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Previous Films December 19, 2006

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The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream

The End of Suburbia

A movie about the dwindling supply of cheap energy in the form of fossil fuels and its effect on society.

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The Take

The Take

A film about worker-run factories in Argentina.

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The Yes Men

The Yes Men

A satirical documentary in which two anti-corporate activist-pranksters impersonate International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials.

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The Future of Food

The Future of Food

An in-depth look at the controversy about genetically modified food.

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The Iron Wall

A provocative film about Israel and Palestine and the wall that divides them.

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The Power of Community

TPOC

How Cuba survived Peak Oil

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The Devil Came on Horseback

DARFUR

A hard-hitting film that exposes the tragedy taking place in Darfur, Sudan

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Uranium Road

A film about the past and future of the nuclear industry in South Africa

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Black Gold

A great documentary about the global coffee industry

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What Would Jesus Buy?

Follow the Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir on their epic crusade around the USA

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Testing Hope

A documentary about the education system in post-Apartheid South Africa

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Escape From Suburbia

The “sequel” to End of Suburbia – another Peak Oil film

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Living Utopia: Anarchism in the Spanish Revolution

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A fascinating movie about the role of anarchists in the Spanish Civil War

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Beyond Elections

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Redefining democracy in the Americas

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Garbage!

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A feature documentary about the environmental impact of the huge amount of rubbish we produce in our households every day.

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The Age of Stupid

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“Why didn’t we stop climate change while we had the chance?”

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Poison on the Platter

350

An Indian documentary about genetically engineered crops and food.

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Buried in Earthskin

A documentary about nuclear waste in South Africa.

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Fahrenheit 2010


A critical look at the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa.

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A Sea Change


A documentary about how rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere are affecting the world’s oceans.

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You Can’t be Neutral on a Moving Train


A documentary about the life of radical US historian Howard Zinn.

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The Cove


Exposes the bloody truth behind the worldwide trade in dolphins.

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Where Do I Stand?


Explores the experiences of seven young Capetonians during the xenophobic violence in South Africa in 2008.

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The Most Dangerous Man in America

Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers.

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Empty Oceans, Empty Nets


A documentary about overfishing of the world’s oceans.

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Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

A film about the world’s biggest retailer.

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Gasland


An Oscar-nominated documentary about shale gas production in the USA.

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The War You Don’t See

A John Pilger documentary about the role of the media in war

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Waiting For ‘Superman’


A film about the crisis in education.

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The Cradock Four

A documentary about the brutal murder of four prominent Eastern Cape anti-Apartheid activists.

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Miss Representation

A film about the portraial of women in the media

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