Films about Issues affecting international communities
UWS 52B: Environmental Justice / Climate Justice
Resources for the study of environmental justice and climate justice at Brandeis. Course guide created for Katrin Fischer by Lisa Zeidenberg, Creative Arts Librarian
Before the Flood II
GEJ Teacher's Guide
Part I follows the residents of the historic city of Fengjie, as they clash with the officials forcing them to evacuate their homes to make way for the China's Three Gorges Dam, the largest in the world. Part II profiles the residents of Gongtan, a 1700-year-old village soon to be demolished by a hydroelectric dam project.
GEJ Teacher's Guide
"Document[s] Beijing's unholy cycle of consumption through poignant observational visits with the scavengers who live and work in the dumps."
GEJ Teacher's Guide
Follows three young Cambodians as they struggle to overcome the crushing effects of deforestation, overfishing, and overwhelming debt.
In a small corner of the most populous country in Africa, billions of dollars' worth of crude oil flow under the feet of a desperate people. They live in abject poverty, without means of livelihood in a decimated environment.
Using video diaries kept by two women promotoras (community activists), this documentary explores the environmental devastation and urban chaos of Tijuana's maquiladoras, the multinationally owned factories that came to Mexico for cheap labor. Maquiladora workers--overwhelmingly women--produce televisions, electrical cables, toys, clothes, batteries and IV tubes, they weave the very fabric of life for consumer nations. They also confront labor violations, toxic waste dumps, and the unhealthy conditions in the colonias where they live.
Docuseek GEJ Teacher's Guide
Following international river conservationist, Mark Angelo, Riverblue spans the globe to infiltrate one of the world's most pollutive industries, fashion. Narrated by clean water supporter Jason Priestley, the groundbreaking documentary examines the destruction of our rivers, its effect on humanity, and the solutions that inspire hope for a sustainable future.