Future:Media:Change

The Green Market has assembled a great list of some of the funniest and innovative videos produced for the environment movement.



One of my favorites is a Steven Colbert piece where he makes fun of climate change deniers who claim that Washington’s recent snowfalls repudiate global warming.

The End of Poverty was released in NYC cinemas this week in select cities. The ambitious documentary tackles the most pressing moral challenge of our time: Why is there still poverty in a world of plenty? While offering solid intellectual explanations about the origins and persistence of poverty, the movie misses the mark on executing the type of story telling that makes film a powerful medium to inspire new audiences.

Lionsgate is using the launch of the film Precious, to support Everybody Wins, a nonprofit literacy and mentoring organization. Lionsgate is matching every tweet using the hashtag “#Read2Kids” with a dollar donation up to $1,000. Generous? Not for a company reporting $31 million in Q2 net income.

Come out for a 25-minute preview of the forthcoming documentary The End of Poverty, and for a discussion with director Diaz and journalist Arun Gupta. The film draws a straight line between global inequities and the history of military conquest, slavery and colonization. They’ll also be giving away a limited number of tickets to see the film in theaters.

Tuesday, November 10 – 7pm

Bluestockings Bookstore & Cafe

172 Allen Street, (between Stanton and Rivington Streets)
212-777-6028
F/V to 2nd Avenue