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The Business and Economics Collection

From advertising and marketing to speculation and debt, The Business and Economics collection covers the field. Including stand-outs like the The Flaw about the 2008 financial crisis and Allan Sekula and Noel Burch'€™s film essay on globalization, The Forgotten Space, this collection provides essential insights into the world of production, distribution and consumption.

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The Business and Economics Collection includes the following titles:

The Flaw - imageThe Flaw

Tells the story of the credit bubble that caused the financial crash of 2008, and clearly explains how excessive income inequality leads to economic instability.

Bullfrog Films | 2011 | 82 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
The Forgotten Space - imageThe Forgotten Space

A panoramic and essayistic portrait of the new global economy and a compelling argument about why it must change.

Icarus Films | 2010 | 112 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
The Gas Weapon - imageThe Gas Weapon
A clear and much-needed examination of the role natural gas and gas pipelines play in the geopolitics of Russia and Ukraine.
Icarus Films | 2014 | 52 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
The Ghosts In Our Machine - imageThe Ghosts In Our Machine

Following animal photographer Jo-Anne McArthur over the course of a year, the film illuminates the lives of individual animals living within and rescued from the machine of our modern world.

Bullfrog Films | 2014 | 92 minutes | 8 - 12, College, Adults
The Great Vacation Squeeze - imageThe Great Vacation Squeeze

From the producer of the classic AFFLUENZA, this film shows why vacations are important for productivity, happiness, family bonding and especially health.

Bullfrog Films | 2014 | 27 minutes | Grades 7-12, College, Adults
The Greening of Southie - imageThe Greening of Southie

The story of Boston's first LEED-certified residential green building, and the people who made it possible.

Bullfrog Films | 2008 | 72 minutes | Grades 7 - 12, College, Adult
The Hand That Feeds - imageThe Hand That Feeds

Shy sandwich-maker Mahoma Lopez unites his undocumented immigrant coworkers to fight abusive conditions at a popular New York restaurant chain.

Bullfrog Films | 2015 | 84 minutes | 10 -12, College, Adults
The Human Scale - imageThe Human Scale

Acclaimed architect Jan Gehl and his team are on a humanistic mission to reclaim public space in mega cities for pedestrians (and cyclists) rather than cars.

KimStim | 2012 | 77 minutes
The Internationale - imageThe Internationale

Draws on people's stories of an emotionally charged radical song (the long-time anthem of socialism and communism) to celebrate the relationship between music and social change.

Icarus Films | 2000 | 30 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
The La$t Market - imageThe La$t Market

Documents the efforts of the multinational corporation Philips to reach the more than five billion potential consumers among the world's poor, the 'bottom of the economic pyramid.' But can profitability fight poverty?

Icarus Films | 2007 | 48 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult

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