Pat Munday worked with the Center for Biological Diversity and other environmental groups to write and direct a brief image event, “President Bush Grills an Endangered Species,” to publicize the plight of the Big Hole River grayling, a species recently removed as a candidate for protection under the Endangered Species Act. See it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wASzy-ikmYA

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Manufactured Landscapes is currently available for institutional sale and rental through the film’s US distributor, Zeitgeist Films. The film can either be purchased (i.e., by a university library) or rented directly from the distributor. Details and order forms can be found at: http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/nontheatrical.php
Purchase: The DVD, with Public Performance Rights (PPR), sells for $195 plus [...]

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By Werner Herzog (1985)
From Rotten Tomatoes website: “Director Werner Herzog’s unusual Aboriginal drama begins and ends with ominous footage of dust storms and tornadoes, accompanied by dramatic classical music. In between is the simple yet jarring story of Aborigines staging protest at the site of a prospective mine. The site also happens to be sacred [...]

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By Rasmussen (1935)
I have an old VHS from Video Yesteryear. A quasi-documentary of “Eskimo life in the Angmagssalik district of Greenland.” It is a wonderful depiction of the toolkit of an indigenous people and a life lived according to the cyclic pattern of weather, seasons, salmon, seals, etc.

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WAL-MART: THE HIGH COST OF LOW PRICE is a feature length documentary that uncovers a retail giant’s assault on families and American values.
The film dives into the deeply personal stories and everyday lives of families and communities struggling to fight a goliath. A working mother is forced to turn to public assistance to provide healthcare [...]

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Directed by Francois Odendaal Productions, and presented with GEF and IW:LEARN
“The Earth’s Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) are places of great beauty, biodiversity and bounty. Humanity depends on the vitality of these coastal areas, yet current human activities are causing catastrophic harm to LMEs. A global movement has begun to stop and reverse this damage before [...]

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By Ashutosh Gowariker (2004)
“Swades” (pronounced “Swah-DESH is the first commercial Indian film to be nominated for a “Best Foreign Film” Oscar. I’ve obtained it a couple times from Netflix here in the U.S., so it can’t be too tough to procure. It is in Hindi (almost Hinglish), but there are English subtitles. As is about [...]

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Why are Americans so fat? Find out in Super Size Me, a tongue in-cheek – and burger in hand — look at the legal, financial and physical costs of America’s hunger for fast food. Ominously, 37% of American children and adolescents are carrying too much fat and 2 out of every three adults are overweight [...]

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The Power of One” is a strong movie based on the popular novel. This is quite a different project for director John G. Avildsen (“Rocky” and “The Karate Kid”), but the characters and events mix to create great chemistry. Stephen Dorff as the adult Peekay, the main character, wears his emotions on his sleeve. You [...]

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Available as a VHS tape distributed by Kino Video some years ago. These are classis Depression-era government documentary films that show the growing political awareness of what today we would call “sustainable technology/ economics.” They also embrace the early 20th century optimism that technology is a solution to all social problems. My favorite of the [...]

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