The 11th Hour
2007
92 minutes
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio's documentary on the global
environmental crisis paints a portrait of a planet at risk while also offering
some exciting and radical solutions for making life on earth sustainable.
Tapping the brains of leading scientists and thinkers -- including Stephen
Hawking and Mikhail Gorbachev -- the film ultimately delivers a hopeful
message: Our planet may be in crisis, but that doesn't mean it's too late
change.
Director: Nadia Conners,
Leila Conners
Petersen
The Beautiful Truth
2008
91 minutes
This documentary follows the journey of Garrett Kroschel, an
animal-loving teenager raised in Alaska who, after reading a book by Dr. Max
Gerson, is inspired to investigate its premise that diet can cure cancer and
other diseases. Garrett travels across the country, visiting with physicians,
scientists and cancer survivors to discuss Gerson Therapy -- and Gerson's claim
that the medical industry has suppressed natural cancer cures for years.
Director: Steve
Kroschel
Blue Gold: World Water Wars
2009
89 minutes
Narrated by Malcolm McDowell, this award-winning documentary
from director Sam Bozzo posits that we're moving closer to a world in which
water -- a seemingly plentiful natural resource -- could actually incite war.
As water becomes an increasingly precious commodity, corrupt governments,
corporations and even private investors are scrambling to control it … which
leaves everyday citizens fighting for a substance they need to survive.
Cast: Malcolm
McDowell
Director: Sam Bozzo
Burzynski
2010
107 minutes
Trace the remarkable story of Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, a
pioneering biochemist who boldly challenged the mighty Food and Drug
Administration for his right to begin government-sanctioned clinical trials on
a breakthrough cancer treatment he developed. In addition to recounting
Burzynski's astonishing legal victories in the face of skepticism, this
documentary also examines several of his patients and their success in fighting
terminal cancer.
Director: Eric Merola
The Corporation
2003
144 minutes
Filmmakers Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott explore the
genesis of the American corporation, its global economic supremacy and its
psychopathic leanings, with social critics like Noam Chomsky and Milton
Friedman lending insight in this documentary. With their merciless quest for
profit and insatiable aim to sway every aspect of culture, conglomerates' inner
workings are scrutinized to draw conclusions about "business as usual."
Cast: Mikela J.
Mikael, Noam Chomsky,
Michael Moore,
Naomi Klein,
Jane Akre,
Vandana Shiva,
Peter Drucker,
Ray Anderson,
Steve Wilson,
Milton
Friedman
Director: Mark Achbar,
Jennifer
Abbott
Deconstructing Supper
2002
47 minutes
On a personal quest to understand our food choices,
acclaimed chef John Bishop travels around the world exploring where genetically
modified crops come from, whether they may be harmful and what alternative
options currently exist. Through interviews with farmers, scientists and
activists, this thought-provoking documentary offers substantial insight into
the nuts and bolts of global food production.
Director: Marianne
Kaplan
Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead
2010
97 minutes
Focusing on two men whose bodies have been trashed by
steroids, obesity and illness, this documentary chronicles the rigorous healing
path -- including a two-month diet of fruits and vegetables -- that both
attempt in a bid to rescue their health.
Cast: Joe Cross,
Phil
Riverstone
Director: Joe Cross,
Kurt Engfehr
Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution
(Nos Enfants Nous Accuseront)
2009
107 minutes
Jean-Paul Jaud's documentary visits the Barjac village in
France, where the mayor has mandated an all-organic menu for the lunch program
in the local school. Farmers, parents, kids and health care advocates discuss
the impact of the decision. School and government officials also weigh in on
why people are dying of cancer in ever-increasing numbers, the food industry's
role, the use of pesticides, nutrition and local sustainability.
Cast: Perico
Légasse
Director: Jean-Paul
Jaud
Food, Inc.
2008
93 minutes
Drawing on Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation and
Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma, director Robert Kenner's
Oscar-nominated documentary explores the food industry's detrimental effects on
our health and environment. Kenner spotlights the men and women who are working
to reform an industry rife with monopolies, questionable interpretations of
laws and subsidies, political ties and rising rates of E.coli outbreaks.
Cast: Michael
Pollan, Eric
Schlosser
Director: Robert Kenner
Food Matters
2008
77 minutes
With a staggering number of Americans suffering from obesity
and other food-related maladies, this film takes a timely and hard-hitting look
at how the food we eat is helping or hurting our health, and what we can do to
live (and eat) better. Nutritionists, naturopaths, scientists, doctors, medical
journalists and more weigh in on everything from using food as medicine to the
value of organic food and the safety of the food we consume.
Cast: Andrew W.
Saul, David Wolfe,
Charlotte
Gerson, Ian
Brighthope, Victor Zeines,
Phillip Day,
Dr. Dan
Rogers, Jerome Burne
Director: James
Colquhoun, Laurentine
ten Bosch
Forks Over Knives
2011
96 minutes
Focusing on the research of two food scientists, this
earnest documentary reveals that despite broad advances in medical technology,
the popularity of modern processed foods has led to epidemic rates of obesity,
diabetes and other diseases.
Cast: Joey Aucoin,
Neal Barnard,
Gene Baur,
San'Dera
Brantley-Nation, Junshi Chen,
Mac Danzig,
Connie
Diekman, Caldwell
Esselstyn Jr., Rip Esselstyn,
Ruth Heidrich
Director: Lee Fulkerson
The Future of Food
2004
88 minutes
Before compiling your next grocery list, you might want to
watch filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia's eye-opening documentary, which sheds
light on a shadowy relationship between agriculture, big business and
government. By examining the effects of biotechnology on the nation's smallest
farmers, the film reveals the unappetizing truth about genetically modified
foods: You could unknowingly be serving them for dinner.
Director: Deborah Koons
The Gerson Miracle
2004
90 minutes
Sharing the stories of nine longtime cancer survivors, this
program explores the principles and effectiveness of Gerson Therapy, a holistic
method of treating cancer and other degenerative diseases developed by Dr. Max
Gerson in 1928. Gerson's daughter, Charlotte -- founder of the Gerson Institute
-- also discusses her fight to keep the controversial therapy going despite
objections from those who question its effectiveness.
Cast: Max Gerson
Director: Stephan H.
Kroschel
Killer at Large: Why Obesity is America's Greatest Threat
2008
102 minutes
Obesity causes 110,000 American deaths each year and plays a
role in one-third of all cancer deaths. Yet, despite ballooning concerns,
little is being done on the public policy level, as this probing documentary
explains. Exploring the issue from individual, political, scientific and
cultural perspectives, the film features appearances by Bill Clinton, Ralph
Nader, Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Surgeon General Richard Carmona and
others.
Director: Steven
Greenstreet
King Corn
2007
90 minutes
In Aaron Woolf's thought-provoking documentary, friends Ian
Cheney and Curt Ellis move back to America's Corn Belt to plant an acre of the
nation's most-grown and most-subsidized grain and follow their crop into the
U.S. food supply. What they learn about genetically modified seeds, powerful
herbicides and the realities of modern farming calls into question government
subsidies, the fast-food lifestyle and the quality of what we eat.
Cast: Curt Ellis,
Ian Cheney
Director: Aaron Woolf
No Impact Man: The Documentary
2009
91 minutes
A Fifth Avenue family goes very green when writer
Colin Beavan leads his wife, Michelle Conlin, and their baby daughter on a
yearlong crusade to make no net impact on the environment in this engaging
documentary. Among their activities: eating only locally grown organic food,
generating no trash except for compost and using no carbon-fueled
transportation. Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein's film premiered at the 2009
Sundance Film Festival.
Cast: Colin Beavan,
Michelle
Conlin
Director: Laura Gabbert,
Justin Schein
Plunder: The Crime of Our Time
2009
100 minutes
Filmmaker and media critic Danny Schechter explores how the
current financial crisis was built on a foundation of criminal activity,
uncovering the connection between the collapse of the housing market and the
economic catastrophe that followed. To get the real story, Schechter -- aka
"the News Dissector" -- interviews bankers, economists, journalists
and even a convicted white-collar criminal who blew the whistle on dishonest
business practices.
Director: Danny
Schechter
Supercharge Your Immune System
2003
Through inspiring discussions and detailed demonstrations,
talk radio host and expert on natural health Dr. Gary Null examines how simple
changes to diet, lifestyle and environment can strengthen the immune system.
Null explains how detoxifying and fortifying the body's natural defenses can
help ward off disease, and describes specific methods and lifestyle changes
that can help viewers attain greater wellness overall.
Director: Gary Null
Tapped
2009
75 minutes
The high cost -- to both the environment and our health --
of bottled water is the subject of this documentary that enlists activists,
environmentalists, community leaders and others to expose the dark side of the
bottled water industry. Americans may rethink their obsession with bottled H20
when they learn of the unregulated industry's willingness to ignore environmental
and health concerns, and the problems that arise as a result.
Director: Stephanie
Soechtig, Jason Lindsey
Vanishing of the Bees
2009
87 minutes
It's a phenomenon with a name - Colony Collapse Disorder -
but no explanation or solution exists. This documentary details the economic,
political and ecological consequences of a dwindling world honeybee population.
Cast: Ellen Page,
Simon Buxton, Maryann Frazier, David Hackenberg, Michael Pollan, Dennis Van
Engelsdorp
Director: George Lanworthy, Maryam Henein
What's on Your Plate?
(The Film About Kids and Food
Politics)
2009
76 minutes
Aimed at children and adults, this entertaining documentary
from activist Catherine Gund follows her daughter, Sadie, and her best friend,
Safiyah, as the two 11-year-olds spend a year investigating the politics of
food in America. The intrepid teens interview farmers, school officials, chefs
and ordinary folks to find out how food is grown and how agriculture can be
transformed in order to improve both nutrition and profit.
Director: Catherine
Gund
No comments:
Post a Comment