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American Experience, Season 31, Episode 1, The Swamp
directed by Randall MacLowry, 1963-; produced by Rebecca Taylor, fl. 1999 and Randall MacLowry, 1963-, Film Posse and WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience, Season 31, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2019), 1 hour 54 mins
The Swamp tells the dramatic story of humanity's attempts to conquer the Florida Everglades, one of nature's most mysterious and unique ecosystems. Home to a profusion of plants and animals found nowhere else on the continent, the Everglades was an immense watershed covering the southern half of the Florida penins...
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directed by Randall MacLowry, 1963-; produced by Rebecca Taylor, fl. 1999 and Randall MacLowry, 1963-, Film Posse and WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience, Season 31, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2019), 1 hour 54 mins
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The Swamp tells the dramatic story of humanity's attempts to conquer the Florida Everglades, one of nature's most mysterious and unique ecosystems. Home to a profusion of plants and animals found nowhere else on the continent, the Everglades was an immense watershed covering the southern half of the Florida peninsula. In the 19th century, however, most Americans believed swamps were filled with diseases and noxious reptiles and saw them as obstac...
The Swamp tells the dramatic story of humanity's attempts to conquer the Florida Everglades, one of nature's most mysterious and unique ecosystems. Home to a profusion of plants and animals found nowhere else on the continent, the Everglades was an immense watershed covering the southern half of the Florida peninsula. In the 19th century, however, most Americans believed swamps were filled with diseases and noxious reptiles and saw them as obstacles to the nation's progress. The idea of draining the Everglades became the goal of many entrepreneurs, politicians and salesmen who saw great potential in turning the massive wetland into a profitable enterprise. Altering the landscape of the Everglades unleashed a torrent of unintended consequences, from catastrophic floods to brutal droughts. Told through the lives of a handful of colorful and resolute characters, from hucksters to politicians to unlikely activists, The Swamp explores the repeated efforts to transform what was seen as a vast and useless wasteland into an agricultural and urban paradise, ultimately leading to a passionate campaign to preserve America's greatest wetland.
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Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Rebecca Taylor, fl. 1999, Randall MacLowry, 1963-, Film Posse, WGBH Educational Foundation, Tim Hopper, fl. 1987
Author / Creator
Randall MacLowry, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Speaker / Narrator
Tim Hopper, fl. 1987
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2019 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
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216 Beach Walk, Waikiki
directed by Alan Marcus, fl. 1991 (Privately Published, 2018), 32 mins
The film's title, 216 Beach Walk, Waikiki (2018, 30mins), refers to the former address of author Jack London during his period in Hawaii in 1915-16 when he was stimulating interest in the islands through his writings. By chance, the same location is now the back door of Trump Int’l Hotel Waikiki. In the film, hi...
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directed by Alan Marcus, fl. 1991 (Privately Published, 2018), 32 mins
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The film's title, 216 Beach Walk, Waikiki (2018, 30mins), refers to the former address of author Jack London during his period in Hawaii in 1915-16 when he was stimulating interest in the islands through his writings. By chance, the same location is now the back door of Trump Int’l Hotel Waikiki. In the film, high-rise developments serve as magnified totems for a heavily congested urban environment fueled by Waikiki’s fabled touristic appeal....
The film's title, 216 Beach Walk, Waikiki (2018, 30mins), refers to the former address of author Jack London during his period in Hawaii in 1915-16 when he was stimulating interest in the islands through his writings. By chance, the same location is now the back door of Trump Int’l Hotel Waikiki. In the film, high-rise developments serve as magnified totems for a heavily congested urban environment fueled by Waikiki’s fabled touristic appeal. The film questions this interpretation of a paradisiacal paradigm in what could otherwise be termed a post-traumatic site, drawing on the creation and toxicity of the Ala Wai Canal as a potent metaphorical comment. This research project received funding from the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Alan Marcus, fl. 1991
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Privately Published
Person Discussed
Jack London, 1876-1916
Topic / Theme
U.S. Annexation of Hawai'i, 1898, Ecology, Hawaiians, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © Alan Marcus, 2018, all rights reserved
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Global Gateway, Visions in the Desert
produced by Cable News Network (CNN), in Global Gateway (Atlanta, GA: CNN Newsource Sales, 2017), 23 mins
Examine how Dubai taps the transformative power of innovation and how technology enables Dubai to realize its ever-ambitious plans for expansion despite being located in one of the most hostile environments on Earth.
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produced by Cable News Network (CNN), in Global Gateway (Atlanta, GA: CNN Newsource Sales, 2017), 23 mins
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Examine how Dubai taps the transformative power of innovation and how technology enables Dubai to realize its ever-ambitious plans for expansion despite being located in one of the most hostile environments on Earth.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Cable News Network (CNN)
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
CNN Newsource Sales
Series
Global Gateway
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How Rising Temperatures Can Fry the Economy
(New York, NY: Bloomberg L. P., 2017), 3 mins
Apr.19 -- Climate researchers are reviewing myriad studies of heat and human behavior, adding them up, and looking for sound conclusions about the relationship between temperature and economic productivity. Here's a short, colorful video guide to this new, and worrisome, research.
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(New York, NY: Bloomberg L. P., 2017), 3 mins
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Apr.19 -- Climate researchers are reviewing myriad studies of heat and human behavior, adding them up, and looking for sound conclusions about the relationship between temperature and economic productivity. Here's a short, colorful video guide to this new, and worrisome, research.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
News story
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Bloomberg L. P.
Topic / Theme
Economic theory, Behaviorial drives, Climate change
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2017 Bloomberg
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How to Hit the Brakes on Climate Change
(New York, NY: Bloomberg L. P., 2017), 2 mins
Apr.19 -- This brief video colorfully illustrates three ways to respond to climate change. Buckle your seatbelt.
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(New York, NY: Bloomberg L. P., 2017), 2 mins
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Apr.19 -- This brief video colorfully illustrates three ways to respond to climate change. Buckle your seatbelt.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
News story
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Bloomberg L. P.
Topic / Theme
Economics, Climate change mitigation
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2017 Bloomberg
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Welcome
directed by Zhu Rikun, 1976- (Privately Published, 2016), 1 hour 2 mins
The screen of WELCOME remains black throughout most all the film as the actual dialogue reveals the filmmaker, ZHU Rikun being "welcomed" by Chinese government officials and being encouraged to make a film that satisfies their goal of presenting favorable news ("scenic " views of the area). Their "welcome" attempt...
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directed by Zhu Rikun, 1976- (Privately Published, 2016), 1 hour 2 mins
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The screen of WELCOME remains black throughout most all the film as the actual dialogue reveals the filmmaker, ZHU Rikun being "welcomed" by Chinese government officials and being encouraged to make a film that satisfies their goal of presenting favorable news ("scenic " views of the area). Their "welcome" attempts to disguise government censorship through bullying and threats to the filmmaker. The Chinese Government workers do not want the filmm...
The screen of WELCOME remains black throughout most all the film as the actual dialogue reveals the filmmaker, ZHU Rikun being "welcomed" by Chinese government officials and being encouraged to make a film that satisfies their goal of presenting favorable news ("scenic " views of the area). Their "welcome" attempts to disguise government censorship through bullying and threats to the filmmaker. The Chinese Government workers do not want the filmmaker to document the lives of mine workers with pneumoconiosis and their trials and tribulations seeking compensation from the government. WELCOME records the dialogue between the filmmaker and government officials who obviously prize economic development above human rights and don't want the public to know how blatant they are about this. WELCOME presents the filmmaker, ZHU Rikun as one who protests and persists in telling the truth. He is a Revolutionist.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Zhu Rikun, 1976-
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Revolution and Protest context, Blue collar workers, Government aid, Disease and Health, Political and Social Movements, Medicine, Politics & Policy, Chinese, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 ZHU Rikun
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Can a Super Yacht Ever Be Green?
presented by Angus Bennett, fl. 2010; produced by Bloomberg L. P. (New York, NY: Bloomberg L. P., 2015), 2 mins
Feb. 6 -- In the last decade super yachts have gotten bigger and bigger. They now resemble floating palaces complete with multiple swimming pools, helicopters and every available luxury. But mega yachts are trying to change their image. Bloomberg’s Angus Bennett reports on the industry's attempt to go green.
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presented by Angus Bennett, fl. 2010; produced by Bloomberg L. P. (New York, NY: Bloomberg L. P., 2015), 2 mins
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Feb. 6 -- In the last decade super yachts have gotten bigger and bigger. They now resemble floating palaces complete with multiple swimming pools, helicopters and every available luxury. But mega yachts are trying to change their image. Bloomberg’s Angus Bennett reports on the industry's attempt to go green.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bloomberg L. P.
Author / Creator
Angus Bennett, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Bloomberg L. P.
Topic / Theme
Yachts
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 Bloomberg
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Gold Fever
directed by Andrew Sherburne, 1979-, J. T. Haines, fl. 2005 and Tommy Haines, fl. 2005; produced by Northland Films (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2014), 56 mins
As a result of the economic uncertainty of the 2008 recession, the demand for gold as a stable commodity skyrocketed along with its price. This spike created a modern day gold rush in which large mining corporations scrambled to maximize profits. But the activities of such miners were far from scrupulous, and ofte...
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directed by Andrew Sherburne, 1979-, J. T. Haines, fl. 2005 and Tommy Haines, fl. 2005; produced by Northland Films (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2014), 56 mins
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As a result of the economic uncertainty of the 2008 recession, the demand for gold as a stable commodity skyrocketed along with its price. This spike created a modern day gold rush in which large mining corporations scrambled to maximize profits. But the activities of such miners were far from scrupulous, and often local communities would take the brunt of resource exploitation on a massive scale. This documentary serves to highlight a single ins...
As a result of the economic uncertainty of the 2008 recession, the demand for gold as a stable commodity skyrocketed along with its price. This spike created a modern day gold rush in which large mining corporations scrambled to maximize profits. But the activities of such miners were far from scrupulous, and often local communities would take the brunt of resource exploitation on a massive scale. This documentary serves to highlight a single instance of such transnational gold mining. It profiles the dubious economics of the Canadian mining company Goldcorp, whose record profits come at the expense of the health, homeland, and livelihood of the local communities of Guatemala.
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Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Northland Films
Author / Creator
Andrew Sherburne, 1979-, J. T. Haines, fl. 2005, Tommy Haines, fl. 2005
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Land redistribution, Economics, Gold, Gold mines and mining, Mining industry
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014. Used by permission of Filmakers Library.
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Green Economy, Solar Revisited
directed by Tim Van Blaricom, fl. 2014; presented by Andrew Mallory, fl. 2000 and Don McCoy, fl. 2014; produced by Tim Van Blaricom, fl. 2014, Film Ideas, in Green Economy (Wheeling, IL: Film Ideas, 2014), 22 mins
Previously we looked at the different types of solar and where the technology and trends are taking us. Now we will look at how solar is much more widely accepted and used. In Coos Bay, Oregon nearly every new public structure has solar integrated into its construction. The efficiency of the modern panel is impres...
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directed by Tim Van Blaricom, fl. 2014; presented by Andrew Mallory, fl. 2000 and Don McCoy, fl. 2014; produced by Tim Van Blaricom, fl. 2014, Film Ideas, in Green Economy (Wheeling, IL: Film Ideas, 2014), 22 mins
Description
Previously we looked at the different types of solar and where the technology and trends are taking us. Now we will look at how solar is much more widely accepted and used. In Coos Bay, Oregon nearly every new public structure has solar integrated into its construction. The efficiency of the modern panel is impressive and the future really is as bright as they say.
Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Tim Van Blaricom, fl. 2014, Film Ideas
Author / Creator
Tim Van Blaricom, fl. 2014, Andrew Mallory, fl. 2000, Don McCoy, fl. 2014
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Film Ideas
Series
Green Economy
Topic / Theme
Technology, Renewable energy sources, Energy industry
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 Film Ideas, Inc.
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Green Economy, The Greening Of Freight Rail, Part #1
directed by Tim Van Blaricom, fl. 2014; presented by Andrew Mallory, fl. 2000 and Don McCoy, fl. 2014; produced by Tim Van Blaricom, fl. 2014, Film Ideas, in Green Economy (Wheeling, IL: Film Ideas, 2014), 22 mins
Since the early days of the railroad there has been the ability to move massive amounts of freight to expand the literal horizons of where business is done. Today that trend continues except technology and good old-fashioned American know-how is leading the way. Moving a ton of freight nearly 500 miles on a gallon...
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directed by Tim Van Blaricom, fl. 2014; presented by Andrew Mallory, fl. 2000 and Don McCoy, fl. 2014; produced by Tim Van Blaricom, fl. 2014, Film Ideas, in Green Economy (Wheeling, IL: Film Ideas, 2014), 22 mins
Description
Since the early days of the railroad there has been the ability to move massive amounts of freight to expand the literal horizons of where business is done. Today that trend continues except technology and good old-fashioned American know-how is leading the way. Moving a ton of freight nearly 500 miles on a gallon of fuel is now the benchmark for efficiency. You will see how the technology is revolutionizing the locomotives and companies like Gun...
Since the early days of the railroad there has been the ability to move massive amounts of freight to expand the literal horizons of where business is done. Today that trend continues except technology and good old-fashioned American know-how is leading the way. Moving a ton of freight nearly 500 miles on a gallon of fuel is now the benchmark for efficiency. You will see how the technology is revolutionizing the locomotives and companies like Gunderson, GE and others are looking to stretch that even further.
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Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Tim Van Blaricom, fl. 2014, Film Ideas
Author / Creator
Tim Van Blaricom, fl. 2014, Andrew Mallory, fl. 2000, Don McCoy, fl. 2014
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Film Ideas
Series
Green Economy
Topic / Theme
Technology, Railroad companies, Railroad industry, Trains
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 Film Ideas, Inc.
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