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DVDs to share, and change minds.
By an Amazon.com customer
Crude ImpactCrude Impact
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The Business of Being BornThe Business of Being Born
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A Crude Awakening - The Oil CrashA Crude Awakening - The Oil Crash
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This film features mostly people within the establishment who see peak oil as a growing issue, impacting the global economy, agribusiness, the environment, politics and much else. Former CIA Director James Woolsey is featured.
Radiant CityRadiant City
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A totally unique film that mixes acting done by regular folk, and then interspersed with info you'd expect from a documentary. A funny, sympathetic look at the alienating, auto-dependent suburban landscapes so many of us find ourselves in.
The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American DreamThe End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream
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One way another, change is coming. Suburbia has served the interests of the fossil fuel industry, but it has failed the interests of people who want real communities. Suburbia is an unfolding disaster in the era of climate change, rising fuel prices and peak oil.
Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Season 1 (2pc)Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Season 1 (2pc)
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This award-winning program airs on the Sundance Channel each Tuesday. In an entertaining and informative way, it introduces its audience to schools, businesspeople, churches and all sorts of concerned citizens who are creating the sustainability revolution - and having fun while they're doing it.
Escape From Suburbia: Beyond the American Dream Dvd!Escape From Suburbia: Beyond the American Dream Dvd!
A wonderful movie on how some people are responding to security threats like peak oil, environmental devastation, climate change and other problems that the corporate media divert our attention from.
Garbage WarriorGarbage Warrior
The Future of FoodThe Future of Food
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The CorporationThe Corporation
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It doesn't matter what your politics are, this film will concern and inspire you. A poll in Business Week indicated that 80% of the US population feels that massive corporations have too much power. This film analyzes the development, the abuses, and the reactions to that power.
Why We FightWhy We Fight
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'Newsweek' says 'Why We Fight' is, 'Ambitious, scary, eye-opening! Looks back from a post-9/11 vantage point to see how Ike's prophecy has come horribly true, with the collusion of Congress, corporations and the rise of unelected think tanks.'
American Drug War: The Last White HopeAmerican Drug War: The Last White Hope
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A fantastic documentary on the domestic and international injustices of the war on (some) drugs.
The TakeThe Take
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We in the U.S. think we are the leaders in democracy, but we have a lot to learn from the people in South America. This inspiring film is about workers taking their economic futures into their own hands.
The Fourth World WarThe Fourth World War
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Incredible footage and beautiful commentary on the global resistance to predatory corporatism.
The 11th HourThe 11th Hour
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The first half of this film catalogues the massive ecosystem destruction going on worldwide. The second half of the film features the many solutions that are ready to go (see bioneers.org whose thinkers are featured in the film).
Our Brand Is CrisisOur Brand Is Crisis
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Learn how PR firms utilize focus groups and emotive rhetoric to manipulate elections. It follows a recent election in Bolivia, where US "perception managers" worked to mold the opinions of the people in the interests of the advocates of neoliberal economics.
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear And The Selling Of American EmpireHijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear And The Selling Of American Empire
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From the back cover, 'This film examines how a radical fringe of the Republican Party has used the trauma of the 9/11 terror attacks to advance a pre-existing agenda to radically transform American foreign policy while rolling back civil liberties and social programs at home.'
The Power of NightmaresThe Power of Nightmares
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PR firms like the Rendon Group sold a segment of the U.S. population on a so-called 'war on terror,' which is actually a war OF terror. This documentary reveals how 'perception managers' manipulate the 'public mind' here in the 'land of the free.'
Iraq for Sale: The War ProfiteersIraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
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Details the ways in which this war is 'a racket,' - to borrow a phrase from General Smedley Butler.
Meeting ResistanceMeeting Resistance
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A unique look at the Iraqi resistance.
The Ground TruthThe Ground Truth
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A troubling series of interviews with Iraq war vets, and images from the war.
Howard Zinn - You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving TrainHoward Zinn - You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
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This is the documentary on the 'people's historian.' Zinn, a World War II bombadeer, wrote 'The People's History of the United States' which has sold over a million copies and has changed the consciousness our our country.
When the Mountains TrembleWhen the Mountains Tremble
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A genocidal assault on the indigenous Maya of Guatemala took place in the 80s and 90s. Over 200,000 people were killed by Guatemalan troops who were trained and supplied by the United States. We have an obligation to inform ourselves of this massacre - the military industrial info-tainment complex certainly won't.
Plan Colombia: Cashing in on the Drug War FailurePlan Colombia: Cashing in on the Drug War Failure
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This film covers how the Drug War is used as a cover for the suppression of popular movements in the interests of extractive industries. The Drug War also provides a state guaranteed market for Monsanto's herbicides, and various producers of guns, surveillance equipment and other products of war profiteers.
The U.S. vs. John LennonThe U.S. vs. John Lennon
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A wonderful film about a wonderful man.
Refugees of the Blue PlanetRefugees of the Blue Planet
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I just saw this documentary on the Sundance Channel. It is an utterly brilliant look at not only climate change, but various environmental injustices taking place all over the world. Some of the stories will move you to tears. If you thought "An Inconvenient Truth" was important, you'll deeply appreciate this film as well.
Poison DustPoison Dust
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Many people are concerned about the Depleted Uranium weapons being used in Iraq and Afghanistan, including US specialists on the issue like Major Doug Rokke who calls the use of DU 'a crime against god.'
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low PriceWal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
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See also, 'The Take,' which doesn't appear when I search it for this list, but is available on Amazon.
Frontline: The Merchants of CoolFrontline: The Merchants of Cool
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If you're worried about how kids are being manipulated by the conglomerate media - this DVD is invaluable.
Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the MediaManufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media
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The film that has become a movement - as witnessed by the recent Media Reform gathering in Memphis, which had a record 3700 attendees.
The Road to GuantanamoThe Road to Guantanamo
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Sir! No Sir! - The Suppressed Story of the GI Movement to End the War in VietnamSir! No Sir! - The Suppressed Story of the GI Movement to End the War in Vietnam
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An excellent documentary on the GI Movement against the war. Also shows what an important and heroic role Jane Fonda played in this movement; hence, the hatred against her that the militarist media has cultivated.
e2: Design Season 2e2: Design Season 2
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This excellent PBS series highlights some of the many solar, wind, tidal power, green architecture and other innovations taking place.
The Atomic CafeThe Atomic Cafe
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It's a miracle we haven't killed off a large portion of humanity, yet.
Ram Dass: Fierce GraceRam Dass: Fierce Grace
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Ram Dass has been a valuable guide for millions of people on life, death, illness, loss, joy and so many other issues that sometimes generate all sorts of confusion and fear.
Super Size MeSuper Size Me
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Super Size Me has become a teaching tool in schools across the country, and has led to many food choice improvements throughout society.
A Place Called ChiapasA Place Called Chiapas
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A film on one of the many popular struggles going on in the Southern hemispher. People in the Global South haven't been as politically neutralized/pacified as many citizens of the empire have been.
Going Upriver - The Long War of John KerryGoing Upriver - The Long War of John Kerry
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This film exposes the right-wings 'Swift Boat' campaign like nothing else.
Peace Propaganda & the Promised Land: U.S. Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict! Media Education Foundation 2-DVD SetPeace Propaganda & the Promised Land: U.S. Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict! Media Education Foundation 2-DVD Set
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From the back cover, 'This pivotal documentary exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites - working in combination with Israeli public relations strategies - exercise a powerful influence over news reporting about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.' Features Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Hanan Ashrawi, Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk and many others.
Emperor of  HempEmperor of Hemp
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