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The Garden at the End of the World
directed by Gary Caganoff, fl. 2002; produced by Gary Caganoff, fl. 2002 (London, England: TVF International, 2009), 49 mins
Since the invasion and attempts at aid and reconstruction, Afghanistan is still experiencing widespread hunger, homelessness and lawlessness. In this film we travel through this troubled land with Rosemary Morrow, an Australian aid worker who operates outside the mainstream. By trade Rosemary is an expert in the f...
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directed by Gary Caganoff, fl. 2002; produced by Gary Caganoff, fl. 2002 (London, England: TVF International, 2009), 49 mins
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Since the invasion and attempts at aid and reconstruction, Afghanistan is still experiencing widespread hunger, homelessness and lawlessness. In this film we travel through this troubled land with Rosemary Morrow, an Australian aid worker who operates outside the mainstream. By trade Rosemary is an expert in the field of Permaculture, an agricultural technique that enables individuals and communities to feed themselves using environmentally susta...
Since the invasion and attempts at aid and reconstruction, Afghanistan is still experiencing widespread hunger, homelessness and lawlessness. In this film we travel through this troubled land with Rosemary Morrow, an Australian aid worker who operates outside the mainstream. By trade Rosemary is an expert in the field of Permaculture, an agricultural technique that enables individuals and communities to feed themselves using environmentally sustainable methods. She has spent the last 30 years working in Africa, Asia and Central Europe, pioneering the introduction of this technique to shattered communities who are struggling to rebuild their lives after the devastation of war.
This documentary invites viewers into the hearts and lives of the people of Afghanistan – the street kids burdened with the responsibility of feeding their families, the war widows struggling in a patriarchal society to feed and shelter their children, and the orphans from the dusty, rubble-strewn streets of Kabul and the remote battle-weary villages in the rugged mountains. In the chilling finale we go into the basement of a derelict building, discovering graphic evidence of Afghanistan’s dark and terrible underworld. Most importantly we see the glimmers of hope as Rosemary and her companions slowly and carefully help the people turn the soil and re-grow their lives.
Winner of a Human Rights Award.
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Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Gary Caganoff, fl. 2002
Author / Creator
Gary Caganoff, fl. 2002
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
TVF International
Speaker / Narrator
Gary Caganoff, fl. 2002
Topic / Theme
Farming, Agriculture, United States Intervention in Afghanistan, December 22, 2001-, Science
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of TVF International.
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Hybrid: One Man's Passion for Corn
written by Monteith McCollum; directed by Monteith McCollum; produced by Monteith McCollum and Ariana Gerstein, fl. 2004 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2002), 1 hour 32 mins
In a rather unusual form, where animations of crawling and mating corncobs alternate with meditative nature scenes, Hybrid tells the story of one mans obsession for hybrid corn.
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written by Monteith McCollum; directed by Monteith McCollum; produced by Monteith McCollum and Ariana Gerstein, fl. 2004 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2002), 1 hour 32 mins
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In a rather unusual form, where animations of crawling and mating corncobs alternate with meditative nature scenes, Hybrid tells the story of one mans obsession for hybrid corn. Using dry Midwestern wit, this film describes the sexuality of corn and delves deep into one family's complex relationships with an eccentric man who finds solace in the whispers of rustling cornfields. This poetic opus says as much about the pragmatic spiritual values an...
In a rather unusual form, where animations of crawling and mating corncobs alternate with meditative nature scenes, Hybrid tells the story of one mans obsession for hybrid corn. Using dry Midwestern wit, this film describes the sexuality of corn and delves deep into one family's complex relationships with an eccentric man who finds solace in the whispers of rustling cornfields. This poetic opus says as much about the pragmatic spiritual values and emotional inhibitions of the American hinterland as it does about the archetypal Midwesterner, Milford Beeghly. Beeghly had a passion for developing hybrid corn and appeared on early black and white television, hawking his daring new seed at a time when hybridization was considered a wicked kind of plant incest. The film is in part a history of agricultural practices during the depression and a science lesson, explaining how corn procreates. "Hybrid" takes on a fuller resonance because of the current fears about the harm that might be done by genetically engineered crops. McCollum began this major study of American farm-belt culture (and it's loss) with an impetus to get to know his grandfather, the man who remained an enigma to his family for most of his life. The film was 7 years in the making and is far from the realm of genteel biographical inquiry. It is a rigorously inventive work that defies classification whose images challenge accepted associations of light, sound and space. McCollum set out to understand what drove his grandfather and in the process he made a tremendous film that examines what work means to the soul: a topic that is particularly American.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Monteith McCollum, Milford Beeghly, 1899-2001, Ariana Gerstein, fl. 2004
Author / Creator
Monteith McCollum
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Person Discussed
Milford Beeghly, 1899-2001
Topic / Theme
American, Family, Agriculture, Farm life, Maize, Farming, Family farms, Genetic engineering, Ethnography, Americans
Copyright Message
© Documentary Educational Resources
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Living with Volcanoes, 2, Benevolent Volcanoes
directed by Eden Shavit, fl. 2018 and David Perrier, fl. 2009; produced by Thibaut Camurat, fl. 2009, Arte France and Les Bons Clients, in Living with Volcanoes, 2 (District of Columbia: MagellanTV, 2019), 53 mins
With their lunar landscapes, fiery furnaces and ash deserts, volcanoes are symbols of destruction and desolation. Yet millions of men and women now live near these time bombs. Because beneath volcanoes lie some of earth's most amazing treasures. Japanese fertile lands with unparalleled yields, water reservoirs ir...
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directed by Eden Shavit, fl. 2018 and David Perrier, fl. 2009; produced by Thibaut Camurat, fl. 2009, Arte France and Les Bons Clients, in Living with Volcanoes, 2 (District of Columbia: MagellanTV, 2019), 53 mins
Description
With their lunar landscapes, fiery furnaces and ash deserts, volcanoes are symbols of destruction and desolation. Yet millions of men and women now live near these time bombs. Because beneath volcanoes lie some of earth's most amazing treasures. Japanese fertile lands with unparalleled yields, water reservoirs irrigating the whole of Sicily, deposits of precious materials such as the sulfur of an Indonesian volcano or clean and sustainable sourc...
With their lunar landscapes, fiery furnaces and ash deserts, volcanoes are symbols of destruction and desolation. Yet millions of men and women now live near these time bombs. Because beneath volcanoes lie some of earth's most amazing treasures. Japanese fertile lands with unparalleled yields, water reservoirs irrigating the whole of Sicily, deposits of precious materials such as the sulfur of an Indonesian volcano or clean and sustainable sources of energy in New Zealand: all attest of the immeasurable wealth hidden beneath the brimstone giants. However, the treasures of volcanoes are hard-earned; they are only awarded to the bravest and most steadfast of peoples.
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Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Thibaut Camurat, fl. 2009, Arte France, Les Bons Clients, Hester Wilcox, Sandy Bernard, fl. 1997, Ken Starcevic, fl. 1985, Saul Jephcott, fl. 1985, Geoffrey Bateman, fl. 1971
Author / Creator
Eden Shavit, fl. 2018, David Perrier, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
MagellanTV
Series
Living with Volcanoes
Speaker / Narrator
Jeremy C Phillips, fl. 2023, David Pyle, fl. 2006, Clive Oppenheimer, fl. 1964, Patrick D. Nunn, fl. 2014, Jenni Barclay, fl. 1999, Iain Stewart, 1964-, Hester Wilcox, Sandy Bernard, fl. 1997, Ken Starcevic, fl. 1985, Saul Jephcott, fl. 1985, Geoffrey Bateman, fl. 1971
Person Discussed
Jeremy C Phillips, fl. 2023, David Pyle, fl. 2006, Clive Oppenheimer, fl. 1964, Patrick D. Nunn, fl. 2014, Jenni Barclay, fl. 1999, Iain Stewart, 1964-
Topic / Theme
Rocks and minerals, Agricultural ecology, Fertilizers, Farming, Volcanic eruptions, Volcanoes
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2019 Aliant Content
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Mountains, 4 of 4, Yunnan Hani Tribe, China (4 of 4)
produced by TVF International, in Mountains, 4 of 4 (London, England: TVF International, 2017), 6 mins
Mountains provide a splendid backdrop from communities but they are also important ecological landscapes for the people that on and around them. Approximately one-tenth of the world's population depends directly on mountains for their life-support.In the mountainous province of Yunnan sit the world's most beautifu...
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produced by TVF International, in Mountains, 4 of 4 (London, England: TVF International, 2017), 6 mins
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Mountains provide a splendid backdrop from communities but they are also important ecological landscapes for the people that on and around them. Approximately one-tenth of the world's population depends directly on mountains for their life-support.In the mountainous province of Yunnan sit the world's most beautiful terraced rice fields. A terrace is a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces or...
Mountains provide a splendid backdrop from communities but they are also important ecological landscapes for the people that on and around them. Approximately one-tenth of the world's population depends directly on mountains for their life-support.In the mountainous province of Yunnan sit the world's most beautiful terraced rice fields. A terrace is a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces or platforms, which resemble steps, for the purposes of more effective farming.
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Field of Study
Food Studies Online
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
TVF International
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
TVF International
Series
Mountains
Topic / Theme
Farming, Food crops, Hani
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2017 Knowledgemotion Ltd
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Planning for Floods
written by James Brown, fl. 1974 and George C. Stoney, 1916-2012; directed by James Brown, fl. 1974 and George C. Stoney, 1916-2012; produced by George C. Stoney, 1916-2012, Environmental Defense Fund and Documentary Educational Resources (DER) (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1974), 29 mins
The distribution and use of Planning for Floods by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) spread the message of public environmental responsibility well beyond the immediate community of the Mississippi River. It anticipates by more than 30 years the present concerns about global warming.
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written by James Brown, fl. 1974 and George C. Stoney, 1916-2012; directed by James Brown, fl. 1974 and George C. Stoney, 1916-2012; produced by George C. Stoney, 1916-2012, Environmental Defense Fund and Documentary Educational Resources (DER) (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1974), 29 mins
Description
The distribution and use of Planning for Floods by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) spread the message of public environmental responsibility well beyond the immediate community of the Mississippi River. It anticipates by more than 30 years the present concerns about global warming.
Date Written / Recorded
1974
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Pete Seeger, 1919-2014, George C. Stoney, 1916-2012, Environmental Defense Fund, Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Author / Creator
James Brown, fl. 1974, George C. Stoney, 1916-2012
Date Published / Released
1974
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
American, Fish (Animal), Ecology, Environmental management, Farms, Farming, River levees, Civil engineering, Floods, Ethnography, Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1974 by Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
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Toang
directed by Rizky Maulana Yanuar, fl. 2014; produced by Leiden University (Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Universiteit Leiden, 2022), 37 mins
Toang is an intimate portrait of a rice paddy farmer and his family in Indramayu (Indonesia), who were in a precarious situation due to the cycle of indebtment and environmental degradation that the Green Revolution brought to the country.
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directed by Rizky Maulana Yanuar, fl. 2014; produced by Leiden University (Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Universiteit Leiden, 2022), 37 mins
Description
Toang is an intimate portrait of a rice paddy farmer and his family in Indramayu (Indonesia), who were in a precarious situation due to the cycle of indebtment and environmental degradation that the Green Revolution brought to the country.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Rizky Maulana Yanuar, fl. 2014, Leiden University
Author / Creator
Rizky Maulana Yanuar, fl. 2014
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Universiteit Leiden
Topic / Theme
Environmental disasters, Climate change, Farming, Debt
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2022 Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Universiteit Leiden
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