Fed Up
A Film by Stephanie Soechtig, 2014. 92 minutes
Synopsis:
Fed Up certainly has some high-profile involvement: it’s produced by Laurie David of An Inconvenient Truth fame, US talk show doyenne Katie Couric narrates and no less than ex-US President Bill Clinton is one of the interviewees. Unsurprisingly, Fed Up also comes with a high-profile message: that sugar, not fat, is largely responsible for the Western world’s descent into obesity, metabolic disease and diabetes.
Available by pre-order on Blu-ray and DVD as of September 9th 2014.
GMO OMG
A Fim by Jill Latiano, Jeremy Seifert, Joshua A. Kunau, 2013. 93 minutes
Synopsis:
OK, we’ll admit it up front: we wish we’d come up with the title! In GMO OMG, director Jeremy Seifert travels across the USA to learn more about how GMOs affect our health and freedom of choice. His journey was inspired by a group of poor Haitian farmers who, presented with a consignment of GMO seeds donated by hated US biotech giant Monsanto, burned the seeds rather than pollute their beloved land. Unafraid to enter the lion’s den, Seifert is seen being booted out of Monsanto’s HQ in the trailer!
Gasland II
A film by Josh Fox, 2014. 125 minutes
Synopsis:
Governments in the UK and US seem bent on employing hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to extract natural gas from shale beds – regardless of public opinion or environmental concerns. Josh Fox’s original Gasland was many people’s introduction to the myriad perils of fracking, from the iconic footage of flammable drinking water to shocking statistics on job insecurity, leaky fracking wells and cavalier environmental disregard. Gasland II arrives in response to a coordinated industry campaign to counter the original film, in which Fox looks deeper into an issue that, he says, is “contaminating our democracy”.
Fluoridegate
A film by Dr. David Kennedy, 2013. 64 minutes
Synopsis:
This documentary, with valuable contributions from scientists, doctors and academics, reveals the dirt behind fluoridation, and explores some of the possible chilling reasons behind the push. Was it a solution devised to ensure a use for the hazardous waste from the aluminium and steel industries? A possible protection for these polluting industries from lawsuits? Or was this ‘safe and effective’ solution to the problem of dental cavities just a very successful PR campaign? The film reveals much about this tragedy, and the “Government policies”, which the documentary claims, “are destroying our nation”.
Lunch Hour
A film by James Costa, 2014. 75 minutes
Synopsis:
This feature length documentary explores America's national school lunch program, childhood obesity and our addiction to unhealthy foods. Through the school lunch program, young children are being encouraged to eat unhealthy, but culturally accepted foods. Are these habits, started so young, behind the childhood obesity crisis? What is the reason for our addiction for these types of food? Are we turning a blind eye to the sorry situation due to social norms? A USA Today investigative journalist reveals the shocking facts about what is being eaten by the next generation, and solutions are discussed with school officials, politicians, doctors, celebrity chefs, authors and others. It may be based in the US, but the problem afflicts school lunch programs the western world over.
Fat Sick and Nearly Dead
A film by Joe Cross, 2013. 98 minutes
Synopsis:
This is an inspiring film about healing and human connection. Joe Cross, at 310lbs, dosed up on steroids, and with a debilitating autoimmune disease, found himself "at the end of his rope and the end of his hope". Realising that doctors and conventional medicine had little to offer him for his predicament, Joe explains how he ditched the junk food, bought a juicer, and hit the road for a 3000 mile trip —vowing to drink only fresh vegetable and fruit juices for the next 60 days. The uplifting film documents his life-changing journey, and the people and challenges he meets along the way, including a truck driver whose condition mirrors his own. Morbidly obese Phil Staples is described as "a cheeseburger away from a heart attack", and is inspired to wellness by Joe's own epic journey.
Fat Sick and Nearly Dead 2
(out September 18th 2014 in select cinemas)
A film by Joe Cross, 2014.
Symphony of the soil
A film by Deborah Koons, 2012. 104 mins
Synopsis:
Symphony of the Soil is a must-see movie this summer that highlights the wonderful possibilities of healthy soil creating healthy plants creating healthy humans living on a healthy planet! It explores the miraculous, complex and dynamic resource that is soil and draws from ancient knowledge and cutting edge science to help the viewer understand the elaborate relationships between soil, water, the atmosphere, plants and animals. The film also examines our human relationship with soil, the use and misuse of soil in agriculture, deforestation and development, and the latest scientific research on soil’s key role in amending the most challenging environmental issues of our time. Symphony of the Soil was filmed on four continents, and features esteemed scientists and working farmers and ranchers.
Take Back Your Power
A film by Josh del Sol, 2013. 102 minutes
Synopsis:
A surprising, unsettling but ultimately empowering movie, Take Back Your Power investigates the ‘smart grid’ and how energy utilities and governments are invading people’s privacy and rights in the name of “smart” and “green”. The fast-tracked 'smart' meters and data-harvesting technology brings with it spooky in-home surveillance, increased bills, emerging health risks and more hacking vulnerabilities. The movie not only offers compelling insight about all of this from whistleblowers, researchers, government agents, lawyers, doctors and environmentalists, but also some inspiring take-homes to remind you that you DO have a choice!
Seeds of time
A film by Sandy McLeod, 2014. 77 minutes
Synopsis:
This movie is the story of one man’s mission to solve a global crisis. Crop diversity pioneer Cary Fowler believes the way we’re feeding the world is unsustainable, and that the effetcts of the vanishing genetic diversity of crops could be dire. Seeds of Time tells of Cary’s revolutionary insurance policy for the crop diversity of the world — the world’s first global seed vault in Norway. While gene banks of the world are crumbling, crop failures are producing starvation-inspired rioting, and the accelerating effects of climate change are already affecting farmers globally, the movie asks - how can we best maintain the diversity for our food crops, and how do we create new diversity to adapt our fields to a changing climate?
Project Wild Thing
A film by David Bond, 2013. 120 minutes
Synopsis:
Filmmaker David Bond watched his kid’s waking hours being dominated by a cacophony of marketing and screen dependence and, concluding they were spending way too much time indoors, decided it was time to get back to nature – literally. The film documents David’s efforts to get people involved in creating more nature-connected, free-range, roaming and outdoor play for kids in the 21st century. It’s ambitious, funny, and revealing, whilst successfully tackling the very complex issue of the increasing disconnection between children and nature.
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