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The Bells of Chernobyl
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produced by Tele Images International (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2000), 55 mins
This fast paced and chilling story of the Chernobyl disaster, pieced together from eyewitness accounts and historic film footage, shows a cover up of epic proportions. April 26, 1986 marked the day of no return for the residents of Pripyat, just north of Kiev. It was here that Units 3 and 4 of the nuclear reactor...
produced by Tele Images International (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2000), 55 mins
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Laid to Waste: a Chester Neighborhood Fights For its Future
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produced by Robert Bahar, 1977- and George McCollough, fl. 2005 (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 1997), 53 mins
Simply put, this acclaimed documentary is the best case study of environmental injustice and racism available on video. In the economically depressed, largely African-American "West End" of Chester, Pennsylvania, Zulene Mayfield lives next door to the fourth-largest trash-to-steam incinerator in the nation and a f...
produced by Robert Bahar, 1977- and George McCollough, fl. 2005 (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 1997), 53 mins
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Lavender Lake: Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal
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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...
directed by Alison Prete; produced by Rough on Rats Productions (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 54 mins
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The Toxin That Will Not Die
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produced by Poul-Erik Heilbuth and Hans Bulow (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 29 mins
In India, DDT is used in the battle against malaria, even though it has proven toxic and no longer effective against the mosquitoes. Every week Indian villages are visited by a spraying team. The government continues to use tons of DDT, even though simple remedies like mosquito nets and fish would be far more effe...
produced by Poul-Erik Heilbuth and Hans Bulow (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 29 mins
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