Hi Elizabeth! You reminded me of the incredible documentary "Rachel Carson's Silent Spring" about the grandmother of the environmental rights moving, whose book really pissed off the federal government. She was painted as a fringe radical, but her legacy is long-lasting. Elizabeth
>________________________________ > From: Elizabeth Stanley <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 3:55 PM >Subject: Re: [Videolib] documentary films on radical social movements > > > >Thanks for your inquiry, Matthew! Here are titles from Bullfrog Films for your consideration. > >Environmental Movement >A FIERCE GREEN FIRE ~ The first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement - grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change. >IF A TREE FALLS ~ The Academy Award-nominated story of the radicalization of an environmental activist, from his involvement in and later disillusionment with Earth Liberation Front sabotage, to his eventual arrest by the FBI and incarceration as a domestic terrorist. >IN OUR OWN BACKYARD: THE FIRST LOVE CANAL ~ First brush the U.S. had with toxic waste at Love Canal. > >Native American/Indigenous Peoples Resistance >STANDING ON SACRED GROUND ~ In this 4-part series, indigenous people from eight different cultures stand up for their traditional sacred lands in defense of cultural survival, human rights and the environment. >HEART OF SKY, HEART OF EARTH ~ Six young Maya present a wholly indigenous perspective, in which all life is sacred and connected, as they resist the destruction of their culture and environment. >KANEHSATAKE: 270 YEARS OF RESISANCE ~ The confrontation between the Mohawk Nation and the Canadian Government at the Mercier Bridge. > >Civil Rights Struggle >HOME OF THE BRAVE ~ Examines the case of Viola Liuzzo, the only white woman murdered in the civil rights movement. >THE LONG WALK TO FREEDOM ~ A story of 12 ordinary people who accomplished extraordinary things in the Civil Rights movement. > >Anti-Deforestation and Clear Cuts >THE DECADE OF DESTRUCTION ~ A unique chronicle of the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest. >THE FOREST FOR THE TREES ~ The amazing story of the fight to clear Earth First! activist Judi Bari's name after her car was bombed and she was arrested as a terrorist. >FURY FOR THE SOUND ~ Women's contribution to the battle to save the rainforest at Clayoquot Sound. > >Climate Change/Climate Justice >BIDDER 70 ~ Tells the story of Tim DeChristopher's extraordinary, ingenious and effective act of civil disobedience drawing attention to the need for action on climate change. >EVERYTHING'S COOL ~ Examines the media strategies, on both sides, that have resulted in the US government's failure to take decisive action on global warming. >SHATTERED SKY ~ The story of how America led the world to solve the ozone crisis. Will we dare to do the same with climate change? > >Anti GMOs >BITTER SEEDS ~ Examines the epidemic of suicides amongst India's cotton farmers, deeply in debt after switching to genetically modified seeds. >DECONSTRUCTING SUPPER ~ A leading chef investigates food safety in the age of GMOs and industrial agriculture. > >There's more where these came from...check out subject headings at >http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/. > >Elizabeth Stanley >Bullfrog Films > > > >________________________________ > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] >Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 1:35 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Videolib] documentary films on radical social movements > > > >A professor is interested in documentaries on radical, leftist social movements (not particularly mainstream), on various topics, environmental, racial, glbt, native american, economic inequality, etc. We have the following but more film suggestions in this genre appreciated: > >Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners > >A Good Day to Die > >Nowa Cumig: The Drum will Never Stop. > >Thanks, >Matthew > >Matthew Wright >Head of Collection Development and Instructional Services >William S. Boyd School of Law >University of Nevada Las Vegas >4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 451080 >Las Vegas, NV 89154-1080 >(702) 895-2409; (702) 895-2410 (fax) > >VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues >relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, >preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and >related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective >working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication >between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and >distributors. > > >
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
