Fertilizer runoff has spawned a hypoxic 'dead zone' in the Gulf.
Big River Man is a 2009 documentary film directed by John Maringouin.It follows the Slovenian long-distance swimmer Martin Strel as he swims the entire 3,300 mile length of the Amazon River, between February and April 2007..
See some of Shiva's presentations on YouTube, she's a modern-day Gandhi.This kind of documentary isn't made for the fun of it. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.
Amazingly, some crops are being genetically modified to produce pharmaceuticals
The man is a mad obsessive and one is surprised that he hasn't ended up in the exotic trophy room of Werner Herzog, whose films Big River Man resembles.
these main subject areas:Companion film to KING CORN about the ecological consequences of industrial agriculture.
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Thinkers like Frances Moore Lappe have long argued that the real issue behind a lack of food security is not a lack of food, but rather a lack of democracy King Corn is a bit lighter and perhaps doesn't give as much information about "what you can do" as Food Inc.
This could also help to turn climate change around.
We are today living in a world of untruths, just to make it seem ok to eat this, or that? Please try again Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. This kind of complacency approach to our food supplies will put our country, our children and our world to an early death.
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Following up on their Peabody Award-winning documentary In a journey that spans from the heartland to the Gulf of Mexico, Ian and Curt trade their combine for a canoe, and set out to see the big world their little acre of corn has touched.
This interesting film illustrates what happens when food becomes more of a vehicle for making money than for feeding people.
Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis have traded their combine for a canoe, and they're setting out to uncover the ecological consequences their little acre of corn sent into the BIG RIVER downstream. Understanding of nutritional basics is essential to life!
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Perhaps this is a way of controlling population growth!
This film appeared before Food, Inc. but didn't get as much attention for some reason.
King Corn + Big River Special Edition
All at School ought to be shown this as it will curb teens in there understanding/use of FAST FOODS!
Gripes aside, I do think Big River Man is an exemplary film, and possibly a top contender for the documentary of the year.
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Half of Iowa's topsoil, they learn, has been washed out to sea.
The film was nominated for the grand Jury Prize at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and won the Excellence in Cinematography Award (Maringouin also shot the film).
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Both films are closed captioned and have scene selection as an option.
Bill McKibben, Author, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet [Note: This DVD also includes the new closed captioned, classroom version of KING CORN (50 mins). It is an entertaining though disturbing documentary that is more accurately categorized with other food INDUSTRY documentaries, such as Food, Inc. or The World According to Monsanto (both alarming and eye-opening as well). Most of the corn we grow in our 'breadbasket' is inedible for humans, and is used as feedgrain for cows (I wonder how much the cows like it as well). Along the way, they unlock the hidden truths about America s modern food system.
This kind of documentary isn't made for the fun of it.
And back at their acre, the herbicides they used are blamed for a cancer cluster that reaches all too close to home.A lively investigation and a worthy follow-up, BIG RIVER grows to ask is industrial agriculture worth its hidden costs?
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