Mother [dvd] : caring for 7 billion / presented by Tiroir A Films productions ; directed by Christophe Fauchère ; produced by Joyce Johnson & Christophe Fauchère.
Format:
[dvd] :
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publisher:
Tiroir A Films Productions,
Copyright Date:
c2013
Description:
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Special features include: deleted scenes; extended interviews. Narrator, Traci Wilde ; participants, Malcolm Potts, John Feeney, Peter Sawtell, Paul Erlich, William Ryerson, Mathis Wackernagel, Lyuba Zarsky, Lester Brown, Esraa Bani, Albert Bartlett, Robert Walker, Beth Osnes, Brian Dixon, Martha Campbell, Laura Scott, Aminata Toure, Riane Eisler, Negussie Teffera, Katie Elmore, Susan Davis.
Summary:
"Mother, the film, breaks a 40-year taboo by bringing to light an issue that silently fuels our largest environmental, humanitarian and social crises - population growth. Since the 1960s the world population has nearly doubled, adding more than 3 billion people. At the same time, talking about population has become politically incorrect because of the sensitivity of the issues surrounding the topic- religion, economics, family planning, and gender inequality. The film illustrates both the over consumption and the inequity side of the population issue by following Beth, a mother, a child-rights activist, and the last sibling of a large American family of twelve, as she discovers the thorny complexities of the population dilemma and highlights a different path to solve it"--IMDb website.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)758409741
Locations:
USUX851 -- ISU Library (Ames)
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.