Mother : caring for 7 billion /

"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...

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Corporate Author:	Tiroir A Films Productions (Firm)
Other Authors:	Fauchere, Christophe (Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Film editor), Johnson, Joyce (Producer), Wilde, Traci (Narrator), Ehrlich, Paul R. (Speaker), Brown, Lester (Speaker), Ryerson, William (Speaker), Walker, Robert (Speaker), Osnes, Beth (Speaker), Dixon, Brian (Speaker), Campbell, Martha (Speaker), Wackernagel, Mathis, 1962- (Speaker), Bartlett, Albert A. (Speaker), Zarsky, Lyuba (Speaker), Eisler, Riane (Speaker), Negussie Teffera (Speaker), Bani, Esraa (Speaker), Scott, Laura (Speaker), Touré, Aminata (Speaker), Elmore, Katie (Speaker), Davis, Susan, 1956- (Speaker), Talarico, Matthew (Cinematographer), Voelker, Martin (Cinematographer), Auvray, Mathieu (Cinematographer), Belay, Zelalem (Cinematographer)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	©2011
Edition:	Widescreen.
Subjects:	Population. Human ecology. Consumption (Economics) > 21st century. Family planning > 21st century. Women's rights > 21st century. Documentary films. Environmental films. Nonfiction films.

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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.
Item Description:	This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives. Special features: deleted scenes, extended interviews. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD-R ; NTSC; region 0.
Awards:	Best Colorado Film, Boulder International Film Festival, 2011.
Production Credits:	Cinematography, Christophe Fauchère, Matthew Talarico, Martin Voelker, Mathieu Auvray, Zelalem Belay.