Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
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.
Directed by Christophe Fauchere
Where to Watch
Rent or Buy
Cast
- Esraa Bani Herself (Population Action International)
- Albert Bartlett Himself - Host
- Lester Brown Himself (Earth Policy Institute)
- Martha Campbell Herself (Venture Strategies)
- Susan Davis Herself (BRAC)
- Brian Dixon Himself (Population Connection)
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Paul R. Ehrlich Himself - Host - Riane Eisler Herself (Center for Partnership Studies)
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Katie Elmore Mota Herself (Population Media Center) - John Feeney Himself (Environmental writer)
- Sara Morello Herself
- Malcolm Potts Himself (University of California at Berkeley)
Make it a double feature
3h 56m together
Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
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