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Business - Marketing - Food

Business - Marketing - Food


CLEAN WATER, DIRTY TRICKS

Perfect for Business Ethics, this Marketplace documentary goes undercover to expose the techniques used in door-to-door sales of water purification systems - devices that can cost thousands of dollars, but which most people simply may not need. Co-host Tom Harrington investigates the dubious scare tactics used to entice people to buy.

Item no.: RH03920177
Format: DVD (Closed Captioned)
Audience: Grades 9-12, Post Secondary, Adult Education
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2010
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LOUSY LABELS: THE NATURAL & ORGANIC DECEPTION?

As consumers, we love our shampoos, deodorants, lotions, makeup and other personal care products. But as the products add up, so do the chemicals. That's why 64 per cent of us say we're seeking out more "natural" or "organic" items. But how do we know what these labels mean?

Marketplace takes a closer look at green personal care products. It turns out labels like "natural" and "organic" are unregulated; they're just marketing terms. Some of these products are no different than the regular, often cheaper brands.

An excellent Business piece for exploring ethics in marketing, this documentary separates the truly green products from the "greenwashed" - products that look green, but really aren't.

Item no.: TT04120803
Format: DVD (Closed Captioned)
Audience: Grades 9-12, Post Secondary, Adult Education
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2010
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POWER OF A MULTINATIONAL: MONSANTO & GM FOODS

This is the story of a farmer who stood up against a massive multinational, and its right to claim ownership to a living organism.

One day representatives from the multinational company Monsanto visit Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser and demand he surrender his canola crops. They sue him for $200,000, claiming he had illegally used their patented genetically modified seeds.

Percy counter-sues Monsanto for environmental pollution and launches a nationwide campaign defending farmer's rights.

Modifying canola's genes makes the planet resistant to specific weed killers and, according to the makers, generally improves yield.

But Percy's campaign highlights popular questions about GM crops and food with GM products in. In particular there are fears of "terminator technology" and worries about the impact on farming communities.

Schmeiser also accuses Monsanto of using intimidating tactics against him. For days, according to the farmer, detectives with cars were in front of his driveway, following him onto the fields, observing his every footstep.

Finally, the case goes to Canada's supreme court. The court finds in Monsanto's favour - but he doesn't have to pay a big fine. Percy argues the verdict raises more questions than it answers - including the biggest of all - "who owns life?"

Item no.: LU00110167
Format: DVD
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Duration: 30 minutes
Copyright: 2010
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TRUCK FARM

Directed by Ian Cheney

Blending seriousness and whimsy, filmmaker Ian Cheney explores the promise and perils of urban farming.

TRUCK FARM tells the story of a new generation of American farmers. Using green roof technology and heirloom seeds, filmmaker Ian Cheney plants a vegetable garden on the only land he's got: his Granddad's old pickup. Once the mobile garden begins to sprout, viewers are trucked across New York to see the city's funkiest urban farms, and to find out if America's largest city can learn to feed itself.

Blending serious exposition with serious silliness, TRUCK FARM entreats viewers to ponder the future of urban farming, and to consider whether sustainability needs a dose of whimsy to be truly sustainable. Featuring nutritionist Marion Nestle, chef Dan Barber, explorer Henry Hudson and a very lonely seagull.

Reviews
  • "Alternately giddy and pragmatic, Truck Farm makes the best sales pitch for grow-your-own I've ever seen. A must-see for anyone interested in agricultural empowerment and diversity." - Dr. Warren Belasco, Professor, American Studies, University of Maryland, Author, Food: The Key Concepts, Editor, Food, Culture and Society

  • "Truck Farm illustrates a rebirth of interest among young people in agriculture. With passion and ingenuity, you can find a way to farm anywhere." - Dr. Joseph Heckman, Professor, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University

  • "This film is so mind altering, you will never look at an empty space the same way again, no matter how small!" Laurie David, Author, The Family Dinner: Great Ways to Connect with Your Kids, One Meal at a Time, Producer, An Inconvenient Truth

    Awards
  • Audience Award & Jury Award, Green Film Festival, Seoul
  • Most Uplifting Film Award, Cinema Verde Environmental Film Festival
  • Jury Honorable Mention, Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival

    Item no.: DL02790795
    Format: DVD
    Audience: Grades 7 - 12, College, Adults
    Duration: 48 minutes
    Copyright: 2010
    StdBkNo.: 159458821X
    Price: USD 250.00

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    KING CORN (CLASSROOM VERSION)

    Directed by Aaron Woolf

    Classroom version of classic film about how two friends uncover the devastating impact of corn on the environment, public health and family farms.

    KING CORN is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation.

    In KING CORN, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the East Coast, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America's most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat - and how we farm.

    Features Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, and Earl Butz, former US Secretary of Agriculture.

    This disc also includes the new companion film, BIG RIVER, on the environmental consequences of industrial agriculture.

    Reviews
  • "An excellent introduction to any course on food and agriculture in the United States." - Lawrence Busch, Director, Institute for Food and Agricultural Standards, Michigan State University

  • "Excellent job...Highly appropriate for courses on the culture and politics of food, health or agriculture." - Deeadra Brown, CUNY, Anthropology Review Database

  • "Easy to watch and interwoven with quirky animation; recommended for any library, but especially those in areas with a high interest in sustainability and environmentalism." - Library Journal

    Item no.: KT02560636
    Format: DVD (Closed Captioned)
    Audience: Grades 8-12, College, Adult
    Duration: 50 minutes
    Copyright: 2009
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    PIG BUSINESS: THE COST OF CHEAP FOOD

    In this shocking and provocative film, Tracy Worcester sets out to discover who's paying the true price for the cheap pork for sale in Britain's supermarkets.

    WHERE IT ALL STARTED: Industrialised pig farming was pioneered in America, and it's the way most supermarket pork is produced. Critics here argue the factory farms are bad for the animals, their employees, the environment and residents' health.

    THREAT TO SMALL FARMS: During the 1990s large-scale meat processors bought up livestock farms enabling corporations to control the whole process from farming and to packaging. Many small farmers have gone bust.

    IMPACT ON POLAND: US companies like the giant multinational Smithfield Foods are targeting other countries, too - in particular Poland. Polish people complain of the impact of the factory farms on their health, their environment and the threat to their family farms.

    THE EUROPEAN ANGLE: The transformation of Polish agriculture and life is being partly financed by the taxpayers of Europe. Smithfield is just one of the food multinationals who have received the backing of the public purse.

    A FUTURE OF CHEAP MEAT? Smithfield Foods claim they're just giving customers what they want and that they're doing all they can to minimise damage to the environment. But US critics accuse them of diminishing their quality of life.

    IN BRITAIN: British farmers too feel threatened by the rise of the factory farms. There are worries over the use of antibiotics and the spread of MRSA. Is consumer power - people buying locally produced pork - the answer?

    Item no.: NH00110177
    Format: DVD (With Publication)
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    Duration: 32 minutes
    Copyright: 2009
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    GREAT FOOD REVOLUTION, PART 1: GREAT FOOD REVOLUTION

    In Episode 1 of the The Great Food Revolution, find out how in just 30 years North American diners have gone from "Yuk! I'm not eating that!" to "Guess what I ate last night!" Our penchant for the exotic has buoyed a booming global food trade and a modern food-processing industry. Yet despite all this passion for food, fewer and fewer of us can actually cook. Eating out and ordering in have become so common, we've almost done away with a once-sacred ritual: family dinner.

    Item no.: FP03921030
    Format: DVD (Closed Captioned)
    Audience: Grades 7-12, Adult Education, Post Secondary
    Duration: 43 minutes
    Copyright: 2008
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    GREAT FOOD REVOLUTION, PART 2: BATTLE TO GET ON YOUR PLATE

    In Episode 2 of The Great Food Revolution, follow the fierce competition in the food industry. Last year alone, a staggering 18,000 new products were developed for our supermarket shelves. Food manufacturers are in a battle to win consumer loyalty like never before. Exotic, organic and fair-trade are on everyone's lips. Large grocers must stay atop trends to compete with smaller, specialty food boutiques. And new to the game are the "locavores" - an increasingly important collection of farmers, urbanites and chefs who favour locally grown produce.

    Item no.: KN04120826
    Format: DVD (Closed Captioned)
    Audience: Grades 7-12, Adult Education, Post Secondary
    Duration: 43 minutes
    Copyright: 2008
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    FORTUNE HUNTERS, SEASON 1 - EXOTIC FOODS: THE BUSINESS BEHIND GLOBAL TASTES

    Meat and potatoes no more. Nowadays it's samosas, tzatziki, and szechwan! As North America has become more ethnically diverse, so have our palates. And with Canadians traveling the world more than ever, we're coming home hungry for new-found flavours. Call it gastronomic globalization! Big companies are taking aim at the exotic trend: Pringles now offers Thai sweet chili flavour and Heinz has introduced curry ketchup.

    Fortune Hunters scoured the country looking for exotic food entrepreneurs. In Ottawa, brothers Carlos and Fernando Felix are staking their fortune on Jam-ato, a sweet tomato jam made from their Portuguese grandmother's secret recipe. In Vancouver, celebrated restaurateur Vikram Vij packs his exotic meals in take home pouches, and can barely keep up with demand for his spicy dishes. And in Toronto, the Fortune Hunter cooking up the biggest plan of them all, Anita Saini, and her line of ready-to-eat Indian sauces.

    Is there big money in our big appetite for new tastes? And how easy is it to turn your family's secret recipe into a supermarket sensation?

    Item no.: CP03920994
    Format: DVD (Closed Captioned)
    Audience: Grades 9-12, Adult Education, Post Secondary
    Duration: Approx. 21 minutes
    Copyright: 2007
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    FUTURE OF FOOD, THE (EDUCATIONAL EDITION)

    There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America - a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat.

    The Future of Food offers an in-depth exploration of several important developments in agriculture today including the diminishment of biodiversity, patenting of life, loss of family farms, consolidation of seed companies and the globalization of our food system. Using genetically engineered crops as a primary cause and result of these new developments, the film delves into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled the world's grocery stores for the past decade.

    From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada to the fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, The Future of Food gives a voice to farmers whose lives and livelihoods have been negatively impacted by new, patented GMO seeds. The film uses animation to explain the process of recombinant DNA technology which allows "genetic engineering", the movement of DNA from one species to another. The legal foundations for, and consequences of, patenting life are explored in depth. The health implications, government policies and push towards globalization are presented as some of the reasons why many people are alarmed by the takeover of our food supply by corporations and their genetically engineered crops. The global battle over agricultural genetic engineering is as fierce now as ever.

    Shot on location in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, and contrasting local trends with global realities, The Future of Food examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat as huge multinational corporations seek to control the world's food system. The film also explores alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture, placing organic and sustainable agriculture as real solutions to the farm crisis.

    This 2-Disc Educational Edition DVD features a stunningly comprehensive University level Curriculum, tailored for use in a variety of course settings and durations, as well as numerous bonus features and action resources. The curriculum was created by Dr. Joshua Muldavin who has put into this course the wisdom and knowledge gained over 25 years of international fieldwork and teaching about food and agricultural issues.

    DISC 1 includes The Future of Food feature presentation as well as a supplemental web-enabled toolkit on DVD ROM, which provides the viewer with a wealth of information and educational utilities: essays, bibliographies, web resources, charts, tables, lesson plans, discussion questions, even nearly an hour of additional video content comprised of interviews with scientists.

    DISC 2 is a treasure chest of special features; including a series of short films about family farmers, CSA's, seed saving, farmer's markets, and food in schools.

    Reviews
  • "One of 2005's must-see documentaries!" -San Francisco Chronicle

  • "This stylish film is not just for food faddists and nutritionists. In the end, this documentary is a eloquent call to action." -The Telluride Daily Planet

  • "Quietly inflammatory. Unsettling." -Stephen Holden, New York Times

    Awards
  • Best Documentary - DeadCenter Film Festival, OK
  • Best Documentary - Empire Film Festival, NY Audience Award: Best Documentary - Ashland Independent Film Festival, OR
  • Human Rights Award - Taos Film Festival, NM
  • Honorable Mention - Ann Arbor Film Festival, MI

    Item no.: EN01920011
    Format: 2 DVDs (With DVD-ROM)
    Audience: Grades 8-Adult
    Duration: 88 minutes
    Copyright: 2007
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    ALWAYS COCA-COLA: IMAGE VS REALITY IN A MULTINATIONAL

    For years the huge multinational Coca Cola company has sold itself through an image of love and global harmony. But what's the reality behind the image? This film highlights the company's controversial activities in Germany and India.

    THE WORLD CUP: Coca Cola is one of the sponsors of the World Cup in Germany and only allows its own soft drinks to be consumed at the matches. Coke hopes sponsoring football will boost its sporting image - but for many German workers the multinational has a bitter taste.

    COKE IN GERMANY: Coke got over 10 million euros in government grants to come to a region of high unemployment in East German. But now it's closed seven of its bottling factories and hundreds of jobs have been lost. Workers believe they are victims of globalisation as the multinational organises itself to employ fewer and fewer people.

    COKE'S WATER PROBLEM: Coke's bottled water has got it into trouble, too. Coke uses its sponsorship of the World Cup to promote sales of its little known bottled water, Bonaqua. But the company has been plagued with scandals about its water - most famously the Dasani fiasco in Britain. Dasani was shown to contain excessive levels of bromine, and Coke took it off the market.

    COKE IN INDIA: Coca Cola also faces anger in the developing world. Farmers in India believe one of Coke's factories is polluting their water supply. "The Coca Cola factory ruined my life," said one farmer, who has had to give up his farm and become a labourer on someone else's farm.

    WATER SHORTAGE: In a land of severe water shortage many Indians feel Coke's factories are unfairly using up a precious resource. To produce a bottle of coke requires a litre of water. In some villages near Coke's factories water levels have dropped by 60 metres.

    PROTESTS: Indians at all levels are united against Coke. Villagers accuse the company of being a water thief. Coke denies all responsibility and blames water shortages on wasteful locals. People protesting against Coke's actions are brutally attacked by the police.

    WORKING FOR COKE: Coke is also accused of poor treatment of its Indian employees. Workers receive around 50 cents for a 12 hour shift. They have no unions and employees who protest are sacked. One worker complains of not being compensated for a serious industrial injury. He appears at the Coke factory every day, and every day he's turned away.

    THE REAL WINNER? Coke sponsors the World Cup to associate its product with fun, achievement and being active - and the company gets big marketing benefits from this. No matter who wins on the football field, the real winner, it seems, is always Coca Cola.

    Item no.: CN00110115
    Format: DVD (With Publication)
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    Duration: 39 minutes
    Copyright: 2006
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    KING CORN (ORIGINAL VERSION)

    By growing an acre of corn in Iowa two friends uncover the devastating impact that corn is having on the environment, public health and family farms.

    KING CORN is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation.

    In KING CORN, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America's most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat-and how we farm.

    Features Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, and Earl Butz, former US Secretary of Agriculture.

    Reviews
  • "If we are what we eat, we are corn -- the modern staff of life. In a gentle but extraordinarily subversive narrative, King Corn skillfully takes us through the industrial food chain, from field to plate. All actors in this story receive compassionate treatment -- from Iowa farmers and Colorado cattlemen to diabetic New Yorkers and an engaging Earl Butz, the former USDA Secretary who advocated maximum production, damn the consequences. There are no 'bad guys' here. And yet, the net result is a devastating sketch of a food production system that is economically, ecologically, and medically unsustainable. How did we ever get into such a fix?" - Warren Belasco, Professor of American Studies, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Author, Meals to Come: A History of the Future of Food

  • "King Corn not only describes the debilitating industrialized agriculture system in which farmers are caught, it also reveals a food system that is not serving us citizen-eaters well. The 'cheap food' provided by our industrialized food system may turn out to be very expensive when all of the costs are considered. This film will encourage many citizens and organizations to become engaged in the food debate that has already begun in many sectors of our society and to join with others who are already part of that debate, to change the policies which, as the film points out, helped to create this food system in the first place. Everyone should see this film." - Frederick Kirschenmann, Distinguished Fellow, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture and President of Kirschenmann Family Farms

  • "In this well-crafted film Ian and Curt set off to fulfill their 'dream of fields,' by farming one acre of corn in Iowa. They use that experience to explore the entire corn commodity chain from inputs all the way through to final consumption. Along the way they discover the many successes and failures brought about by the dominance of corn as the basic feedstock for most of the foods we eat. Thus, in a straightforward manner the film displays the tapestry that weaves together overproduction, farm payments, ever-growing farm size, rural depopulation, animal antibiotic use, obesity, and diabetes. I would recommend this film as an excellent introduction to any course on food and agriculture in the United States. Indeed, anyone interested in understanding the problems inherent in corn farming in mid- America-in fact, anyone who eats-should see this film." - Lawrence Busch, University Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Director, Institute for Food and Agricultural Standards, Michigan State University

  • "The molecules in most Americans' bodies come more from corn than from any other source; at the same time that it has made us fat, corn monoculture has impoverished the American landscape more than any other organism. And yet, until the filming of King Corn, few Americans had a means to understand why their addiction to high-fructose corn sweeteners is the greatest threat to their health and to the health of rural communities and their landscapes. This film should be seen by every farmer, consumer and student who still believes that America has been made beautiful by our 'amber waves of grain.'" - Gary Nabhan, Author, Coming Home to Eat, Founder, Renewing America's Food Traditions initiative

  • "The somewhat goofy premise of two East Coast 20-somethings heading to Iowa to farm a single acre of corn actually works, and it works well. Students will be pulled in by Ian and Curt's curiosity and doggedness on their mission to understand how corn becomes us. Along the way, we learn quite a bit about the current realities of Midwest crop farming, decline and resilience in rural America, and the contradictory and disturbing implications of U.S. commodity subsidy policy in shaping the options and outcomes of our food system. King Corn presents a compelling mix of experts and regulars with clarity and compassion. It generates enough laughs to be fun, while also stimulating serious thinking about the important topic of how farm practices and policies influence the food we eat." - Clare Hinrichs, Associate Professor of Rural Sociology, Penn State University

  • "No doubt inspired to some degree by Super Size Me this equally engaging, slightly better-crafted docu deftly balances humor and insightˇKarresting factoids are delivered by helmer Aaron Woolf and collaborators in a package that's as agreeable as it is informative. Subjects' low-key antics, their affectionate regard for the small-town milieu, some delightful stop-motion animation and an excellent rootsy soundtrack by the WoWz all make "King Corn" go down easy, even if you might regard your burger, fries and Coke with suspicion afterward. Handsome lensing and Jeffrey K. Miller's sharp editing are also worthy of note." - Dennis Harvey, Variety

  • "The press materials for "King Corn" trumpet it as a cross between "Sicko" and "Super Size Me," but the film's protagonists, Mr. Ellis and his college friend, Ian Cheney, come off as genial searchers rather than driven interrogatorsˇKIn the film, Mr. Butz is treated as respectfully as Iowa's plain-spoken farmers, and the golden fields of corn are shot to evoke their majesty. If the filmmakers are going to point any fingers, they say, they will start with themselves." - Joe Drape, The New York Times

  • "King Corn is as relevant as Super Size Me and as important as An Inconvenient Truth in the recent rash of documentaries that challenge our perceptions of daily life in America." - The Austin Chronicle

  • "An enormously entertaining moral, socio-economic odyssey (and statistical bonanza) through the American food industry. Ellis, Cheney, and Aaron Woolf's documentary is clear-minded and fair, but just damningly descriptive enough to leave you distrustful of everything on your plate." - William Morris, The Boston Globe

  • "Gorgeously filmed in digital video and Super-8, using clever stop-motion corn kernel animation and a lyrical score by the "anti-folk" band the WoWz, "King Corn" takes what could be a tiresome agri-civics lesson and delivers a lively, funny, sad and even poetic treatise on the reality behind America's cherished self-image as the breadbasket of the worldˇKIt should be required viewing before going into a supermarket, McDonald's or your very own refrigerator." - Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post

  • "Where this documentary distinguishes itself, however, is in the unusual amount of warmth it lets into the mix. Cheney and Ellis are both funny and completely unthreatening, which does not mean toothless. Like his stars, Woolf treats both friend and foe (including farm-subsidies inventor Earl Butz) with respect, refraining from sarcasm, superiority, or ambush. "King Corn" insists that we recognize the Corn Belt's beauty and intelligence along with its somewhat self-induced plight." - Janice Page, The Boston Globe

  • "A deceptively intelligent new entry in the regular- Joe documentary genreˇKa graceful and frequently humorous film that captures the idiosyncrasies of it

    Item no.: CL02560426
    Format: DVD (Color, Closed Captioned)
    Audience: Grades 8-12, College, Adult
    Duration: 90 minutes
    Copyright: 2006
    StdBkNo.: 1594587019
    Price: USD 295.00

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    FISHERS OF DAR

    By Lina Fruzzetti, Akos Ostor, Steven Ross

    Samaki wa Dar es Salaam/Fishers of Dar is an ethnographic film about the fishermen and women of downtown Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It explores the continuity and integrity of traditional fishing practices in new, contemporary settings. Dar es Salaam is a metropolis of 3 million people yet the city's demand for fish is entirely met by equipment, methods and tools that have been used here for hundreds of years.

    This film takes the viewer to the central fish market and pier in the city harbor, and to a small fishing community away from the market. It is structured between two sunrises and two sunsets: the story begins before dawn, with small lanteen sailed boats (ngawaalas) and bigger mashua boats (a diesel engine replacing the sail) leaving for fishing grounds close by or further out to sea, and continues with fishing at sea; coming back to unload and sell fish at the market; auctions and retail sales; fast food preparation and sale at the market; home-based work and leisure activities in the fishing community.

    Eschewing commentary and voice-over explanation - similar to Forest of Bliss - the film shows the many hands the fish pass through before reaching customers. Hundreds of people make a living in the process. We see fishermen and women, boat builders, boat crews, auctioneers, laborers, vendors and market people of all kinds. Not the least are women who come with buckets, buy and clean small fish and then go back home by bus to sell fried fish in the hundreds of smaller markets of the city.

    The film reveals how traditional methods articulate with modern demands. There are problems: a brief text at the end of the film points out that the market was recently demolished to make way for expansion of the harbor. The age old process continues but under difficult new conditions.

    Awards
  • Best Cinematography, 40th Ann Arbor Film Festival, 2002
  • Juror's Choice, Black Maria Film Festival, 2003
  • Best Documentary, Athens Ohio Film Festival, 2003

    Item no.: PS03650581
    Format: DVD (Color)
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    Duration: 38 minutes
    Copyright: 2001
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    JAVA NOOK: CAFe DREAMS

    Annette Levine is living out a fantasy: she opened a neighbourhood coffee shop. Join this mother as she negotiates the tricky minefield of entrepreneurship and small business ownership. Was it a dream come true, or a nightmare?

    Item no.: PA04061062
    Format: DVD
    Audience: Grades 7-12, Adult Education, Post Secondary
    Duration: 12 minutes
    Copyright: 2001
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    FISH IS OUR LIFE

    By Peregrine Beckman

    This unusual documentary provides a fascinating profile of an important segment of the Japanese population rarely seen or studied in the West. It focuses on the small businessmen-proprietors who work the 1,100 family-owned businesses at Tsukiji Market, Tokyo's largest wholesale fish market. With its many small wholesalers and its seven large auction houses, Tsukiji is a small city in itself, with its own unique culture, work hours, and traditions. The DVD captures the vitality and earthy humor of a variety of people who work in the market, and examines how they, like all Japanese, are increasingly affected by the global market economy and by changes in the larger Japanese culture.

    Item no.: FM03790126
    Format: DVD (Color)
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    Duration: 28 minutes
    Copyright: 1994
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    DELICIOUS PEACE GROWS IN A UGANDAN COFFEE BEAN

    By Curt Fissel and Ellen Friedland

    Narrated by Ed O'Neill

    In a nation once plagued by Idi Amin's reign of terror and intolerance, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Ugandan coffee farmers have come together to challenge historical prejudice and economic hurdles by forming the "Delicious Peace Coffee Cooperative."

    The cooperative has become a model for others, demonstrating how the interweaving of harmonious relationships with Fair Trade practices can substantially improve the lives of people who are economically challenged. In Delicious Peace, the Ugandan farmers opened their lives to the filmmakers for an intimate look at the struggles they face, the hopes they harbor, and the successes they have found.

    Many lives in the world revolve around the coffee bean, the second-most traded commodity in the world. But coffee farmers face many challenges, from low prices on worldwide markets, to exploitative intermediaries and government policies that make exports difficult.

    In 2003, a Jewish coffee farmer in a region of Uganda that has long produced some of the highest quality coffee in the world approached his Christian and Muslim neighbors and asked that they put aside their religious differences, as well as their pessimism about growing coffee, to create a new cooperative. Calling their brand "Mirembe Kawomera" ("Delicious Peace"), they partnered with an American Fair Trade buyer to bring this organic and kosher coffee to the U.S. market.

    Today, as a result of good wages through Fair Trade, the farmers' standard of living is improving, harmony is flourishing, and their message of peace and fair wages is spreading to their neighbors, as well as their coffee customers in the US.

    Reviews
  • "Delicious Peace is a colorful and upbeat film that affords me an easy entry into discussion of some of the most difficult issues in social science: race, religion, inequality, and development. And it leaves students with a sense of agency and possibility-that regular people can make the world better, even in difficult circumstances. It's a gift to offer students a story of hope told with eyes wide open." - David S. Meyer, Prof. of Sociology and Political Science, University of California, Irvine

  • "Delicious Peace is, well... delicious! This documentary was a huge hit at Drew University where faculty, staff and students are engaged in development projects around the world. Delicious Peace is both informative and inspiring; the screening at Drew packed the house, and we spent a long time afterward discussing the film over Mirembe coffee." - Jonathan Golden, Assistant Prof. of Religious Studies, Drew University

  • "The film superbly rendered the story." - Walter Ruby, Muslim-Jewish Relations Program Officer, The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding

    Awards
  • Best Short Doc, New Jersey Film Festival
  • Redemptive Storyteller Award, Redemptive Film Festival
  • Best Documentary, Bronzeville Film Festival
  • Best Spiritual/Faith Documentary, Fort Myers Film Festival

    Item no.: EA01920130
    Format: DVD (Closed Captioned)
    Audience: Grades 7 - Adult
    Duration: 40 minutes
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