There are a number of films related to purpose and positive outcomes of
the Tennessee River dams.
Lorentz's The River ('37) is the classic example.
http://www.archive.org/details/gov.fdr.352.2a.2
There are several recent docs by AE/New Video or History Channel on the
positive impact of dams on
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From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Nell Chenault
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 1:55 PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Tennessee Valley Dam
There are a number of films related to purpose and positive outcomes
Is there a documentary on the unforeseen negative results of building the
Tennessee Valley Dam? If not, our faculty is looking for a documentary that
discusses the unforeseen negative results of big construction projects that
were built with good intentions without thinking of adverse results
Not sure if this film helps. I have not seen this one by Ross
Spears. -richard
http://www.ageefilms.org/ev.htmlElectric Valley
http://richardcohenfilms.com/goodcat.htm
http://richardcohenfilms.com/
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues
relating to
Farhad,
Two other sources of Appalachian titles are Appalshop (
http://appalshop.org/store/ ) and Highlander Research and Education
Center ( http://www.highlandercenter.org/r-b-videos.asp ). A couple of
titles may fit what you are looking for: Up the River (prisons built in
rural Appalachia
Hi Farhad,
You might be interested in our film A Flood In Baath Country, which offers
a critical examination of the effects on a small Syrian village when a
shoddy dam collapses nearby. The DVD also includes director Omar Amiralay's
1970 short doc praising the Syrian government's hasty
