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Summary:

"In this documentary, we follow environmental activist and nuclear physicist Vandana Shiva for a period of two years, a whirlwind tour from her organic farm at the foot of the Himalayas to the summit of the World Trade Organization in Mexico to a protest outside the European Patents Office in Munich. Here, in these institutions of power, Shiva does battle with the proponents of globalization, multi-national corporations like Monsanto, an American bio-tech company manufacturing genetically modified foods (whom Shiva holds responsible for a rash of farmers' suicides) and Coca-Cola, accused of depleting and contaminating groundwater in India....Bullshit elucidates some of the most pressing social and technological questions of the 21st century - can genetically modified foods alleviate world hunger? is it legal for corporations to patent natural crops? can indigenous knowledge inform modern genetic engineering? -- as it takes you to the frontlines of the war over globalization" -- Container.

Contributors:

Holmquist, PeA

Khardalian, Suzanne

Cinema Guild

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Subjects:

Shiva, Vandana

Women political activists — India

Environmental protection — India

Globalization — Economic aspects

Agriculture — Economic aspects — India

Farmers — India

Genetically modified foods

Women political activists

Environmental protection

Globalization

Agriculture — Economic aspects

Agriculture

Farmers

India

Genres:

Feature films

Documentary films

System Details:

DVD-R.

General Notes:

NOTICE: This is a DVD-R and may not play on all DVD players.
Public performance rights included.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (73 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

BUL DVD
DVD 7176R

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Cinema Guild: 2222

OCLC Numbers:

1053040257
70258780 [Invalid]