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The Future of Food

Before compiling your next grocery list, you might want to watch this eye-opening documentary, which sheds light on a shadowy relationship between agriculture, big business and government. By examining the effects of biotechnology on the nation's smallest farmers, director Deborah Koons Garcia reveals the unappetizing truth about genetically modified foods: You could unknowingly be serving them for dinner.

King Corn

In Aaron Woolf's thought-provoking documentary, friends Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis move back to America's Corn Belt to plant an acre of the nation's most-grown and most-subsidized grain in an attempt to follow their crop into the U.S. food supply. What they discover about genetically modified seeds, powerful herbicides and the realities of modern farming calls into question government subsidies, our fast-food lifestyle and the quality of our food.

Fast Food Nation

Richard Linklater's fictional tale (inspired by Eric Schlosser's 2001 book of the same name) critiques the junk-food juggernaut that's arguably responsible for America's alarming obesity rates. Don Henderson (Greg Kinnear), a corporate exec of a national fast-food chain, follows beef's journey from the corrals to the slaughterhouses and ultimately to your stomach. The power cast includes Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette and Bruce Willis.

Bad Seed: The Truth About Our Food

Sixty percent of the food Americans eat has been genetically altered or engineered, and the jury is out on whether this could harm the population. Wanting to explore this issue further, 20-year-old Adam Curry traveled to San Francisco, Oregon, Washington, Iowa, Virginia, Britain and Nova Scotia to make this documentary. He talks to nutritionists, physicians, scientists, farmers and other experts in an effort to uncover the truth about our food.

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash

Produced by award-winning filmmakers Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack, this documentary examines the world's dependency on oil and the impending chaos that's sure to follow when the resource is depleted. Straight from the headlines, this hot-button topic may represent the world's most dire crisis. Through expert interviews, the film spells out in startling detail the challenge we all face and underscores our desperate need for alternative energy.

Genetically Modified Food: Panacea or Poison?

In the race to feed our rapidly growing planet, scientists have discovered how to manipulate DNA to produce what they claim are stronger, more disease-resistant crops. But are these genetically modified foods really safe for consumption, or are we just guinea pigs in a large-scale nutritional experiment? This informational film presents the facts -- and the pros and cons -- behind this thought-provoking issue.

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Based on the book of the same name by Peter Elkin, director Alex Gibney's documentary takes a behind-the-scenes look at the powerful energy company whose downfall forever changed the landscape of the business world. With a blend of fascinating footage, fast-paced interviews and a wealth of information, this film is a serious lesson in the potential trappings of dishonesty and unethical behavior dogging corporate America today.

Strange Days on Planet Earth

Join National Geographic and host Edward Norton on a fascinating foray into a new age of exploration. Four episodes probe different scientific mysteries: Researchers investigate the worldwide spread of disease and destruction from invasive species, the far-reaching repercussions of global climate change, the vital role predators play in nature's balance, and how toxins are being spread throughout the world's water systems.

Oil on Ice

Actor Peter Coyote narrates this in-depth documentary that examines the raging controversy over drilling for black gold in a 1.5-million-acre area of the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The film follows the efforts of environmentalists and Alaskan natives to protect the site from oil exploration and development, dramatizing the choice between fossil fuel technologies and those that take advantage of renewable energy resources.

Iraq in Fragments

Honored with an Oscar nod and prizes for editing and cinematography at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, director James Longley's striking portrait of a nation divided presents a collage of images and commentary from ordinary Iraqi citizens coping with the effects of war, political unrest, religious feuds and an uncertain future. Moving beyond the abstract, the film powerfully captures the indelible humanity of those living in a country defined by conflict.

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Comment by joeoftexas on July 4, 2008 at 6:06pm: Here's a couple of recent docs worth checking out:

The End of Suburbia (2004)
Escape from Suburbia (2007) Available on Netflix Instant Watch
Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement (2007)

Comment by staahsha on June 11, 2008 at 7:25pm: Todd Haynes' Safe starring Julianne Moore scared me really badly about environmental toxins.

My favorite speech from The Matrix is when one of the Agents describes human beings as being just like a virus who eventually destroys it's host. The extrapolation of that is then the virus travels through space to find another host, like we are doing with the moon and Mars.

I once read that if we cause nuclear winter or destroy the Earth in some other way that there is enough energy left in the Sun to gradually regenerate life on the Earth again. I wonder what evolution will come up with then? This comforts me because I don't think we have any hope here and now. However, I don't think we shouldn't try, I think we should still try....

Comment by macroman on June 8, 2008 at 4:27pm: Our world changed after 9/11. There are many who question the official explanation we've been given about how 9/11 happened.
A good and short introduction to this subject of the plausibility of the 9/11 explanation is 911: In Plane Site. It's 52 minutes.
If you watch it and want to learn more, Terrorstorm is one possibility, although it covers more than 9/11. Loose Change 911 is the most thorough video and you can add it to your Saved Queue and see if NF does eventually carry it in their inventory.

Comment by cynder66 on June 5, 2008 at 8:40pm: Yeah, you are what you eat. If that's the case, then we should probably start with the scientists.

Comment by Alex DeLarge on June 4, 2008 at 11:06pm: SOYLENT GREEN is the new food. It should solve most of our problems...as long as we're eating the right people. Man, did I just ruin this movie for someone?

Comment by macroman on June 4, 2008 at 5:00pm: A couple of videos NF carries that I liked that are related to the focus of this group:
(1) Sharkwater=shows how killing sharks for their fins is contributing to global warming. That section comes near the end of the video.

(2) Blue Vinyl=on PVC(polyvinyl chloride) which is everywhere these days.

Comment by cynder66 on June 3, 2008 at 8:42pm: Oh great, sure, now I'm in trouble....I thought I was past this End of the World Apocolypse Conspiracy phase.....can't even listen to Art Bell anymore.... and now you've gone and created a group all about it.... boy am I done for. Might as well baricade the doors and go off the grid now.

No seriously, I'm looking forward to this group!

Comment by GODFORGE on May 28, 2008 at 12:41pm: where is everybody?...is there anybody out there?

Comment by GODFORGE on May 20, 2008 at 12:03pm: I just finished watching the first season of JERICHO on netflix. Now I am shopping for a gun and hoarding food. I need to increase my medication too. WOW GREAT SHOW!

Comment by Guy on May 1, 2008 at 4:01pm: Food is an emotional issue that goes right to the gut, so to speak. I'm sure we have racial memories of the horrors of famine, even if most of us have never experienced hunger. This sets the population up to be easily manipulated by interest groups who are no doubt seeing an opportunity to centralize and gain fantastic quantities of power. Food is the new oil.