TweetBarely a year ago, a dear friend, Dr. Sheila Fennoy introduced me to the facinating story of Henrietta Lacks. Doctors took her cells without asking. Those cells never died. They launched a medical revolution and a multimillion-dollar industry. More than twenty years later, her children found out. Their lives would never be the same. ~…
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Recommended Oil/Energy Related Documentaries & Resources
TweetSweet Crude trailer 2009 Sweet Crude is a documentary film about the Niger Delta of Nigeria — the humanitarian and environmental devastation there in the wake of 50 years of unregulated oil extraction, the history of non-violent protest by Niger Deltans demanding control of their own resources and the emergence of the Movement for the…
Recommended Food Related Documentaries
Tweet* Billions of people around the globe go to bed hungry and struggle to find nourishment. Why is it that communities with the most resources are often impoverished? How is food processed, who controls what we eat, and what if anything can we do to make change? Here are some documentaries addressing issues of food…
Meena Nanji – View from a Grain of Sand – Free Screening
Tweet A Free Screening of View from a Grain of Sand by Meena Nanji at Levantine Cultural Center – Thursday, November 18. A Folk Art Everywhere Happening Folk Art Screening Presented in partnership with the Levantine Cultural Center Thursday, November 18 8:00pm (7:30 gather time) Location: Levantine Cultural Center 5998 W. Pico, Los Angeles CA…
Crude The Documentary Movie
Tweet Three years in the making, this cinéma-vérité feature from acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger is the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet. An inside look at the infamous $27 billion Amazon Chernobyl case, CRUDE is a real-life high stakes legal drama set against a backdrop of…
The Fuel Documentary
Tweet Please, somebody get this documentary to President Obama and every lawmaker across the country! FUEL is an insightful portrait of America’s addiction to oil and an uplifting testament to the immediacy of new energy solutions. Director, Josh Tickell, a young activist, shuttles us on a whirlwind journey to track the rising domination of the…