“… [T]he story of how sometimes change has too much momentum to be stopped. You can’t kill an idea whose time has come…. This time [in this sequel to Who Killed the Electric Car?], we follow four entrepreneurs battling from the inside.”
Participant at FiRe 2012: Director Chris Paine
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www.revengeoftheelectriccar.com
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“Remote Area Medical will document the annual two-day ‘pop-up’ medical clinic put on by the non-profit Remote Area Medical (RAM) in the NASCAR speedway in Bristol, TN. Even though this small town is only a few hundred miles from our nation’s capitol, access to proper medical care for many in [the] region might as well be worlds away.”
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http://catapultfilmfund.org/project/remote-area-medical/
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“From the filmmakers who brought you FUEL…. A global investigation into how to save the future.”
Participant at FiRe 2013: Director Josh Tickell
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“To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco traffickers have become iconic outlaws and the new models of fame and success. They represent a pathway out of the ghetto – a new form of the American Dream, fueled by the war on drugs. Narco Cultura looks at this explosive phenomenon from within; cycles of addiction to money, drugs, and violence that are rapidly gaining strength on both sides of the US/Mexican border.”
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narcoculture.com/NarcoCultura_by_S._Schwarz.html
Notes: Official selection for 2013 Sundance Film Festival
“Both elegy and warning, Midway explores the interconnectedness of species, with the albatross on Midway as mirror of our humanity.”
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“… [T]he story of President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, a man confronting a problem greater than any other world leader has ever faced – the literal survival of his country and everyone in it. After bringing democracy to the Maldives after 30 years of despotic rule, Nasheed is now faced with an even greater challenge: as one of the most low-lying countries in the world, a rise of three feet in sea level would submerge the 1200 islands of the Maldives enough to make them uninhabitable.
“The Island President captures Nasheed’s first year of office, culminating in his trip to the Copenhagen Climate Summit in 2009, where the film provides a rare glimpse of the political horse-trading that goes on at such a top-level global assembly. Nasheed is unusually candid about revealing his strategies – leveraging the Maldives’ underdog position as a tiny country, harnessing the power of media, and overcoming deadlocks through an appeal to unity with other developing nations. When hope fades for a written accord to be signed, Nasheed makes a stirring speech which salvages an agreement. Despite the modest size of his country, Mohamed Nasheed has become one of the leading international voices for urgent action on climate change.”
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“The heartbreak of Alzheimer’s, the power of art, and the meaning of family…. An intimate family portrait that explores the heartbreak of Alzheimer’s disease, the power of art, and the meaning of family. The Genius of Marian follows Pam White in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease as her son, the filmmaker, documents her struggle to hang on to a sense of self.”
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NEW! The Genius of Caring: The Genius of Caring is a robust community engagement campaign that grew out of the documentary film, The Genius of Marian.
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“… [A] comprehensive and entertaining look at energy in America: a history of where we have been, our present predicament and a solution to our dependence on foreign oil.Rousing and reactionary, FUEL is an amazing, in-depth, personal journey of oil use and abuse as it examines wide-ranging energy solutions other than oil, the faltering US auto and petroleum industries, and the latest stirrings of the American mindset toward alternative energy.
“… Josh Tickell’s stirring, radical and multi-award winning FUEL may be known by some as the “little energy documentary,” but in truth, it’s a powerful portrait of America’s overwhelming addiction to, and reliance on, oil…. A ‘regular guy’ who felt he could make a difference, [Tickell] spent 11 years making his movie, showing himself – and others – that an individual can indeed make a difference.”
Participant at FiRe 2013: Director Josh Tickell
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“An intricate tale of ‘medicine, monopoly, and malice,’ Fire in the Blood tells the story of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments aggressively blocked access to low-cost AIDS drugs for the countries of Africa and the global south in the years after 1996 – causing 10 million or more unnecessary deaths – and the improbable group of people who decided to fight back.
“Shot on four continents and including contributions from global figures such as Bill Clinton, Desmond Tutu, and Joseph Stiglitz, Fire in the Blood is the never-before-told true story of the remarkable coalition which came together to stop ‘the Crime of the Century’ and save million of lives in the process.
“As the film makes clear, however, this story is by no means over. With dramatic past victories having given way to serious setbacks engineered far from public view, the real fight for access to life-saving medicine is almost certainly just beginning.”
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http://fireintheblood.com/get-involved
Notes: Narrated by William Hurt
“… [T]he first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement – grassroots and global activism spanning 50 years from conservation to climate change. Directed and written by Mark Kitchell, Academy-Award nominated director of Berkeley in the Sixties, and narrated by Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Ashley Judd, Van Jones and Isabel Allende, the film premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2012 and has won acclaim at dozens of festivals around the world.”
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