recommend documentaries

BlueMnM

i went back several pages and besides food, inc i cannot find any recommended docs. DH really like food, inc. and while i have his attention i want to show him some others. i was going to show him the walmart doc., but i do not think it will have the same effect on him as it did on me. we will be watching the cove (i fully expect to cry the entire movie). what else do you recommend?

 thanks.

*speedracer*

the future of food

super size me

 

Mrs.A&J

Not sure which Walmart one you're referring to, but I enjoyed Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price. If you're looking for specifically food and green living ones I'd also recommend The Future of Food, Our Daily Bread, and King Corn. If you want generally good documentaries, I loved Paper Clips, which is about a middle school class project on the Holocaust and Maxed Out, about the credit card industry, was very interesting.

treesapplaud

I have Addicted to Plastic, but haven't watched it yet.

It's not really a documentary, but I enjoy a few video podcasts of Michael Pollan (free on itunes).

 

hollyfp

I just got an email from FocusOrganic about "The End of the Line"

Imagine an ocean without fish. This is the future - in less than 40 years - if we do not stop, think and act. Narrated by Ted Danson and based on the acclaimed book by Charles Clover, THE END OF THE LINE shows firsthand the effects of our global love affair with fish as food. It examines the imminent extinction of bluefin tuna, the huge overpopulation of jellyfish and the prospect of certain mass starvation. Filmed over two years across the world ? from the Straits of Gibraltar to the coasts of Senegal and Alaska to the Tokyo fish market ? featuring top scientists, indigenous fishermen and fisheries enforcement officials, THE END OF THE LINE is a wake-up call to the world.Endorsed by National Geographic and Greenpeace, THE END OF THE LINE premiered at 2009?s Sundance Film Festival and went on to a limited national theatrical release. The movie educates us about this growing issue and what we can do in our everyday lives to combat the problem - such as supporting restaurants that only serve sustainable seafood, etc. In January 2010, the filmmakers launched a nationwide "Fish 'n' Flicks" dinner/screening campaign with some of America?s most renowned and ecologically conscious chefs to educate guests about what they can do to end overfishing.

Bonus materials on the DVD include the Ocean-Friendly Seafood Guide - a wallet-sized sustainable fish guide insert, six webisodes - Over 50 minutes of in-depth behind-the-scenes featurettes, a video message from Ted Danson, a short film titled "The Coral Triangle: Nursery of the Seas," the trailer, and a filmmaker biography. 

CharlottesWeb

Definitely Food Inc. and Future of Food.

Also I recently saw Earthlings which gives a pretty gruesome inside look into the meat industry.

Mrs.MauiBride24

Not food related:  IOUSA.

Food Fight (although I don't think this one is readily available)

The Future of Food (haven't seen it, but saw the title on netflix)

and just found this one:

Dr. Bonner's Magic Soapbox (ha!)

The Garden (Urban Farming in LA)

Killer @ Large (childhood obesity)

Mrs.A&J

Oh, and Blue Gold: World Water Wars. And you can rent Eco Trip on Netflix, it was a short series on the Sundance Channel, in each episode he explores the environmental impact of different items, like light bulbs, cells phones, etc.

mominatrix

Who Killed the Electric Car?

The Real Dirt on Farmer John (about the transition from 'traditional' to CSA farming, by a pretty colorful character... info here:http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/realdirt/ ... it's super fantastic, about the decline of family farms, and the rise of CSA's... )

 

not necessarily Green-related, but uttely worthwhile, American Dream (from 1990, about a strike at a Hormel plant. Heart-wrenching)

 

Alisha_A

mominatrix:

The Real Dirt on Farmer John (about the transition from 'traditional' to CSA farming, by a pretty colorful character... info here:http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/realdirt/ ... it's super fantastic, about the decline of family farms, and the rise of CSA's... )

LOL! I HATED this movie!!

My favorite I think is The Power of Community, How Cuba Surived Peak Oil

mominatrix

Alisha_A:

mominatrix:

The Real Dirt on Farmer John (about the transition from 'traditional' to CSA farming, by a pretty colorful character... info here:http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/realdirt/ ... it's super fantastic, about the decline of family farms, and the rise of CSA's... )

LOL! I HATED this movie!!

really? anything you can put your finger on?

 

Alisha_A

mominatrix:

Alisha_A:

mominatrix:

The Real Dirt on Farmer John (about the transition from 'traditional' to CSA farming, by a pretty colorful character... info here:http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/realdirt/ ... it's super fantastic, about the decline of family farms, and the rise of CSA's... )

LOL! I HATED this movie!!

really? anything you can put your finger on?

 

I was SO excited for it too! I think it had to do with expectations, it just didn't really live up to what I wanted. I didn't think it focused very much on small agriculture, especially in the beginning, and too much on hippy dippy John the weirdo. And somehow, the approach to him just bugged me. I think the movie could have been made so I liked him, but I didn't. So by the time they got around to a little mention here and there of small farms, I was annoyed.