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April 2012
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Up in Smoke.
Slash-and-burn farming generates more carbon emissions annually than all global aviation put together. It is one of the biggest contributors to deforestation and global warming. It sits at the crossroads of two of the greatest threats to global stability: accelerating climate change and diminishing food security. In the documentary “Up in Smoke” filmmaker Adam Wakeling...
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March 2012
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Off the Grid.
46 of the 50 American states are on the verge of bankruptcy. Currently 12.8 million (8.3%) Americans are unemployed. The national debt ceiling was recently raised and is now an estimated 14 trillion dollars. More than 49 million people live below the poverty line. Since the latest financial crisis, the confidence in the federal government is lower than ever before. While America is...
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SXSW 2012.
The Jury and Audience Award winners of the 2012 South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival (SXSW) have been announced last night. Winning the coveted grand jury award in the narrative feature competition is Adam Leon’s “Gimme the Loot”, while first time director Jay Bulger’s “Beware of Mr. Baker” bagged the same prize in the documentary feature...