The creators of Tapped The Movie have produced reusable environmentally friendly water bottles for WBAI Listeners (shown at right).
Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig's debut feature is an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water. Tapped the Movie exposes the economic, social, and environmental realities of bottled water. There’s more to your bottled water than you might think. ??From the producers of Who Killed the Electric Car and I.O.U.S.A., this timely documentary is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never become a commodity: our water.
Both the movie on DVD and the water bottle.
One town destroyed. 300 killed. 80 years fighting for justice.?On May 31 and June 1, 1921, white mobs, with the assistance of the police and National Guard, laid siege to the segregated Tulsa neighborhood of Greenwood, known as the “Black Wall Street” of America (see slideshow). After 18 hours of attack, by land and air, there were an estimated 300 dead and 10,000 homeless – and over 1,000 homes and virtually all other buildings were left in ashes. In 2004, 151 elderly survivors sought to have their day in court – only to be told that the statute of limitations for any claims had expired.
After the U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal in 2005, in 2009, Congress introduced a bill to extend the statute of limitations so that the survivors could, at last, seek and achieve justice. Only 46 survivors are still with us today. The documentary Before They Die! chronicles their ongoing road to reparations. This is their journey…
DIRT! The Movie--directed and produced by Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow--takes you inside the wonders of the soil. It tells the story of Earth's most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility--from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation.
The Movie--narrated by Jaime Lee Curtis--brings to life the environmental, economic, social and political impact that the soil has. It shares the stories of experts from all over the world who study and are able to harness the beauty and power of a respectful and mutually beneficial relationship with soil.
"The only remedy for disconnecting people from the natural world is connecting them to it again."
Engrossing and eye-opening, KING CORN is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast food nation where one ultra-industrial, pesticide-laden, heavily-subsidized commodity dominates the food pyramid from top to bottom – corn. Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naiveté, college buddies Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis return to their ancestral home of Greene, Iowa to figure out how the modest kernel conquered America.
The international hit sensation FoodMatters DVD will help you take the necessary steps towards a healthier life and a healthier you! Food can be your best friend! Discover how you can Detox, Lose Weight, Reverse Diabetes, Conquer Cancer, Beat Heart Disease, Ditch Depression and more using a nutritional approach. It’s not as hard as you think!