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Captures an unprecedented glimpse into the ancient healing practices
of the Amazon rainforest’s medicine men, whose unique knowledge is
threatened by deforestation.
Toxic Tears
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Looks at the little-known darker side of the “Green Revolution” in India that
transformed agriculture in the mid-20th century, but has negatively impacted
thousands of farmers.
Community Screenings
Page 9
Popular Films
Page 10-11
Recent Releases
Pages 12-16
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NEW RELEASES
NEW RELEASES
Waking the Green Tiger
In My Lifetime
“Gary Marcuse’s stirring
documentary celebrates the
brave souls at the forefront
of China’s new revolution.”
“One of the best documentaries of the nuclear age
I have ever seen.”
– Avner Cohen, senior fellow,
The Monterey Institute for Int’l Studies
– Vancouver International Film Festival
“This engaging documentary shakes up a lot of
assumptions we may have
about China and opens our
eyes to a revolution that
brings on public debate.”
A film by Gary Marcuse and Betsy Carson
78 minutes • Grades 9-Adult • CC • Scene selection
English and Mandarin with English subtitles
Waking the Green Tiger tells the dramatic story
of the rise of the first major grassroots environmental
movement in China, a significant development that
could reshape the country. Seen through the eyes of
farmers, journalists, activists and a former government
insider, the film traces the historical evolution of the
movement and highlights an extraordinary campaign
to stop a huge dam project slated for the Upper Yangtze
River in southern China.
Featuring archival footage never seen outside China and
interviews with insiders and witnesses, the documentary
portrays the fifty-year history of Chairman Mao’s
campaigns to conquer nature in the name of progress.
Mao mobilized millions of people in campaigns that
reshaped China’s landscape, destroyed lakes, forests
and grasslands, and unleashed dust storms. Despite
the evident consequences, critics of this approach were
silenced for decades.
– Toronto Star
“Waking the Green Tiger is
wonderful, an amazing story
that opens an unexpected
window onto China.”
– Ronald Wright,
Author, A Short History of Progress
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Winner,
Best Canadian Documentary,
Planet in Focus Film Fest, Toronto
Winner,
Top 10 Canadian Films,
Vancouver Int’l Film Festival
Official Selection,
San Francisco Green Film Fest
Environmental Film Festival
in the Nation’s Capital
The green movement emerged when a new environmental impact law was passed in 2004. For the
first time in China’s history, ordinary citizens gained the right to speak out and take part in government
decisions. Green activism grew into a larger movement as local villagers and urban activists joined
forces to oppose a massive new dam at Tiger Leaping Gorge on the Upper Yangtze that would have
displaced 100,000 people. Their extraordinary campaign is a primary focus of the film.
Waking the Green Tiger also gained unprecedented access to the former director of China’s
Environmental Protection Agency, Qu Geping, whose years of work inside the government laid the
foundation for environmental protection in China. Qu provides a candid look at the state of the
environment in China from Mao until now, and discusses how environmental law and the green
movement have a key role to play in the evolution of democracy in China.
NOTE: Includes Chinese language version (Mandarin and English with SC Chinese subtitles)
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A film by Robert E. Frye • 109 minutes
Scene selection (7 Chapters) • CC • Grades 9-Adult
Includes German, French and Spanish subtitled versions
In one lifetime a nuclear-armed world emerged, and
with it, the potential for global destruction on a scale
never before possible. Is it also possible that in a
single lifetime nuclear weapons could be abolished?
Directed by a former ABC network news executive
producer, In My Lifetime provides a comprehensive
look at the full scope and impact of the nuclear age
from its beginnings to the present day, including the
international efforts by citizens, scientists and political
leaders to reduce or eliminate the nuclear threat.
“A powerful and persuasive
film. Beautifully done.
Shows the effects of
nuclear weapons and the
consequences on both the
commonwealth and on
individual conscience.”
– William Lanouette,
Author, Genius in the Shadows
“A very impressive piece of work
and a powerful, intelligent
and truthful depiction of the
realities of nuclear weapons.”
– Jackie Cabasso,
Director, Western States Legal Foundation
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Through archival footage and contemporary
Official Selection,
interviews, In My Lifetime portrays the history
Global Peace Film Festival
of the nuclear era and the complex search for
FilmColumbia Festival
“a way beyond”. Filmed in Europe, Japan and
the U.S., the movie features international voices
World Premiere Broadcast
from many perspectives and different parts of the
Icelandic Television (RUV)
history. Manhattan Project scientists, former military
personnel, and survivors of the first atomic bombs
remind us how the nuclear age began – and what
we seek to avoid from happening ever again. Central participants and historians recount the
major developments that followed: the U.S.– Soviet Cold War, above-ground nuclear testing,
the Cuban missile crisis, the historic summits between Reagan and Gorbachev, the spread of
nuclear weapons, and nonproliferation efforts.
Through this history, the film attempts to uncover the forces that brought us to the present
number of nuclear-armed countries, and the obstacles – both political and human – that have
blocked the world from reaching the solution all ultimately desire. An inside view of the debates
at a recent UN Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference is especially revealing, clearly
showing how difficult it is for the world to move beyond the nuclear status quo. In My Lifetime
challenges viewers to learn from this history and find a way to accomplish what might seem like
the impossible, because it is an absolute necessity.
NOTE: More historical resources on film website
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NEW RELEASES
NEW RELEASES
Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
Animate Earth
“Animate Earth is an eloquent
call for a new holistic science
integrating intuitive and
quantitative approaches to
reality. The ecological crisis
demands a new harmonious
relationship between
humanity and nature
embodied in a world view in
which we are part of rather
than apart from nature.”
“Recommended. Addresses
perhaps the most important,
although frequently
overlooked, environmental
issue – population. This
film is ideal for a classroom
setting where it is guaranteed
to spark discussion.”
– Educational Media Reviews Online
A film by Christophe Fauchere and Joyce Johnson
45 & 60 minutes • Grades 8-Adult
Scene selection • Closed captioned
Since the 1960s world population has nearly doubled
and now tops 7 billion. Population growth, though
little discussed, is putting an unprecedented burden
on the planet’s life systems. Mother: Caring for
7 Billion brings to light the connection between
overpopulation and our most pressing environmental
and humanitarian problems, as well as the solutions.
The film begins with a striking animated timeline of
population growth over the last 500,000 years with
key historical references. Mother then looks at how
the population issue first arrived on the public agenda
in the 1960s, and reviews the various ways in which
population impacts the global environment.
“Recommended. A sobering
and thought-provoking look
at the population issue,
especially timely given
the recent milestone of 7
billion people on Earth.”
– Video Librarian
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Best Social Issue Documentary,
DocuFest Atlanta
Winner,
Best Film,
The Population Institute Media Awards
Official Selection,
American Conservation Film Fest
The second part of the film follows Beth, an American
mother and child rights advocate, who grew up in
Projecting Change Film Festival
a large family of 12. She travels to Africa to witness
Princeton Environmental Film Fest
first-hand the impact of population growth in the
developing world and its role in exacerbating poverty.
While there, she meets a young Ethiopian woman,
Zinet, who comes from a poor family of 12, but has found the courage to break free from longheld cultural barriers holding back women. Beth learns from Zinet and others that a primary
solution to the population issue is raising the status of women worldwide through education and
empowerment, an essential step to ease population growth and reduce poverty worldwide.
The final section of Mother features a broader discussion of the solutions to overpopulation
in both the developed and developing world. The film features commentary from many
world-renowned experts and scientists, including Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich, author of The
Population Bomb; economist Mathis Wackernagel, creator of the Global Footprint Network; Dr.
Malcolm Potts, Chair, UC Berkeley Bixby Center for Population, Health and Sustainability; Riane
Eisler, best-selling author and President of the Center for Partnership Studies; and Dr. Aminata
Toure, Chief of the Gender, Human Rights and Culture Branch, United Nations Population Fund.
NOTE: Classroom and discussion guides included
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– David Lorimer,
The Scientific and Medical Network
A film by Sally Angel and Josh Good
43 minutes • Grades 10-Adult
Scene selection • Closed captioned
Featuring leading scientists, ecologists and authors,
Animate Earth makes the case for a new holistic
scientific revolution as an essential step towards solving
the environmental crises created in large part by
conventional science’s mechanistic view of the earth.
Four hundred years ago, the scientific revolution
initiated our disconnect from nature. Despite its many
benefits, the approach encouraged people to think
of nature as something solely to exploit to meet our
needs. Now, with current environmental dangers and
uncertainties, the film articulates the need for another
scientific revolution, one that reconnects us with the
planet by viewing the earth as a living system, as an
animate being.
Animate Earth is presented by Dr. Stephan Harding,
Oxford-trained biologist, renowned ecologist, and
colleague of British scientist James Lovelock, originator
of the Gaia Theory. The film also features commentary
from Brian Goodwin, Iain McGilchrist, Fritjof Capra,
Vandana Shiva, Jules Cashford and Satish Kumar.
“A wonderful film. No one tells
the awesome story of how
we can use science to deeply
connect with the earth better
or with more inspiration
than Stephan Harding.”
– David W. Orr,
Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of
Environmental Studies and Politics,
Oberlin College
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Official Selection,
COP 15, Copenhagen
Climate Change Conference
Natures at Wilderness Festival
ABOCA for Ecology
Schumacher Centenary Festival
Quaker UK Summer Gathering
Animate Earth begins with Dr. Harding’s description of his own transformation from a
conventional scientist to one who balances the traditional approach with a more holistic,
intuitive view. The film goes on to provide an overview of the evolution of scientific thinking from
the ancient Greeks to the Enlightenment, and explores the roots and inspiration for today’s
holistic scientific thinking, especially in the theories of Goethe and Lovelock.
Harding and the other experts take this thinking to the next level by articulating the principles
involved in the new scientific revolution, an approach that at its core recognizes that the planet’s
great, deeply interconnected life-sustaining systems are full of meaning and significance.
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NEW RELEASES
NEW RELEASES
The Light Bulb Conspiracy
The Sacred Science
“The film explores the issue of
planned obsolescence, and
argues that the light bulb is
the first case of a product
being designed to have a
deliberately short lifespan.”
– Consumer Reports
“The Light Bulb Conspiracy
combines strong stories
with rare archival footage,
tracing a century of
planned obsolescence.”
A film by Cosima Dannoritzer • Produced by Joan Ubeda
75 minutes • Grades 9-Adult
Scene selection • Closed captioned
The Light Bulb Conspiracy uncovers how planned
obsolescence has shaped our lives and economy since
the 1920s, when manufacturers deliberately started
shortening the life of consumer products to increase
demand. The film also profiles a new generation of
consumers, designers and business people who have
started challenging planned obsolescence as an
unsustainable economic driver.
The documentary begins by visiting the longest-running
light bulb in the world, which has burned continuously
for over 110 years in Livermore, California. Initially,
light bulbs were built to last. But the film finds historical
evidence revealing how a cartel in the 1920s decided
to produce bulbs limited to a maximum life of 1,000
hours, making the humble light bulb one of the first
examples of planned obsolescence and a model for
increasing profits on other products.
– Environmental Film Festival in the
Nation’s Capitol
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Winner,
Best Documentary,
Spanish Television Academy Awards
Winner,
Best Feature Documentary,
FILMAMBIENTE, Brazil
Winner,
Best Film, SCINEMA, Australia
Finalist,
Focal International Awards, London
Magnolia Awards, Shanghai
Prix Europa
A film by Nick Polizzi and Dan Bailey
77 minutes • Grades 11-Adult
Scene selection • Closed captioned
– Starz Denver Film Festival
The Sacred Science is a groundbreaking documentary that captures an unprecedented glimpse into
the ancient healing practices of the Amazon rainforest’s
medicine men, or shamans, whose unique knowledge
of indigenous plants and rituals is threatened by
deforestation, modernization and eco-tourism.
The region’s traditional healers have knowledge
of a vast catalogue of natural plant medicines and
practices that have been time-tested for centuries, but
are little-known outside the rainforests and may soon
be lost forever. Working with a handful of shamans
experienced in the harvesting and preparation of
traditional plant medicines, as well as ritual exercises,
these A large number of the synthetic medicines we
know today were discovered in these rainforests.
However, less than 5% of Amazonian plants have been
examined for their healing potential.
“Entering the heart of
healing in the heart of the
Amazon, we find that saving
the rainforest really does
mean saving ourselves.”
– Mill Valley Film Festival
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Official Selection,
Mill Valley Film Festival
Official Selection,
Starz Denver Film Festival
Official Selection,
DC Environmental Film Festival
Shot over three years in Europe, the U.S. and Ghana, The Light Bulb Conspiracy investigates
the evolution and impact of planned obsolescence through interviews with historians,
economists, designers and manufacturers, along with archival footage and internal company
documents. The film profiles several well-known historical advocates – Bernard London, who
famously proposed ending the Great Depression by mandating planned obsolescence, and
Brook Stevens, whose post-war ideas became the gospel of the 1950s and helped shape the
throwaway consumer society of today.
The Sacred Science follows eight people from
the developed world with a variety of common and
serious ailments who embark on a challenging, one-month healing journey into the heart of
the Amazon jungle. Working with a handful of experienced shamans who mindfully harvest
and prepare traditional plant medicines and ritual exercises, these men and women seek to
overcome Parkinson’s disease, cancer, alcoholism, diabetes and depression. Ultimately, five of
the patients return with measurable improvements, exceeding the expectations of many.
The Light Bulb Conspiracy also looks at modern examples of planned obsolescence,
including computer printers and the controversy over the inability to replace iPod batteries.
Environmental consequences are seen most dramatically in the massive amounts of electronic
waste that end up in uncontrolled dump sites in Third World countries such as Ghana. The
film concludes with examples of consumers and businesses moving towards more sustainable
practices and products, including Warner Philips, great grandson of the founder of Philips
Electronics, who is producing an LED bulb designed to last 25 years.
Never before has such a candid, in-depth account of these traditional practices been caught
on film. The Sacred Science is a provocative call both to look deeper into these traditional
methods and their potential benefit to humankind, as well as to preserve the forests and ancient
cultures for the treasures and knowledge they possess.
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“Captures the whole process
beautifully...and the ambient
sense of wonder in The
Sacred Science is hard to
resist. Even skeptics will
likely be impressed by...
the eloquence of the film’s
underlying plea to preserve
Amazonian healing traditions
increasingly under threat by
deforestation, modernization,
and eco-tourism..”
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NEW RELEASES
NEW RELEASES
Toxic Tears
COMMUNITY SCREENINGS
Use the power of film
to inform and inspire action.
These titles are available for organized screenings by groups or individuals in home or
community settings. Available options include free or paid screenings for different sized
audiences, and for single or multiple events. Order screening options from Specialty Studios,
The Video Project’s parent company: www.specialtystudios.com.
“Toxic Tears takes a hard look
at the alleged perversions of
the system...(and) highlights
an undeniable problem.”
For classroom or other institutional use, purchase DVDs from The Video Project.
– Radio Netherlands Worldwide
“Toxic Tears profiles the
heartbroken men and
women in Punjab’s villages
who lost their sons to
faulty farming practices.”
A film by Tom Deiters and Hilbert Kamphuisen
25 minutes • Grades 9-Adult • Scene selection • CC
In Hindi and English with English subtitles
Toxic Tears looks at the little-known darker side
of the “Green Revolution” in India that transformed
agriculture, but has negatively impacted thousands of
farmers in the country.
The Green Revolution of the mid-20th century was
aimed at greatly reducing starvation in the Third
World. But the high-yielding seeds and mono-crops
central to its success required heavy use of chemical
fertilizers, pesticides and water, with a higher cost
than the traditional, more natural methods that were
abandoned. While the Green Revolution did increase
yields of grains and initially benefited farmers, the
price paid proved very high in India, leading to heavy
indebtedness, disharmony, environmental degradation,
and thousands of suicides among farmers.
– The Times of India
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Official Selection,
Int’l Documentary Film Festival,
Amsterdam
Official Selection,
Globians Documentary Film Festival,
Germany
Official Selection,
Document 9 Film Festival, Scotland
Official Selection,
Eco Film Festival, Malaysia
Official Selection,
Toxic Tears features farmers, local merchants, and
Environmental Film Festival, Accra
moneylenders in the Southern Punjab region who tell
their stories. Two older farmers in one village describe
how farming in the past was different from today,
and how their sons were forced to take more loans from banks and local moneylenders.
Heavily in debt, they took their lives by drinking pesticides, and were among the 25 farmers
who committed suicide in recent years in their village. One villager who continued to farm
organically describes how the use of pesticides is like a drug addiction, making both farmers
and the land dependent upon them, and at great cost.
Dr. Vandana Shiva, noted scientist, environmentalist and winner of the Right Livelihood Award,
provides additional background and commentary. She believes that while local moneylenders
have benefited, the main beneficiaries are the big agricultural companies who provide the
seeds, pesticides and fertilizers to local middlemen, with little understanding or concern for
their impact.
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POPULAR FILMS
POPULAR FILMS
Climate Refugees
86 minutes • Grades 9-Adult • CC • Scene selection
ITEM #CLI-1012 • $295 / $89*
Sundance-featured documentary explores in-depth the global
human impact of climate change and its serious potentially
destabilizing effect on international politics and security.
“Highly recommended. A gripping and compelling movie...”
– Educational Media Reviews Online
Call of Life
60 & 80 minutes • Grades 7-Adult • SDH • Scene selection
ITEM #CAL-1047 • $195 / $89*
The first feature documentary to fully investigate the growing
threat posed by the unprecedented loss of biodiversity on
the planet – its causes, impact and what can be done.
“Highly recommended. Well-produced, informative,
compelling and disturbing.” – Video Librarian
A Simple Question
36 minutes • Grades 4-Adult • SDH • Scene selection
ITEM #SIM-1051• $149 / $79*
Profiles an innovative environmental education program
that empowers students to help restore natural habitats and
preseve endangered species.
“Starred Review. Top 25 Videos for Students. Well-produced,
tightly edited program.” – Booklist (ALA)
Fresh
Profiles an African peasant farmer who fought conventional
wisdom to develop a model farming method that has helped
overcome desertification and hunger in the Sahel.
“Highly recommended. An amazing true story.”
– Educational Media Reviews Online
Vanishing of the Bees
Scene selection • CC • Two purchase options:
ITEM #VAN-1053 • Grades 8-Adult • 57 & 88 minutes • $195 / $89*
ITEM #VAN-1057 • Grades 5-12 • 34 minutes w/study guide • $59
Investigates the mysterious disappearance of honeybees
across the planet, the impact it could have on our food supply,
and what scientists think might be the causes and solutions.
“Recommended. Makes its points well.” – Science Books & Films (AAAS)
Terra Antarctica: Rediscovering
the Seventh Continent
48 minutes • Grades 8-Adult • SDH • Special features
ITEM #TER-1063 • $195 / $89*
A firsthand look at the changes occurring in the remote
continent of Antarctica, which impacts the entire planet’s
weather and oceans.
Winner, Best Ocean Issues, Blue Ocean Film Festival
Lords of Nature
60 minutes • Grades 7-Adult • Scene selection
ITEM #LOR-1046 • $195 / $89*
Profiles the farmers and business people across the nation
who are at the forefront of reinventing America’s food
system in a more sustainable fashion.
Explores how top predators like wolves and cougars play a
vital role in maintaining healthy, balanced ecosystems – a
lesson in the importance of preserving biodiversity.
“Recommended. Packed with insight into the science of ecology.”
–Booklist
So Right So Smart
Tapestries of Hope
86 & 56 minutes • Grades 9-Adult • SDH • Scene selection
ITEM #SOR-1040 • $295 (all audiences)
77 & 56 minutes • Grades 11-Adult • CC • Scene selection
ITEM #TAP-1061 • $195 / $89*
Shows how companies of all sizes are finding that more
sustainable business practices are both good for the earth
and good for the bottom line.
Movingly exposes the abuse of young women in Zimbabwe
by men infected with AIDS, and profiles a heroic organization
working to rescue and protect young girls.
“Recommended. An excellent feature-length documentary...”
– Educational Media Reviews Online
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Rockin’ the Wall
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Both an engaging history lesson about life behind the Berlin
Wall and an entertaining exploration of the power of rock
music as a force for social change and liberation.
“Recommended. A well-developed program.”
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RECENT RELEASES
RECENT RELEASES
Into Eternity
“NY TIMES CRITICS’ PICK.
I am tempted to call Into Eternity
the most interesting documentary,
and one of the most disturbing
films, of the year so far.”
Cafeteria Man
“Cafeteria Man provides powerful
ammunition in the fight to end the
epidemic of childhood obesity.”
– Jay A. Perman, MD
Summit on Childhood Obesity
– A.O. Scott, New York Times
“A compelling and original
wake-up call.”
“Excellent. Filmmaker Michael
Madsen has beautifully crafted
one of the most provocative
movies of the year.”
– Jane Black, food writer
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– San Francisco Chronicle
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Grand Prize,
Paris Int’l Environmental Film Festival
58 & 75 minutes • Grades 9-Adult
Scene selection • Closed captioned
Into Eternity is the first feature documentary
to explore the challenging scientific and
philosophical questions long-term nuclear
waste storage poses. With its stark, stylistic
approach, the film not only questions whether
it’s possible to guarantee the safe storage of
nuclear waste for 100,000 years or longer, but
also invites reflection on the limits of human
knowledge and on our responsibility to distant
future generations.
Winner,
CINE Golden Eagle Award
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Grand Prize,
Vision Du Reel, Nyon
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65 minutes • Grades 9-Adult
Scene selection • Closed captioned
Cafeteria Man takes a candid look at Tony
Geraci’s sweeping, tenacious efforts to kickstart
school lunch reform in Baltimore’s schools. The
film follows Geraci for two years as he partners
with a dedicated group of parents and students
to overhaul a long-established, dysfunctional
lunch program and battle the entrenched
bureaucracy behind it, profiling Baltimore’s
experience as it becomes recognized as part of
a burgeoning national movement.
White Water, Black Gold
“Eye-opening... The contrast
between formerly pristine waters
and polluted waterways makes
a convincing case for exploring
sources of alternative fuels in this
call for action.” – Booklist (ALA)
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K-12 Schools, Public Libraries, & Non-Profits - $89
Colleges, Institutions, & Businesses - $195
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Winner,
Best American Documentary,
Rome International Film Festival
Winner,
John Muir Award,
Yosemite Film Festival
Item # WHI-985
Item # CAF-758
Public Libraries - $59
K-12 Schools & Non-Profits - $89
Colleges, Institutions, & Businesses - $250
Grow!
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Winner,
Platinum Doc Award Winner,
Oregon Film Awards
Projecting Change Film Festival
Hot Springs Documentary
Film Festival
“Grow! offers the opportunity to
understand a new generation of
farmer... What we get is a picture
of hardworking, passionate, and
idealistic 20- and 30-somethings
who feel called to a ‘real’ job with
tangible results.” – Civil Eats
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Official Selection,
Wild and Scenic Film Festival
Official Selection,
AFI/Discovery Channel Silverdocs
Documentary Festival
57 & 83 minutes • Grades 7-Adult
Scene selection • Closed captioned
Narrated by Peter Coyote
White Water, Black Gold investigates the untold
environmental and public health costs associated
with Canada’s Tar Sands, the source of oil for
the proposed Keystone Pipeline, and looks at the
alternatives to pursuing ever dirtier sources of oil. The
film follows adventurer and producer David Lavallee
on his three-year journey across Western Canada in
search of the truth about the world’s thirstiest and
dirtiest oil industry.
www.videoproject.com • 1.800.475.2638
50 minutes • Grades 9-Adult
Scene selection • Closed captioned
Winner,
Focus Award, Montana CINE Int’l Film Festival
Official Selection,
Atlanta International Documentary Festival
Wild and Scenic Film Festival
Item # GRO-1001
K-12 Schools, Public Libraries, & Non-Profits - $89
Colleges, Institutions, & Businesses - $195
Grow! profiles the next generation of young
farmers, many of whom have turned to the fields
for a more fulfilling life and with a strong desire
to change how our food is grown. The film takes
an engaging and personal look at this new crop
of farmers through the eyes, hearts and minds of
20 passionate, idealistic and fiercely independent
young growers. They speak honestly about both
the joys and the challenges involved in tending
the land.
www.videoproject.com • 1.800.475.2638
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RECENT RELEASES
RECENT RELEASES
The Clean Bin Project
“One of those rare documentaries
that make you feel like you can do
something about the problems in
our world.” – Vail Daily
Delicious Peace Grows In
a Ugandan Coffee Bean
“A revealing look at how different
life could be if we reduced our
waste.” – The Chief
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– David S. Meyer,
Prof. of Sociology and Political Science,
University of California, Irvine
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“A well-told and inspiring story
not only of economic success
but of cultural reconciliation and
cooperation.”
Winner,
Best Conservation Film, Bend Film Festival
Winner,
Best Canadian Documentary,
Projecting Change Film Festival
50 & 77 minutes • Grades 6-Adult
Scene selection • Closed captioned
Official Selection,
Planet In Focus Film Festival
The Clean Bin Project follows a couple,
Jen and Grant, as they go head-to-head in
an uplifting and often humorous competition
to see who can produce the least amount of
garbage in an entire year. Their rivalry presents
the serious topics of modern consumption
habits and waste reduction in a light-hearted,
optimistic way that encourages viewers of all
ages to consider what simple steps they can
take in their own lives and communities.
World Community Film Festival
Item # CLE-1067
K-12 Schools & Non-Profits - $89
Colleges, Institutions, & Businesses - $250
– Anthropology Review Database
In a nation once plagued by Idi Amin’s reign of
terror and intolerance, Christian, Jewish, and
Muslim Ugandan coffee farmers have come
together to challenge historical prejudice and
economic hurdles by forming the Delicious
Peace Coffee Cooperative. The cooperative has
become a model for others, demonstrating how
the interweaving of harmonious relationships with
Fair Trade practices can substantially improve the
lives of people who are economically challenged.
“RECOMMENDED. Viewers will
gain a thorough background in
coral reproduction and learn
of conditions threatening coral
reefs such as global warming
and pollution. ”
“A feisty little film which is downhome in style, and humorous.”
– Vancouver Sun
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Winner,
Best Documentary & Best Director,
Los Angeles Movie Awards
Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival
Item # HBF-1075
K-12 Schools, Public Libraries, & Non-Profits - $89
Colleges, Institutions, & Businesses - $250
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Winner,
Best Short Doc, New Jersey Film Festival
Winner,
Best Documentary, Bronzeville Film Fest
Item # DEL-1074
K-12 Schools & Public Libraries - $79
Colleges, Institutions, & Businesses - $175
Exploring Coral Reefs:
Reproduction and Survival
– Educational Media Reviews Online
Winner,
Best Environmental Film,
FilmShift Film Festival
Official Selection,
Wild and Scenic Film Festival
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40 minutes • Grades 7-Adult
Scene selection • Closed captioned
How to Boil a Frog
“Ambitious and insightfully
practical.” – Transition Voice
“A colorful and upbeat film that
affords me an easy entry into
discussion of some of the most
difficult issues in social science:
race, religion, inequality, and
development.”
87 minutes • Grades 9-Adult
Scene selection • Closed captioned
How to Boil a Frog mixes fast-paced comedy
with hard-hitting facts to help make complex
subjects both understandable and more
engaging. Along with the comedy, the movie
interweaves high-quality animation and worldclass experts in relevant fields to help encourage
both awareness and action. The accompanying
64-page study guide, done in the same style
as the film, is an additional useful and unique
resource.
www.videoproject.com • 1.800.475.2638
“The videos are amazingly
intimate and the animated
graphics do a fine job of
explaining the life of the corals.
The excellent underwater
photography makes this program
useful for the study of coral reefs
and environmental science.”
– School Library Journal
Item # EXP-1045
K-12 Schools & Non-Profits - $89
Colleges, Institutions, & Businesses - $149
36 minutes • Grades 6-Adult
5 short video modules • Closed captioned
Featuring Dr. Kiki Sanford and Dr. Peter Harrison
Enter the fantastic undersea world of corals to learn
about the variety of reproductive strategies these
tiny animals use to ensure their survival. Coral reefs
are vital to the health of the world’s oceans and to
people living nearby but are threatened by human
activity. Enhanced by high-definition underwater
cinematography and animated sequences, the five
instructional modules provide a clear introduction
to coral reproduction and coral ecology.
www.videoproject.com • 1.800.475.2638
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RECENT RELEASES
ORDER INFORMATION
RFK In the Land Of
Apartheid
“HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Not only is the content of the film
enlightening and stirring, it is also
masterfully delivered.”
– Educational Media Reviews Online
“A remarkable gem. A film that was
begging to be made.”
– Encounters International Film Festival
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Broadcast on PBS, SABC,
Africa Channel UK, Al Jazeera
56 minutes • Grades 7-Adult
Scene selection • Closed captioned
Official Selection,
Vermont International Film Festival
Sedona International Film Festival
Encounters Int’l Documentary Film Festival
The film tells the little-known story of Senator
Robert Kennedy’s influential June 1966 visit
to South Africa during the worst years of
Apartheid. His visit gave hope to opponents of
Apartheid and was the setting for his famous
“Ripple of Hope” speech. RFK In the Land
Of Apartheid tells an important story that is
relevant to the ongoing struggles for democracy
and human rights around the world today.
Item # RFK-1073
K-12 Schools, Public Libraries, & Non-Profits - $89
Colleges, Institutions, & Businesses - $250
The Second Day
“The Second Day is honest, heartfelt
and healing...The film offers a vivid,
approachable ‘child’s eye-view’
of the events of that terrible day,
framed by a young boy with a gift of
wisdom beyond his years.”
– Emily Strang-Campbell,
Staff Developer, Columbia University
World Premiere,
Tribeca Family Film Festival
Item # SEC-1068
K-12 Schools, Public Libraries, & Home Use - $29.95
Colleges, Government, & Businesses - $89
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