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| Summary: | "In this documentary, we follow environmental activist and nuclear physicist Vandana Shiva for a period of two years, a whirlwind tour from her organic farm at the foot of the Himalayas to the summit of the World Trade Organization in Mexico to a protest outside the European Patents Office in Munich. Here, in these institutions of power, Shiva does battle with the proponents of globalization, multi-national corporations like Monsanto, an American bio-tech company manufacturing genetically modified foods (whom Shiva holds responsible for a rash of farmers' suicides) and Coca-Cola, accused of depleting and contaminating groundwater in India....Bullshit elucidates some of the most pressing social and technological questions of the 21st century - can genetically modified foods alleviate world hunger? is it legal for corporations to patent natural crops? can indigenous knowledge inform modern genetic engineering? -- as it takes you to the frontlines of the war over globalization" -- Container.
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| Item Description: | Videorecording. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (73 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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| Format: | DVD-R; NTSC. |
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| Production Credits: | Cinematographers, Thomas Lindén ... [et al.] ; editor, Lisa Ekberg ; music, Tuomas Kantelinen, Indian Ocean, Rupi Mhindroo ; commentary, Emalee Mandl. |
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