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This provocative documentary, a regular on the film-festival circuit, examines the history of suburbia and the wisdom of this distinctly American way of life. A post-World War II concept, suburbia attracted droves of people, giving rise to sprawl and all that comes with it -- good and bad. How has the environment been affected by this lifestyle, and is it sustainable? Canadian director Gregory Greene dares to ask all the tough questions. Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life and upward mobility. As the population of suburban sprawl has exploded in the past 50 years, so too the suburban way of life has become embedded in the American consciousness.
Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the American Dream. But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge about the sustainability of this way of life. With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, The End of Suburbia explores the American Way of Life and its prospects as the planet approaches a critical era, as global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. World Oil Peak and the inevitable decline of fossil fuels are upon us now, some scientists and policy makers argue in this documentary. The consequences of inaction in the face of this global crisis are enormous. What does Oil Peak mean for North America?
As energy prices skyrocket in the coming years, how will the populations of suburbia react to the collapse of their dream? Are today's suburbs destined to become the slums of tomorrow? And what can be done NOW, individually and collectively, to avoid The End of Suburbia?
DVD Features: Vintage short films "In The Suburbs" and "Destination Earth"
and producer/director commentary track
Further Information:
2006 Bronze WorldMedal at New York Festivals International Television Programming and Promotion Awards Chris Award at The Columbus International Film and Video Festival Environmental Vision Award at the Putnam County Film & Video Festival Gold Ribbon Finalist (Documentaries and Public Affairs) from The Canadian Association of Broadcasters
| Catalog Number: MC-741 |
Type: Feature |
Genre: Documentary |
| Copyright: 2006 |
Length: 78 minutes + |
Format:
DVD Region: 0 (All) |
| TV System: NTSC |
ISBN: |
UPC: 094922837493 |
| Label: Electric Wallpaper |
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Films In Compilation
End Of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and The Collapse of The American Dream directed by
Gregory
Greene
Canada,
Documentary,
2006,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
01:18:00
This provocative documentary, a regular on the film-festival circuit, examines the history of suburbia and the wisdom of this distinctly American way of life. A post-World War II concept, suburbia ...
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0000-00-00 Guerrilla News Network
By Anthony Lappe
..it's one of the most important docs in recent years.
| 2007-09-25 culturechange.org
By Jan Lundberg
(Michael Moore) will have to deal with the reality of oil peaking globally, although the recent documentary The End of Suburbia beat him to the punch.
| 2007-09-25
By Carolyn Baker
...a stunning and chilling cinematic landmark which placed the issue of Peak Oil and its consequences squarely on the world stage and connected the dots between the unsustainable suburban lifestyle and perilous issues of the twenty-first century such as food production, population die-off, and economic meltdown.
| 2007-09-25 Permaculture Magazine
By Rob Hopkins
In the same way that only your true friend will tell you that your breath smells, or that you have spinach stuck between your teeth, this film takes you to one side and tells it like it really is.
| 2007-09-25 Grist Magazine
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Grist Magazine's Top 15 Green Movies
In a year dominated by the ultimate fantasy film, Lord of the Rings, this clear-eyed, frighteningly prescient documentary took a real-life look at the impending end of cheap oil. The End of Suburbia explores how dry oil wells will impact the U.S. economy and the much-cherished, resource-intensive American Dream. It's enough to make you want to move to Middle Earth.
| 2007-09-25 salon.com
By Katharine Mieszkowski
The oil is going, the oil is going!
An example of a community that's on its way is Willits, California, where Jason Bradford, 36, armed with a copy of "The End of Suburbia," launched a movement...He showed "The End of Suburbia" at the local library, at the high school cafeteria, at the charter school. He showed it for eight months, twice a month, at city council chambers. Thus was born the Willits Economic Localization Project, an effort to make the whole ZIP code as energy and food self-reliant as possible.
| 2007-09-25 www.wweek.com
By Ian Demsky
That all ended in late 2004 when a friend handed him a DVD titled The End of Suburbia. He went home that night and watched it on his jumbo JVC flat screen. The next 78 minutes changed his life, he says.
"It was like I had a 5,000-piece puzzle and it was the first time I got to see what the whole picture looked like," he says. "And it was a scary, scary picture."
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