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THE WHITE HOLE

10 minutes/Grades 5-Adult

A film by Jurgen Haacks

This amusing animated film is a wonderful commentary on our
throw-away society. One day as kids play in the park, a black hole
as big as a basketball suddenly appears. It gobbles up everything
that comes its way. All kinds of experts, armed with the latest in
modern technology, fail to come up with an explanation. Then they
get a great idea: What a perfect way to get rid of all our waste!
All seems fine until one day a white hole appears ... and starts
regurgitating the waste.

Just a fanciful tale? Or does this tell us something about the
misguided way we think about waste? There is no away.

Awards: Best Environmental Education Film, Okomedia; Special Jury
Prize, Ekofilm; U.S. Environmental Film Festival; First
International Environmental Film Festival, Boulder; San Francisco
Environmental Film Festival

• "In brilliant fashion the film prompts us to reflect on today's
  technological society. It makes the point that technology should
  never be a goal in and of itself, but must only be a means towards
  a goal." Okomedia Festival Jury
  

• "In a satirical manner (Haacks) shows how toxic waste again and
  again disastrously seeps into the environment from a supposedly
  ideal and safe disposal site." Deutsche Tagespost
  

• "Superbly animated film... everything you need to generate a
  lively discussion of toxic waste and what we do with it... highly
  recommended. " ***** Video Rating Guide for Libraries
  

Subject Areas: STS, TOXIC WASTE, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, SOCIAL
STUDIES, LANGUAGE ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, WASTE MANAGEMENT

ISBN: 1-56029-371-3

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