VHS
Do we really want to live this way? [videorecording] / produced by the WGBH Science Unit in association with Chedd-Angier, Film Australia, the University Grants Commission of India, Gujarat University, EMRC.
Tells how freeways, shopping malls, and industrial and technological wealth have been the rewards of modern society. Examines the price of progress, including smog, toxic wastes, and contamination of once-pristine waters, all by-products of Western industrial life-styles.
Record details
- ISBN: 1559463295 (series)
- ISBN: 9781559463294 (series)
- Physical Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Publisher: S. Burlington, VT : Annenberb/CPB Collection, c1990.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Originally shown on PBS.Series concept based on the Worldwatch Institute's State of the world reports.Major funding provided by the Annenberg/CPB project.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Written, produced and directed by Marty Ostrow ; editor, Eric Neudel ; animation and graphics, Jed Schwartz ; executive producer, John Angier.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Host, Meryl Streep ; narrator, Roy Scheider.
- Target Audience Note:
- College students and adults.
- System Details Note:
- VHS format.
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Air > Pollution > California > Los Angeles.
Water > Pollution > Rhine River.
Human ecology.
Environmental policy.
Films for the hearing impaired.