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Mother: Caring for 7 Billion (2011)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 9M

Director : Christophe Fauchere

Synopsis

Mother, the film, breaks a 40-year taboo by bringing to light an issue that silently fuels our largest environmental, humanitarian and social crises - population growth. Since the 1960s the world population has nearly doubled, adding more than 3 billion people. At the same time, talking about population has become politically incorrect because of the sensitivity of the issues surrounding the topic- religion, economics, family planning and gender inequality. The film illustrates both the over consumption and the inequity side of the population issue by following Beth, a mother, a child-rights activist and the last sibling of a large American family of twelve, as she discovers the thorny complexities of the population dilemma and highlights a different path to solve it.

Actors

Esraa Bani
Esraa Bani
Herself (Population Action International)
Albert Bartlett
Albert Bartlett
Himself - Host
Lester Brown
Lester Brown
Himself (Earth Policy Institute)
Martha Campbell
Martha Campbell
Herself (Venture Strategies)
Susan Davis
Susan Davis
Herself (BRAC)
Brian Dixon
Brian Dixon
Himself (Population Connection)
Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul R. Ehrlich
Himself - Host
Riane Eisler
Riane Eisler
Herself (Center for Partnership Studies)
Katie Elmore
Katie Elmore
Herself (Population Media Center)
John Feeney
John Feeney
Himself (Environmental writer)
Sara Morello
Sara Morello
Herself
Malcolm Potts
Malcolm Potts
Himself (University of California at Berkeley)
William N. Ryerson
William N. Ryerson
Himself (Population Media Center)
Peter Sawtell
Peter Sawtell
Himself (Eco-Justice Ministries)
Laura S. Scott
Laura S. Scott
Herself (author of Two Is Enough)
Negussie Teffera
Negussie Teffera
Himself (Population Media Center)
Aminata Toure
Aminata Toure
Herself (United Nations Population Fund)
Mathis Wackernagel
Mathis Wackernagel
Himself (Global Footprint Network)
Lyuba Zarsky
Lyuba Zarsky
Herself (Monterey Institute of International Studies)
Robert Walker
Robert Walker
Himself (Population Institute)

Crews

Christophe Fauchere
Christophe Fauchere
Director
Christophe Fauchere
Christophe Fauchere
Producer
Joyce Johnson
Joyce Johnson
Producer
Christophe Fauchere
Christophe Fauchere
Cinematography
Christophe Fauchere
Christophe Fauchere
Associate Producer
Matthew Talarico
Matthew Talarico
Associate Producer

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