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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 True Cost - imageThe True Cost

Groundbreaking investigation of fast fashion reveals that while the price of clothing has been decreasing for decades the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically.

Bullfrog Films | 2015 | 92 minutes | 10 - 12, College, Adults
The Water Front - imageThe Water Front

In Highland Park, MI an unelected, state-appointed Emergency Financial Manager with quasi dictatorial authority sees water privatization as key to economic recovery.

Bullfrog Films | 2008 | 53 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
The Wealth of Nations: A New Gospel? - imageThe Wealth of Nations: A New Gospel?

Adam Smith was both economist and moral philosopher. But his work on morality is largely forgotten, leading to tragic distortions that have shaped our global economic system. (Episode 2 of the Capitalism series)

Icarus Films | 2014 | 53 minutes
The Wisdom to Survive - imageThe Wisdom to Survive

Examines the challenges that climate change poses and discusses meaningful action that can be taken by individuals and communities.

Bullfrog Films | 2014 | 56 minutes | 9-12, College, Adults
The World According to Russia Today - imageThe World According to Russia Today

The channel Russia Today was launched in 2005 to bring the Russian perspective on world events to a global audience.

Icarus Films | 2015 | 40 minutes
The Yes Men Fix The World - imageThe Yes Men Fix The World

Two daring political activists, posing as top executives, infiltrate conferences and pull off pranks designed to provoke better business practices.

Bullfrog Films | 2009 | 87 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
They're Selling the Wind - imageThey're Selling the Wind

An exploration of the carbon market's fight against global warming, a speculative, impalpable market, and sometimes irresponsible market.

Icarus Films | 2012 | 55 minutes
Thirst - imageThirst

A piercing look at the global corporate drive to control and profit from our water — from bottles to tap.

Bullfrog Films | 2004 | 62 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Tighten Your Belts, Bite the Bullet - imageTighten Your Belts, Bite the Bullet

The 1970s fiscal crises in New York and Cleveland.

Icarus Films | 1980 | 48 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
To Be Seen - imageTo Be Seen

A lively study of visual culture, and an exploration of an age-old urban cultural phenomenon, street art. What is art's role in the context of public space and urban culture?

Icarus Films | 2005 | 30 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult

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