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Saving the Great Swamp: Battle to Defeat the Jetport
Saving The Great Swamp: Battle to Defeat the Jetport is a new one-hour documentary about the events, people and politics behind the struggle to preserve a rural area of New Jersey between 1959 and 1968. The fight began when the powerful Port of New York Authority announced plans to construct a huge 10,000 acre "j...
Saving The Great Swamp: Battle to Defeat the Jetport is a new one-hour documentary about the events, people and politics behind the struggle to preserve a rural area of New Jersey between 1959 and 1968. The fight began when the powerful Port of New York Authority announced plans to construct a huge 10,000 acre "jetport" 26 miles west of New York City in a little-known place called the Great Swamp. In the name of progress, entire towns would be o...
Saving The Great Swamp: Battle to Defeat the Jetport is a new one-hour documentary about the events, people and politics behind the struggle to preserve a rural area of New Jersey between 1959 and 1968. The fight began when the powerful Port of New York Authority announced plans to construct a huge 10,000 acre "jetport" 26 miles west of New York City in a little-known place called the Great Swamp. In the name of progress, entire towns would be obliterated, the aquifer and wildlife destroyed, and a way-of-life threatened for thousands of people.
The events that followed became one of the most defining environmental confrontations of its time - a grassroots movement that started in a local high school and grew to historic proportions. It was a battle that took almost a decade, a President and an Act of Congress to stop, and ultimately led to the creation of a national treasure - the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.
Two years in the making, Saving The Great Swamp: Battle to Defeat the Jetport was produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Scott Morris, co-produced by Larry Fast and narrated by Blythe Danner. The film features in-depth interviews with residents, historians and officials, and a rich visual tapestry of historic film footage, old photographs and high-end cinematography of the Great Swamp today. The inspiring story continues to resonate as a model for community action in the face of powerful forces.
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Not Without Us
La buena vida = The Good Life
The village of Tamaquito lies in the forests of Colombia. Here, nature provides the people with everything they need. But the Wayúu community’s way of life is being destroyed by the vast and rapidly growing El Cerrejón coal mine. Determined to save his community from forced resettlement, Jairo Fuentes negotiat...
The village of Tamaquito lies in the forests of Colombia. Here, nature provides the people with everything they need. But the Wayúu community’s way of life is being destroyed by the vast and rapidly growing El Cerrejón coal mine. Determined to save his community from forced resettlement, Jairo Fuentes negotiates with the mine’s operators and communicating with their representatives isn’t easy. The villagers are promised the blessings of p...
The village of Tamaquito lies in the forests of Colombia. Here, nature provides the people with everything they need. But the Wayúu community’s way of life is being destroyed by the vast and rapidly growing El Cerrejón coal mine. Determined to save his community from forced resettlement, Jairo Fuentes negotiates with the mine’s operators and communicating with their representatives isn’t easy. The villagers are promised the blessings of progress, but the Wayúu place no value on the so-called "better life". Instead, they embark on a fight to save their life in the forest, which soon becomes a fight to survive.
El pueblo de Tamaquito se encuentra en los bosques de Colombia. Aquí, la naturaleza proporciona a la gente todo lo que necesita. Pero la forma de vida de la comunidad Wayúu está siendo destruida por el rápido crecimiento de la gran mina de carbón El Cerrejón. Decidido a salvar a su comunidad del reasentamiento forzado, Jairo Fuentes negocia con los operadores de la mina, pero la comunicación no es fácil. A los aldeanos se les prometen las bendiciones del progreso, pero los Wayúu no ponen ningún valor en esta "vida mejor". En cambio, empezan una lucha para salvar su vida en el bosque, que pronto se convierte en una lucha para sobrevivir.
A vila de Tamaquito encontra-se nas florestas de Colômbia. Aqui, a natureza fornece tudo o que as pessoas precisam. Mas o modo de vida da comunidade Wayúu está sendo destruído pela grande mina de carvão El Cerrejón, que cresce rapidamente. Determinado a salvar a comunidade do reassentamento forçado, Jairo Fuentes negocia com os operadores da mina, mas a comunicação entre eles não é fácil. Aos aldeões são prometidas as vantagens do progresso, mas os Wayúu não colocam nenhum valor nesta "vida melhor". Em vez disso, embarcam em uma luta para salvar sua vida na floresta, que logo se torna uma luta pela sobrevivência.
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Monarch Butterfly
Breaking Point
Divide in Concord
Jean Hill, a fiery octogenarian, is deeply concerned about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - the world's largest landfill. She spends her golden years attending city council meetings and cold-calling residents. Since 2010, she's spearheaded a grassroots campaign to ban the sale of single-serve plastic bottles in h...
Jean Hill, a fiery octogenarian, is deeply concerned about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - the world's largest landfill. She spends her golden years attending city council meetings and cold-calling residents. Since 2010, she's spearheaded a grassroots campaign to ban the sale of single-serve plastic bottles in her hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. So far, her attempts to pass a municipal bylaw have failed. As she prepares for one last Town Me...
Jean Hill, a fiery octogenarian, is deeply concerned about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - the world's largest landfill. She spends her golden years attending city council meetings and cold-calling residents. Since 2010, she's spearheaded a grassroots campaign to ban the sale of single-serve plastic bottles in her hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. So far, her attempts to pass a municipal bylaw have failed. As she prepares for one last Town Meeting, Jean faces the strongest opposition yet - from skeptical residents, local merchants and the International Bottled Water Association. But her fiercest challenge comes from Adriana Cohen, mother, model, and celebrity publicist-turned-pundit, who insists the bill is an attack on freedom.
When Adriana thrusts Jean's crusade into the national spotlight, it's silverhaired senior versus silver-tongued pro. In the same town that incited the American Revolution and inspired Thoreau's environmental movement, can one little old lady make history? A tense nail-biter of a vote will decide. (Angie Driscoll)
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ENERGY / POLITICS: US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz interview on fracking
POLITICS / ENERGY: Fracking exploration licenses include site owned by the Queen
POLITICS / ENERGY: Fracking exploration licenses include site owned by the Queen
