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Journey Of The Universe: Conversations, Episode 10, Breakthrough Communities
directed by David Kennard and Patsy Northcutt; produced by David Kennard and Patsy Northcutt, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Northcutt Productions; interview by Mary Evelyn Tucker, in Journey Of The Universe: Conversations, Episode 10 (Pottstown, PA: Music Video Distributors, 2013), 30 mins
This is an expansive, multidisciplinary project that re-imagines the universe story and the human role in the flourishing of the Earth community. The series invites viewers to become fellow travelers on an immense journey - from the beginnings of the universe, to the origins of life, to our current emergence as a...
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directed by David Kennard and Patsy Northcutt; produced by David Kennard and Patsy Northcutt, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Northcutt Productions; interview by Mary Evelyn Tucker, in Journey Of The Universe: Conversations, Episode 10 (Pottstown, PA: Music Video Distributors, 2013), 30 mins
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This is an expansive, multidisciplinary project that re-imagines the universe story and the human role in the flourishing of the Earth community. The series invites viewers to become fellow travelers on an immense journey - from the beginnings of the universe, to the origins of life, to our current emergence as a planetary presence.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary, Interview
Contributor
David Kennard, Patsy Northcutt, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Northcutt Productions
Author / Creator
David Kennard, Patsy Northcutt, Mary Evelyn Tucker
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Music Video Distributors
Series
Journey Of The Universe: Conversations
Speaker / Narrator
Brian Thomas Swimme, 1950-
Person Discussed
Brian Thomas Swimme, 1950-, Carl Anthony, 1939-
Topic / Theme
Urban renewal, Urbanization, Environmental protection
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 Music Video Distributors
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Lavender Lake: Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal
directed by Alison Prete; produced by Rough on Rats Productions (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 54 mins
South Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, opened in 1866, was once hailed as one of the shortest and most important waterways in the world. It was also known as one of the world's dirtiest. Its putrid, perfumed airs were highly recommended for head colds. After one hundred thirty years of raw sewage, toxic sludge, dumped co...
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directed by Alison Prete; produced by Rough on Rats Productions (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 54 mins
Description
South Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, opened in 1866, was once hailed as one of the shortest and most important waterways in the world. It was also known as one of the world's dirtiest. Its putrid, perfumed airs were highly recommended for head colds. After one hundred thirty years of raw sewage, toxic sludge, dumped corpses and drowned dogs, the community continues to fight to clean up the Gowanus.Lavender Lake looks at what the promise of a new envir...
South Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, opened in 1866, was once hailed as one of the shortest and most important waterways in the world. It was also known as one of the world's dirtiest. Its putrid, perfumed airs were highly recommended for head colds. After one hundred thirty years of raw sewage, toxic sludge, dumped corpses and drowned dogs, the community continues to fight to clean up the Gowanus.Lavender Lake looks at what the promise of a new environment means to those who live and work in the Gowanus area: the funeral director has fought for decades for his vision of a Venice in Brooklyn; the environmentalist attempts to re-introduce oysters to the canal; the physicist working to turn the canal into a test site for transforming toxic sludge into kitchen tiles; the cops who fish a suitcase out full of body parts. Weaving together their stories with the past three years of progress and delays to flush out the canal, the documentary captures a blighted urban space of astonishing physical beauty at a critical moment of change. It shows a community dreaming and battling over a new and suddenly desirable urban landscape. Can a group of visionary citizens reclaim the waterway and build a viable neighborhood that is also a mecca for travelers? High School Adult
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Rough on Rats Productions
Author / Creator
Alison Prete
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Water pollution, Canals, Environment, Cities, Farm buildings, Science
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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