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Six billion and beyond /

"Half of the world's six billion people are under the age of 25. The decisions they make about how many children to have, and when to have them, will be critical in shaping life on earth in the next 50 years. But what factors are shaping these young people's decisions?This thought-pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Waterman, Gordy (Cinematographer), Gadihoke, Sabeena (Cinematographer), McCarthy, Stephen (Cinematographer) (Cinematographer), Stemple, James Wesley (composer (expression))
Format: Video
Language:English
Spanish
Hindi
Chinese
Italian
Language Notes:Soundtrack in English, Spanish, Hindi, Chinese, and Italian; with English voice-over translations.
Published: Berkeley, CA : Berkeley Media LLC, 1999.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Overpopulation.
Population.
Sustainable development.
Birth control.
Reproductive health.
Surpopulation.
Développement durable.
Régulation des naissances.
Santé de la reproduction.
Birth control
Overpopulation
Population
Reproductive health
Sustainable development
documentary film.
Nonfiction films
Feature films
Documentary films
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:"Half of the world's six billion people are under the age of 25. The decisions they make about how many children to have, and when to have them, will be critical in shaping life on earth in the next 50 years. But what factors are shaping these young people's decisions?This thought-provoking documentary is, stated simply, the best and most comprehensive introduction available on video to the interconnected issues of population growth, economic development, equal rights and opportunities for women, and environmental protection around the world. The film interweaves expert commentary with incisive portraits of young people in six diverse countries -- Mexico, Italy, Kenya, India, China, and the USA -- to illustrate how young people are making decisions about their lifestyles, patterns of consumption, and reproductive choices. The film demonstrates how these decisions will have an extraordinary impact on the world's environment, and how in turn the condition of the environment will strongly affect the quality of people's lives everywhere."Six Billion and Beyond" is a seminal work that will richly reward showing in a wide range of courses on economic development, population issues, the environment, sociology, and women's studies. It was produced by Linda Harrar Productions and is hosted and narrated by noted actress Blythe Danner"--Alexander Street website.
Item Description:Streaming video file.
Originally released by Berkeley Media in 1999.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (57 min.)) : sound, color
Playing Time:00:56:38
Production Credits:Cinematographers, Gordy Waterman, Sabeena Gadihoke, Stephen McCarthy ; editor, Jean Dunoyer ; composer, James Wesley Stemple ; executive producer, Linda Harrar.