We have collected a small library of important documentaries which you may have missed or want to see again. Most of these could be used for a small group discussion(s).

If you wish to check one of these out, contact the co-chairs of Green Sanctuary and we’ll arrange to get the item to you. We have not worked out a simple check-out/in system yet, but that’ll come in time.

VHS:

“The Living Land” discusses the need to reconnect with the land and our food system in terms of such values as diversity, sustainability, democracy, and justice. Narrated by Peter Coyote. (27 min.)

“The Next Epoch: Redefining National Security” is based in part on a book by Jonas and Jonathan Salk, World Population and Human Values: A New Reality. It could be used in a several session dialogue class. A dialogue is included. (28 min.)

“Evolution: A Journey Into Where We’re From And Where We’re Going.” Liam Neeson narrates this seven-part PBS series which explores an exciting range of ideas from great transformations to the evolutionary arms race to sex to extinction to what about “God”. (7 hrs.)

“A Sense of Place” honors the deep connection and interdependent relationship we have with the entire web of life in the place where we are. Susan Sarandon is narrator of this 28 minute video.

“Exploring a New Cosmology” is a four part video set in which Miriam Therese MacGillis, OP, reflects on the writings of Thomas Berry and Brian Swimme. The segments are 40 min., 26 min., 31 min., and 51 min. This program is suitable for adult group discussion.

“The Unfolding Story” is told by scientists, authors, religious leaders, native people, and other visionaries relate the story that is now unfolding of an interconnected, interdependent living universe. (29 min.)

“Children and Nature” gives Jane Goodall and others the opportunity to make the case for the critical need for parents and other mentors of children to guide them to make meaningful connections with the natural world. The Roots and Shoots program is introduced. (27 min.)

“Is God Green?” is a segment of Moyers on America during which Bill Moyers follows the unfolding dramas in the lives of three diverse evangelical communities as their eyes are opened to ecological damage happening in their back yards. A fascinating story indeed. (85 min.)

DVDs:

“The Future of Food” was considered “one of 2005’s must-see documentaries” by the San Francisco Chronicle and was called “quietly inflammatory; unsettling” by the New York Times. We will show this to the public pending approval. (88 min.)

“Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers” makes it clear that war is good business, especially for Halliburton/KBR, Blackwater, Titan, and CACI International. Lucrative, non-competitive, cost-plus contracts make it easy to make big bucks and keep friends in power happy. (85 min.)

“Why We Fight” was the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Winner in 2005. Picking up the “military-industrial complex” President Eisenhower warned us about and following it into the 21st century, we clearly see how war has become big business for America. Now the added players, elected officials and K Street lobby boys, threaten to unhinge our democracy. (99 min.)

“An Inconvenient Truth” offers a clarion wake-up call to all of us. If we hear the call, will we respond? In time? The scientific evidence is clear that human activity is resulting in global warming/climate change. See this film two or three times, show it to your friends. (96 min.)

“The Big Buy: Tom Delay’s Stolen Congress” is a clear warning about how easy it is to hijack American democracy through ruthless ambition and corporate millions. It connects the dots between big money and big government. (80 min.)

“What The Bleep Do We Know?” offers a mind-bending trip through the worlds of science and spirituality, including revelations by quantum physics experts, playful animation, and even a conversation with a wise 35,000 year-old being. (108 min.)

“The Corporation” is a two disk video given to the Universalist Unitarian Church of Riverside by Ruth Villalobos and presented (one disk only) at one of our first public offerings. Released in 2004, this documentary won 23 international awards. The film is an entertaining and provocative look at the inner workings, curious nature, and controversial history of modern global conglomerates. (145 min.)

“The Sierra Club Chronicles,” a Robert Greenwald Brave New Films Production (“Outfoxed”, “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price”) gives us a camera-eye view of extraordinary efforts by ordinary people working to protect their families, land, communities, and livelihood from pollution, corporate greed, and short-sighted government policies. Hosted by Daryl Hannah in 7 segments, the stories are suitable for small group discussions. (200 min.)

“Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price,” gives a behind the scenes look at real lives of its workers and their families, business owners and their communities, and the power of the world’s largest retailer, giving you pause to think about where you shop and how your shopping is a vote for the kind of community (and world) you want. (97 min.)

“This Divided State” follows the firestorm which ensues when filmmaker Michael Moore is invited to speak at Utah Valley State College and others try to prevent his appearance. Free speech on trial – how “free” is free speech? (88 min.)