American experience. Earth days

DVD

American experience. Earth days [videorecording] / American Experience presents ; a Robert Stone film for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; written, produced and directed by Robert Stone.

Stone, Robert, 1958- (Screenwriter, Producer, Director). Udall, Stewart L. (Interviewee). Lovins, L. Hunter, 1950- (Added Author). McCloskey, Paul N., 1927- (Added Author). Ehrlich, Paul R. (Added Author). Meadows, Dennis L. (Added Author). Hayes, Denis, 1944- (Interviewee). Brand, Stewart. (Interviewee). Schweickart, Rusty. (Interviewee). Mills, Stephanie, 1948- (Added Author). Giacchino, Michael. (Composer). WGBH Educational Foundation. (Added Author). Robert Stone Productions. (Added Author). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Added Author). PBS Distribution (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary:

"[This program] looks back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement -- from its post-war rustlings in the 1950s and the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson's incendiary bestseller 'Silent Spring' to the first wildly successful 1970 Earth Day celebration and the subsequent firestorm of political action." -- Container.

Record details

ISBN: 9781608831890
ISBN: 1608831892
ISBN: 9781608832224
ISBN: 1608832228
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 102 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, c2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Includes curriculum for grades 6-12

Special features: Optional audio feature commentary by director Robert Stone ; Pollution (ca. 4 min.) [1972, Robert Stone's first film, features audio commentary by Stone].

Originally produced for television broadcast in 2010.
Formatted Contents Note:: The decline of conservation -- Consequences of development -- Rachel Carson and Silent spring -- Poisoning the planet -- The population bomb -- Stewards of the planet -- Changing views of Earth -- Birth of a movement -- The first Earth Day -- Limits of growth -- Threats to the American way of life -- Sustainable living -- The next steps.
Creation/Production Credits Note:: Principal photography, Howard Shack ; editing, Don Kleszy ; original music, Michael Giacchino.
Participant or Performer Note:: Featuring: Stewart Udall, Pete McCloskey, Hunter Lovins, Dennis Meadows, Denis Hayes, Stewart Brand, Rusty Schweickart, Paul Ehrlich, Stephanie Mills.
Target Audience Note:: MPAA: Not rated.
System Details Note:: DVD; NTSC, Region 1 ; Widescreen presentation ; English 5.1 surround.
Language Note:: Closed-captioned.