These resources have been purchased recently by the Bishops Initiative
Task Force and placed in the media center of the Rocky Mountain
Conference. You may reserve a video by calling the conference office
or by visiting the Rocky Mountain
Conference web site.
The Global Banquet: Politics of Food
Part 1 Who's invited? Giant corporations allowed to control the
world's food system throughout free trade policies. Timely
and provocative, the video examines how the corporate globalization
of food threatens the livelihoods of small farmers in the US
and developing countries, and how free trade is the route to
mounting hunger worldwide, despite an overabundance of food.
Part 2 What's on the menu: Mass produced, low-cost food imports
to developing countries; cash crop exports that deplete natural
resources and render developing countries unable to feed themselves.
Creative Excellence award: US international film and video festival.
A study guide is available for free download by visiting the Maryknollmall.org
website and clicking on the description of this video.
The World Through Kids Eyes
67 minutes
A series of 6 short candid stories told by children "at-risk" around
he world. Each self-documented story testifies to the neglected
state of children, and reflects an article of the United Nations
Convention on the Right of the Child.
Free Study guide to download. Contact Maryknollmall.org and click
on the description of this video.
S.O.A. Guns and Greed
20 minutes
Since its founding in 1946, the US army school of Americas (SOA)
at Fort Benning GA has trained more than 60,000 Latin American
soldiers in commando tactics, psych warfare and military intelligence.
Rarely seen footage in the documentary shows how the combat ready
SOA grads use their guns to protect the greed of large corporations
and world financial institutions. Acting on their own or on orders
from their government, the soldiers target labor organizers, human
rights advocates, educators, religious leaders and others who speak
out against sweatshop and other enterprises of greed that exploit
the country's people and resources. This video presents powerful
statement from students, labor leaders vets and church leaders
involved in non-violent pretests to close the School of Americas.
Banking on Life and Debt
Narrated by Martin Sheen. 30 minutes.
Changes are argued for in current world monetary policies that
cause export balances, debt and financial instability for developing
nations. Ghana, Brazil and the Philippines are examples of where
the influences of the international banking community have resulted
in diminished living conditions.
This video is an excellent compliment for the chapter on World
Economics.
A Voice for Justice: An Investment in People.
Time 9:33 by the General Board of Pensions United Methodist Church
A Voice for Justice; an Investment in People is a video
that describes how the General Board of Pensions and Health
Benefits works with the various corporations to achieve global
corporate
accountability.
The focus is on the on-going dialogues with various companies
in which the General Board invests. It is shot in Mexico, and chronicles
the working and living conditions of various employees at Delphi,
an airbag manufacturer and former subsidiary of GM. Workers while
grateful for their jobs, share their yearning for better wages
and work environments so they can secure better living conditions.
The General Board works with faith based organizations through
the interfaith center for corporate responsibility.
Reclaiming a Natural Balance
Produced by the General Board of Pensions and Health Benefits
of the United Methodist church this video features the Boards efforts
to address environmental issues, specifically in the pulp and Paper
industry. The Board believes that whenever alternatives exist,
in industry or society we all need to make choices towards them.
Joining together with other socially conscious investors, the
efforts is being made to convince these mills to stop using chlorine
in bleaching that can pollute the air as well as the resources
of the local community. 12 minutes.
Sharing a Dream: A place to call home
Produced the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits of
the United Methodist church.
This video tells how the affordable housing investment of the
General Board of Pension and Health Benefits brings hope and
transformation
to communities and individuals.
WTO: In Whose Hands? The Whole World--In Whose Hands?
A Video by the Women's Division of the General Board of Global
Ministries
28 minutes
What is the WTO and why is everyone so upset about it?
Case studies, explanations and questions regarding world trade
organization decisions sanctions and effects both positive and
negative.
In Whose Hands helps us to understand the language and debate
and to incorporate it into our work for economic justice.
A Matter of Interest
13 minutes by Friendship Press
An excellent resource to introduce the world debt crisis in our
resource.
Using simple animation, this video draws a parallel between life
in debt-stricken countries and the plight of individuals. It raises
ethical questions about lenders in rich countries demanding full
repayment from poor countries. It aims to encourage discussions
about solutions to the debt crisis, and to show why ordinary people
need to be involved. It explains why the crisis is too grave to
be left to international financiers and politicians alone.
The New Rulers of the World
By Bullfrog Films 54 minutes. An Award winning documentary we
are privileged to have in our resource center.
In order to examine the true effects of globalizastion, John Pilger
turns the spotlight on Indonesia, a country described by the World
Bank as a model pupil until its globalized economy collapsed in
1998. The film examines the use of the sweatshop factories by famous
brand factories and asked who are the real beneficiaries of the
globalized economy? Is it governments or a handful of huge companies?
Pilger goes behind the hype of the new global economy and reveals
that the divisions between the rich and poor have never been greater-tow
thirds of the world's children live in poverty- and the gulf is
widening. The film looks at the new rulers of the world-the great
multinationals and the governments and institutions that back them-the
IMF and World Bank. The film travels to Indonesia and Washington
asking the challenging questions seldom raised in the mainstream
media and exposing the scandal of globalization.
