Marilyn Waring
is the foremost spokesperson for global feminist economics, and her
ideas offer new avenues of approach for political action. With
persistence and wit she has succeeded in drawing attention to the fact
that GDP has no negative side to its accounts--such as damage to the
environment--and completely ignores the unpaid work of women. "Why is
the market economy all that counts?" Ms. Waring asks.
In 1975, when she
was just 22 years old, she was elected to the New Zealand parliament.
She was re-elected three times, and eventually brought down the
government on the issue of making New Zealand a nuclear free zone.
When she was
chairperson of the Public Expenditures Committee, she perfected what
she calls the "art of the dumb question". Ever since she has challenged
the myths of economics, its elitist stance, and our tacit compliance
with political agendas that masquerade as objective economic policy.
This film has
inspired many people, notably the Who's Counting Project, to work on
human-scale economic alternatives, local currency exchanges, and more
humane ways of measuring the quality of life.
The DVD version
of this program is recorded on DVD-R which is not compatible with some
older DVD players. See the new DVD page for
more details.
Awards:
Chris Award, Columbus
International Film & Video Festival
GENIE Award
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
Silver Plaque, Chicago International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto
Vancouver International Film Festival
International Film Festival for Documentary, Bombay
Sunny Side of the Doc, Marseilles
Atlantic Film Festival
Film Art Fest, Llubjana Slovenia
USA Film Festival
Women in the Director's Chair International Film Festival
Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival
Wilbur Awards Competition
Drambuie International Film Festival
Cinefalbe, Montreuil, France
Grand Illusion Cinema, Seattle
Mardi Gras Film Festival, Australia
UNA Film Festival at Stanford
Global Cinema Café, Third World Center, Princeton
Reviews:
"Meeting Marilyn
Waring on film will forever change your perception of justice,
economics, and the worth of your own works. Watch this film." Gloria
Steinem
"I give this film (and Ms. Waring, of course) every
superlative...riveting, revealing, inspiring etc. It penetrates to the
heart of the global, ecological, and social crisis that afflicts the
world." Dr. David Suzuki
"A devastating critique of monetized economics, portrayed with
compelling beauty and humor by Oscar-winning director Terre Nash. The
film contrasts the vast, uncounted productivity of nature and women
worldwide with United Nations-mandated national accounting systems
rooted in military economics." Tranet
" Waring is one of the liveliest speakers I've ever heard...She also
has an uncanny ability to put complex information into easily opened
packages...If knowledge is power, WHO'S COUNTING is an empowering
gift." Communities
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