Life and Debt; Jamaica — land of sea, sand and sun. And a prime example of the impact economic globalization can have on a developing country. Using conventional and unconventional documentary techniques, this searing film dissects the "mechanism of debt" that is destroying local agriculture and industry while substituting sweatshops and cheap imports. With a voice-over narration written by Jamaica Kincaid, adapted from her book A Small Place, Life and Debt is an unapologetic look at the "new world order," from the point of view of Jamaican workers, farmers, government and policy officials who see the reality of globalization from the ground up. (76 Minutes)
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The Gleaners and I ; Voted the best documentary of 2001 by the National Society of Film Critics, Agnès Varda's universally acclaimed 'wandering-road documentary' focuses her ever-seeking eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads us from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris. (82 Minutes)
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Directed by Bertram Verhaag. Introducing Sepp Holzer, the permaculture farming genius, who grows top and soft fruit plus polycultures of vegetables on his forest farm at 1500m in the Austrian Alps. He demonstrates permaculture in terms of broadscale farming and horticulture, and shows how he integrates domesticated and wild animals, heritage grain crops plus aquaculture systems.This is permaculture and forest farming at its very best. (43 Minutes)
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