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Bullfrog Films
P.O. Box 149
Oley, PA 19547
Tel: 610/779-8226
Fax: 610/370-1978
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E. F. Schumacher...
As If People Mattered
Summary of Schumacher's economic arguments referring to the world energy situation.
16 minutes
Color
Grade Level: 7-12, College, Adult
US Release Date: 1979
Copyright Date: 1977
Directed by Swain Wolfe
Produced by Bitteroot Films
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"A very important film to consider when one looks at the worldwide need for practical alternatives in a fuel mad world." Esme Dick in Energy & the Way We Live
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A clear summary of Schumacher's economic arguments - with special reference to the world energy situation.
Filmed in Montana, Schumacher denounces what he calls "internal colonialism". After all, a colony is a territory that is being developed not for its own sake by its own inhabitants, but by far away power- as a source of raw materials. In this case the far away powers are the large metropolitan areas.
In a world short of energy, the system is becoming unworkable. Fewer factories farther and farther apart providing fewer and fewer jobs cannot provide the answer. In its place Schumacher argues for a system where local people consume local goods. This saves energy, creates jobs, but more important, it gives meaning to people's lives.
Awards:
World Future Society Conference
AAAS Science Film Festival
River City Film Conference
Reviews:
"Dr. Schumacher, with characteristic clarity, simplicity, and sanity, gives a summary of those ideas which have made his writings of such immense and vital importance to us all." Frederick Franck, author The Zen of Seeing
"A very important film to consider when one looks at the worldwide need for practical alternatives in a fuel mad world." Esme Dick in Energy & the Way We Live
"The visuals convey the message: In a megabakery, a lonely, bored attendant watches loaves passing his station endlessly, while in an "appropriate" bakery, two young women execute the entire baking process and even get a chance to chat with their customers, Their bright faces fill the screen at the very moment that Schumacher propounds a society of self-sufficient people, unafraid of the future, unworried as to the meaning of their lives and the reason for their existence..." Science Books & Films
Related Subjects:
Agriculture
Business Practices
Economics
Energy
Environment
Globalization
Social Psychology
Urban and Regional Planning
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Small Is Beautiful
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The Emperor's New Clothes: An impassioned look at the effects of NAFTA on workers in Canada, the US and Mexico.
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