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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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The Greening of Southie
The story of Boston's first LEED-certified residential green building, and the people who made it possible.
72 minutes
DVD version with special features available - see below
Color / Stereo
Closed Captioned
Grade Level: Grades 7 - 12, College, Adult
US Release Date: 2008
Copyright Date: 2007
ISBN (VHS): 1-59458-765-5
ISBN (DVD): 1-59458-766-3
Directed by Ian Cheney
Produced by Curt Ellis
Director of Photography: Taylor Gentry
Editor: Ian Cheney
Music: Force Theory
Animation: Claire Cheney
Produced by Wicked Delicate Films
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"I cannot recommend this film enough to anyone who is or wants to be a part of green building." Joel Bittle, GreenBuildingElements.com
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In the traditionally Irish-American working-class neighborhood of South Boston, MA, a new kind of building has taken shape. From wheatboard cabinetry to recycled steel, bamboo flooring to dual-flush toilets, the Macallen building is some-thing different: a leader in the emerging field of environmentally friendly design.
But Boston's steel-toed union workers aren't sure they like it. And when things on the building start to go wrong, the young developer has to keep the project from unraveling.
Building Boston's first LEED Gold-certified building turns out to be harder than anyone thought. Yet among the I-beams and brickwork emerges a small cadre of unlikely environmentalists who come to connect their work with the future of their children
Created by the co-producers and stars of King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis.
[Note: For community screenings of THE GREENING OF SOUTHIE please email us at southie@bullfrogfilms.com]
DVD version: includes 2 versions of the film. The original version is 72 minutes long; the short version 46 minutes. Both are closed captioned and include chapters.
Awards:
Earth Day Selection, "The Green", Sundance Channel
True/False Film Fest
Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival
Independent Film Festival of Boston
Reviews:
"This inspiring film...argues for widespread adoption of green building practices, while still presenting the contradictions and quandaries...and revels in the greening of southern Boston's construction workers, born skeptics who rise to the occasion." True/False Film Fest Program
"If the idea of watching a documentary on the construction of a condo building doesn't sound too exciting to you, I cannot recommend this film enough to anyone who is or wants to be a part of green building. It presents the challenges and excitement of building green with equal measures of idealism and cynicism, juxtaposing the suits who see the project as ideas and paper with the laborers who actually have to put the building together. As the project grows, the two come closer to understanding the other side." Joel Bittle, GreenBuildingElements.com
"A balanced but incisive look at a complex issue that affects us all." Bostonist
Related Subjects:
American Studies
Anthropology
Art/Architecture
Community
Design
Environment
Green Building
Labor Studies
Science
Technology and Society
Sociology
Solutions
Technology
Urban and Regional Planning
Vocational Education
Related Links:
The film's website
Film clip
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