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Edward Burtynsky
is internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of nature
transformed by industry. Manufactured Landscapes
- a stunning documentary by award winning director Jennifer Baichwal –
follows Burtynsky to China, as he captures the effects of the country’s
massive industrial revolution. This remarkable film leads us to
meditate on human endeavour and its impact on the planet
2006, Canada, 90 min.
In A
Crude Awakening, our civilization’s addition to oil puts it on a
collision course with disaster. Compelling, intelligent, and highly
disturbing, the film visits with the world’s top experts and comes to a
startling but logical conclusion – our industrial society, built on
cheap and readily available oil, must be completely re-imagined and
overhauled. The world’s oil supplies are peaking and the crisis
of global shortage looms; we are running out of oil, and we don’t have
a plan.
2006, Switzerland, 85 min.
The
Refugees of the Blue Planet unveils the way widespread
destruction from more frequently-occurring natural disasters has caused
the number of environmental refugees (25 million) to outnumber – for
the first time in history – those fleeing from war or political
persecution (23 million).
2006, France/Canada, 54 min.
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