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Mother: Caring for 7 Billion

Mother: Caring for 7 Billion

May 15, 2011 1h 9m
6.5
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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.

Title Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
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Keywords population control
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 Mota

Katie Elmore Mota

Herself (Population Media Center)
John Feeney

John Feeney

Himself (Environmental writer)
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)
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)