120m; U.S.
Director: Angus Young
Synopsis: Details the systematic dismantling of America’s environmental laws and policies by the Bush administration and its corporate cronies.
Contact: http://crimesagainstnaturemovie.com/thefilm.html
Category Archives: Environment
Digging Deep: The Cost of Cheap Energy (1998)
25m; U.S.
Synopsis: Ted Koppel hosts a look at the impact of the automation of the coalfields, the most important development in mining coal in West Virginia since the 1950’s. Chief reporter Barry Serafin and others visit various mine sites in West Virginia and talk to residents as well as mine operators who have been affected by the huge machines now used in the largest mines east of the Mississippi River.
Contact: WVLC
Fighting Goliath – Texas Coal Wars (2008)
35m; U.S.
Director: Mat Hames and George Sledge
Cast: Narration by Robert Redford
Synopsis: About a group of politicians and citizens of Texas who worked together to prevent TXU from building 19 coal-fired electricity plants in their state.
Contact: http://www.fightinggoliathfilm.com/
Fast Food Nation (2006)
116m; U.S.
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Bruce Willis and Catalina Sandino Moreno
Synopsis: Fiction-film adaptation of Eric Schlosser’s bestselling book on the food system in the U.S. Health & safety risks involved in the fast food industry and its environmental and social consequences as well.
Contact: Linklater’s production company: Detour Filmproduction Phone: 512-322-0031 Linklater’s assistant: Sara Greene sara@detourfilm.com Eric Schlosser (author) c/o Houghton Mifflin Company Trade Division Adult Editorial, 8th Floor 222 Berkeley St Boston, MA 02116-3764 USA
Fenceline: A Company Town Divided
Director: Slawomir Grunberg
Synopsis: Features organizing around environmental justice. “The Fenceline is about a community called “Diamond” located near a Shell chemical processing plant in Norco, LA. The community struggles to be relocated and eventually ‘wins’ their request for relocation. A google search for Margie Richards or Norco, LA or Fenceline, or Diamond Community.
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