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Consumed
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In our two films for this month, we examine the environmental, physical and psychological ramifications of overconsumption and "planned obsolescence".
FILMS ON THIS DVD
2012: Time For Change (85 min)
Imagine It (52)
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2012 - Time For Change
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This month's films propose that we are capable of initiating necessary global changes utilizing ancient wisdom, modern technology, and imagination
FILMS ON THIS DVD
2012: Time For Change (85 min)
Imagine It (52)
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Democracy Now?
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From the overabundance of special interests in Washington, to
misrepresentative voting practices, our films for this month shine a
light on some of the cracks in our democratic foundation that need our
immediate attention.
On This DVD:
The Best Government Money Can Buy (76 min)
Murder, Spies and Voting Lies (68 min)
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Closer to the Cure
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Scientists have
searched long and hard to find a cure for cancer that is both effective and safe. Our films for this month show
how nature can both inspire and provide cures that are gentler on the body than
the traditional methods of treatment.
On This DVD:
Beautiful Truth (93 min)
For The Holy Grail (26 min)
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Earthdance: 2011 Ironweed Special Edition
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This volume features 7 stunning hand picked short films from the Earthdance Films Library, with subject matter ranging from living in harmony with nature to sustainable architecture, tackling issues that we are all dealing with as our planet evolves.
On This DVD:
The Ecological Footprint: Accounting for a Small Planet (30 min)
IDEO Does Sustainability (10 min)
Nom Tew -- Man of the Soil (7.5 min)
One of the Last (10 min)
Living Lightly (24 min)
Girl Stars: Suryamani the Environmental Activist (7 min)
For the Next Seven Generations: the Grandmothers Speak (6 min)
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Justice In America
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Filmmaker Robert Greenwald and Brave New Foundation are at the forefront of the fight to create a just America. This volume features some of their hard-hitting exposés and video campaigns that are revolutionizing traditional grassroots politics.
On This DVD:
Rethink Afghanistan (38 min)
Koch Brothers Exposed (24 min)
Cuéntame (14 min)
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Corporate Accountability
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The films on this volume reveal the true nature of corporations and lead us through the history of how they came to be so powerful. They also provide inspiring examples of how people, united, have been able to resist and ultimately overcome corporate greed and exploitation.
On This DVD:
The Corporation (145 min)
The Story of Citizens United v. FEC (9 min)
Overcoming the Odds (18 min)
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Ending Poverty
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The films on this volume show how poverty is perpetuated by an elected system that relies upon exploiting the poor for economic gain, and how a shift in mindset and values is necessary to balance the distribution of wealth and make a real impact in the reduction of poverty.
On This DVD:
The End of Poverty? (104 min)
Banking on Change (12 min)
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Simply Equal
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For gays and lesbians many of the fundamental rights afforded to the majority of citizens are denied solely based on fallacious stereotypes about their sexual orientation. The films on this volume portray homosexual men and women leading perfectly ordinary lifestyles, yet struggling to gain social equality.
On This DVD:
For My Wife (60 min)
Shades of Grey (57 min)
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Beyond Borders
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This volume looks at immigration, both legal and illegal, featuring real life stories of what happens when families try to exist outside the bureaucratic norm and move “beyond borders”. These films will bring you closer to answering for yourself: “is migration a basic human right?”
On This DVD:
Beyond Borders (75 min)
Escapeland (52 min)
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Forgiveness
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This volume focuses on stories of people who have endured great personal tragedies at the hands of others, but in learning to forgive, found common ground with those they might otherwise consider enemies. Through these accounts, we are reminded that forgiveness is truly the starting point on the path to a peaceful world.
On This DVD:
Beyond Belief (92 min)
The Imam and the Pastor (37 min)
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Mine
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Whether or not we own pets, the fate of domesticated animals is an issue that affects us all in some way. This volume’s films provide us with compelling real-life stories of human/animal relations to raise awareness about the shelter system in the U.S.
On This DVD:
Mine (81 min)
Best Friend Forgotten (47 min)
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Financial Fiasco
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We place our confidence in the governments that shepherd the economies, but with a growing number of disastrous financial crises in our recent past, an ever-increasing deficit, and experts arguing that a catastrophic global financial crash is around the corner, this volume reveals how the national debt has become the national detriment.
On This DVD:
Overdose (46 min)
Summer Crisis (29 min)
China Slowdown (10 min)
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Brave New Womb
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We now recognize that babies are conscious beings, and that what happens to them at the time of birth, makes an impression on them that will last their whole life. The midwifery model of birth and pre-natal care is re-examined on this volume in an attempt to create happier, healthier babies.
On This DVD:
What Babies Want: An Exploration of the Consciousness of Infants (58 min)
Water Baby: Experiences of Waterbirth (58 min)
Reducing Infant Mortality and Improving the Health of Babies (17 min)
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David Vs. Monsanto
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What legacy will we leave behind? In a corporately dominated agricultural industry, issues of sustainability vs. greed shape the answer to this question. Like Percy Schmeiser in his fight against corporate giant Monsanto, this volume reveals how today’s farmers are challenged to place health and community as the priorities to provide a bountiful harvest for future generations.
On This DVD:
David vs Monsanto (65 min)
My Father's Garden (56 min)
Born of the Sun (27 min)
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Internet 2010
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In this volume we explore how Internet use in 2010 evolved into a toolkit for good or ill use. Cyber crime, credit card fraud, bullying through cyber space, phishing, identity theft, hoaxes and other criminal activity may grow to outweigh the value of the internet. But, awareness is a key to peace of mind and to sustaining this avenue of real value to the world. Indeed, some of the worthiest uses can be seen when a people’s revolt can send their stories out to the rest of the world, as we saw recently in the Iranian uprisings or the Haitian earthquake crisis.
On This DVD:
Fear in the Fast Lane (45 min)
The Bullies' Playground (45 min)
Twitter Revolution (23 min)
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Food Matters
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In today’s modern society we have come to a place where both agriculture and medicine are geared more towards profit than sustaining human life and health. This volume’s films show how by changing the way we grow, prepare and consume food, we become empowered to make healthier decisions for ourselves, and our world.
On This DVD:
Food Matters (78 min)
A Thousand Suns (28 min)
The People's Grocery (9 min)
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The Shape of the Future
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For generations, a conflict has raged between Israel and Palestine. It is clear that the future of these two geographical neighbors is intertwined, and that they must come to some compromise, or eventually destroy one another. This volume’s films explore various possibilities of what the future for Israel and Palestine might look like.
On This DVD:
The Shape of the Future (105 min)
At Home in Enemy Country (8 min)
Onward, Christian Zionists (28 min)
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The Queen and I
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America and Iran, we are told, are enemies. Both countries fear violence at the hands of the ‘other’ and relations are strained. Yet what do Americans really know about this much-feared nation? Ironweed believes that learning more about the people of other countries is one of the keys to lasting peace, and in this hope we offer two excellent documentaries which give us a glimpse of Iran through human stories.
On This DVD:
The Queen and I (90 min)
Cyanosis (30 min)
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Soldiers of Conscience
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The wars go on. The U.S. military is still fighting in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan escalates daily, yet public concern remains focused on domestic politics. Lest we forget that these deadly wars continue Ironweed offers a remarkable trio of films on this volume, which explore the emotional wounds of war and the courage of dissent.
On This DVD:
Soldiers of Conscience (56 min)
My First War (17 min)
We Are Made as One (10 min)
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War Child
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Around the world, in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East, tens of thousands of children are kidnapped or conscripted and trained to fight in brutal conflicts. Living in terrifying conditions far from their families, these child soldiers are forced to both witness and perform unspeakable horrors. In this volume’s films we learn about their frightening odyssey into and out of war, and their hopes for a new life.
On This DVD:
War Child (92 min)
Heart of Fire (94 min)
Darfur Child Soldiers (8 min)
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When Clouds Clear
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When corporate ambitions trump livelihood, family traditions and the health of the environment, unlikely citizens become community activists in a struggle for their beloved way of life. On this volume Ironweed offers two powerful feature-length documentaries about communities threatened by the ravages of mining. From a small village in Ecuador in When Clouds Clear, to an unusual alliance of Alaskan fishing communities in Red Gold, these films tell the dramatic personal stories of people engaged in daring struggles to protect the environment that sustains them.
On This DVD:
When Clouds Clear (77 min)
Red Gold (54 min)
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Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home
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The three films on this volume reveal the true cost and consequences of our modern lifestyles, and our obsession with possessions. Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home is a humorous insider view of the waste produced by an average family over three months; The Recyclergy shows us some ways we can work with our waste; and finally, in The Story of Stuff, Annie Leonard insistently reveals the real life cycle of goods, and actively stimulates controversy and conversation.
On This DVD:
Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home (76 min)
The Recyclergy (33 min)
The Story of Stuff (20 min)
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Running Dry
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According to Mikhail Gorbachev, “Water, like religion and ideology, has the power to move millions of people. Since the very birth of human civilization, people have moved to settle close to it. People move when there is too little of it. People move when there is too much of it. People journey down it. People write, sing and dance about it. People fight over it. And all people, everywhere and every day, need it.” Our double features for this volume are two of three planned films from a project called Running Dry, by heroic producer/director Jim Thebaut, and narrated by award winning actress/activist, Jane Seymour.
On This DVD:
Running Dry (82 min)
The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry? (71 min)
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Waging a Living
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The three films on this volume deal directly with the plight of so many “working class” Americans who can no longer make ends meet in these difficult economic times, despite being hard workers. Not the stereotyped “dead beats” or “uneducated” or “opportunists who take advantage of the system,” these courageous souls reveal the true cost of economic policies that have left so many behind and encourage us to rethink our ideas of what it means to be working class in America today.
On This DVD:
Waging a Living: Working Overtime in Pursuit of the Elusive American Dream (85 min)
Rosevelt's America (25 min)
Unhitched (13 min)
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Daughters of Wisdom
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From the high plateaus of Tibet in Daughters of Wisdom, to a dusty Nepalese city in Punam, to impoverished rural Africa in Uncommon Heroes: Ann Cotton, this illuminating volume of films brings to light the touching personal stories of young women born to poverty and hard labor, and the bright hope that access to an education brings to their difficult lives.
On This DVD:
Daughters of Wisdom (67 min)
Punam (27 min)
Uncommon Heroes: Ann Cotton (7 min)
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9/11 Press For Truth / Hijacking Catastrophe
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This volume offers two startling feature films that shed light into the dark shadows of this national tragedy. Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire and 9/11 Press For Truth reveal the hidden agendas and tragic mistakes surrounding the world-changing events of 9/11.
On This DVD:
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear and the Selling of American Empire (64 min)
9/11 Press for Truth (85 min)
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Peace One Day
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On any given day war rages somewhere in the world. Is peace only a dream? Can our increasingly interconnected global family learn to stop fighting and find common ground? The films on this volume introduce us to passionate and inspiring individuals who work in widely different ways, through art, politics and spirit, to make peace a reality in our troubled world.
On This DVD:
Peace One Day (82 min)
The Narrow Path (108 min)
Earthdance: Dancing the Dream Awake (24 min)
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Human Rights Denied
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Films Included: Strange Culture: Post-9/11 paranoia trumps the right to artistic expression when a creative artist is wrongfully accused of bio-terrorism. Starring Tilda Swinton. Voices of Dissent: Activism and American Democracy: Courageous citizens creatively dissent from the leaders who limit our civil liberties. Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearances in the 'War On Terror': Follow the harrowing personal stories of two men subjected to secret abduction, imprisonment and torture.
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Difficult Heroes
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Films Included: An Unreasonable Man: Explore the life of America's most respected citizen advocate (and most reviled presidential candidate) Ralph Nader. Robinson Crusader: The struggle to maintain the sovereignty of a privately owned island unfolds. Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire: Celebrate Paul Conrad, a Pulitzer prize winning political cartoonist, known for his fearless voice and political critique.
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Liberation Art
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Films included: Favela Rising: Winner of 24 international film festival awards, this vibrant, gritty, music-filled documentary tells an inspiring story of art and courage that transforms life in the slums of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro. Heavy Metal Drummer: Delightful short film follows a young Muslim teenager in Morocco and tells the story of yearning for artistic freedom in a closed society. Let Them Bark: A Portrait of the Artist Ragini Upadhyaya: A brief bio-doc introduces this inspirational woman artist from Kathmandu, Nepal and the hidden social commentary in her work, thankfully undetected by government censors..
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Theme: Being Gay in America
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Small Town Gay Bar: Rural Mississippi is a hostile environment when the only place you can go to be yourself is a gay bar. Out in the Heartland : Gay and lesbian families in Kentucky battle anti-marriage legislation in their home state. Clay Pride: Being Clay in America : Experience one man's journey to come out as "clay" in America.
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The Human War
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Films Included: The War Tapes: Three national guardsmen film their fascinating day to day lives in the Iraq War. The Grass Grows Green: A Marine contemplates the relationship of life and death from behind a recruitment desk. All That I Can Be: Is joining the Army in exchange for a college education worth the sacrifice?
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Vision for Environmental Change
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Films Included: Blue Vinyl: This humorous film exposes the dangerous health risks associated with vinyl, one of the fastest selling plastics in America. Crude Impact: Examine the journey to peak oil and the impact of human beings' pursuit of oil on our planet.
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Beyond the Call
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Films Included: Beyond the Call: Modern day knights bring life-saving aid to civilians and doctors in need. The Motherhood Manifesto: Moms speak out against a legal system that makes it hard to raise kids in America. Interview with Jody Williams from "Nobelity": A Nobel Peace Prize winner talks about creating peace through destroying land mines.
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The Boys of Baraka
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Films Included: The Boys of Baraka: A group of inner-city boys is hand picked to attend an experimental boarding school in Kenya. Ryan's Well: A boy raises thousands of dollars for a water well for his pen pal�s Ugandan community.
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American Blackout
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Films Included: American Blackout: An explosive look at democracy today and how the African-American vote has been manipulated and disenfranchised. How Democrats and Progressives Can Win: Solutions from George Lakoff: Lakoff explains how Democrats can gain political ground in America.
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Genesis
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Films Included: Genesis: The creators of Microcosmos turn their cameras on the circle of life on Earth. Live From Shivas Dance Floor: A philosopher, historian, and self-proclaimed "cruiser takes us on a tour of Lower Manhattan and shares his plans for rebuilding Ground Zero.
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Shakespeare Behind Bars
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Films Included: Shakespeare Behind Bars: Prisoners performing Shakespeare's "The Tempest" grapple with the play's theme of redemption. The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo: Louisiana prisoners become cowboys for a month in one of the roughest rodeos around. In the Box: A wooden figure struggles to break free from the confines of a box.
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Private
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Films Included: Private: A Palestinian family co-exists uneasily with Israeli soldiers who occupy their home. Seeds: Teens from violent international conflicts work together to find solutions at an international peace camp. West Bank Story: This musical comedy takes on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict with a West Side Story feel.
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The Education of Shelby Knox
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Films Included: The Education of Shelby Knox: A conservative teen transforms into a liberal activist to the surprise of her church and community. Jesus Henry Christ: A brilliant scholarship student at a Catholic school has beliefs that send him to the tyrannical headmaster. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: This witty collage of images connects reproductive rights to just about everything.
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Seoul Train
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Films Included: Seoul Train: An underground railroad smuggles refugees out of China into countries offering asylum. North Korea: A Day In The Life: A Dutch filmmaker, with permission of North Korea, created this propaganda film about life of in one of the world's most enigmatic societies. Birthday Boy: Little Manuk plays soldier in his village while his father fights on the front. Coming home, he opens a package that will change his life.
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Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary
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Films Included: Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary: Latin American immigrants make the treacherous journey to the U.S. with uncanny calm, grace and humor. Terminal Bar: Take a look at the colorful clientele of one of New Yorks less celebrated watering holes. Where is Iraq?: Caught at the Iraqi-Jordanian border after the 2003 U.S. invasion, stranded Iraqi men discuss their hopes for their country's future.
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