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A fierce green fire : the battle for a living planet / a film by Mark Kitchell ; producer, director, and writer, Mark Kitchell ; executive producer, Marc N. Weiss.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shabecoff, Philip, 1934- Fierce green fire--Film adaptations.
- Shabecoff, Philip.
- Environmentalism--United States--History.
- Environmentalism.
- United States.
- History.
- Environmental policy--United States--History.
- Environmental policy.
- Environmental protection--United States--History.
- Environmental protection.
- Genre:
- Environmental films.
- Documentary films.
- Film adaptations.
- Films for hard of hearing people.
- Films for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (101 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences
- Other Title:
- Battle for a living planet
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pa.] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, 2012.
- Language Note:
- Closed captioning available.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Divided into five "acts", the film is an exploration of the environmental movement--grassroots and global activism--spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change.
- Contents:
- Act 1: Conservation / narrated by Robert Redford
- Act 2: Pollution / narrated by Ashley Judd
- Act 3: Alternatives / narrated by Van Jones
- Act 4: Going global / narrated by Isabel Allende
- Act 5: Climate change / narrated by Meryl Streep.
- Participant:
- Narrators, Robert Redford, Ashley Judd, Van Jones, Isabel Allende, Meryl Streep.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Vicente Franco ; editors, Ken Schneider, Veronica Selver, Jonathan Beckhardt.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Based on the book: A fierce green fire : the American environmental movement by Philip Shabecoff.
- Includes interactive transcipt.
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 2012.
- Resource page includes the option of making a clip.
- Publisher Number:
- bf-fgf Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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