Reviews

Blackfish film review A\J AlternativesJournal.ca
Blackfish
Jul 11, 2013
REVIEWED BY: Julie Bélanger
This chilling documentary looks behind the recent death of a SeaWorld trainer to expose the appalling living conditions of captive orcas.
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Behavior of North American Mammals book review A\J AlternativesJournal.ca
Peterson Reference Guides: Behavior of North American Mammals
Jul 9, 2013
REVIEWED BY: Jenn Marshman
Elbroch and Rinehart have created a stunning guide for both novice and experienced naturalists.
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Nothing Like Chocolate film review A\J AlternativesJournal.ca
Nothing Like Chocolate
Jul 1, 2013
REVIEWED BY: Wendy Guymer Tutt
From bean to bar in Grenada, this documentary shows how chocolate can be made organically and without child slaves.
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Kent Monkman The Big Four review A\J AlternativesJournal.ca
Kent Monkman: The Big Four
Jul 1, 2013
REVIEWED BY: Drew Anderson
Monkman cheekily takes on the Calgary Stampede while recognizing the ongoing incarceration of Canada's Indigenous peoples.
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Enough is Enough book review A\J AlternativesJournal.ca
Enough is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources
Jul 1, 2013
REVIEWED BY: Gideon Forman
Dietz and O'Neill highlight a practical approach to consuming fewer resources.
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Pandora's Promise film review A\J AlternativesJournal.ca
Pandora's Promise
Jun 20, 2013
REVIEWED BY: Eric Rumble
A controversial pro-nuclear documentary aims to reframe America’s complicated relationship with nuclear development.
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Canicula film review A\J AlternativesJournal.ca
Canicula
Jun 13, 2013
REVIEWED BY: Semini Pathberiya
Director Jose Álvarez captures the deep rooted rituals of the Totonac people in Mexico while discovering encroaching threats to their culture.
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Metamorphosen film review AlternativesJournal.ca
Metamorphosen
Jun 12, 2013
REVIEWED BY: Semini Pathberiya
In September 1957, a nuclear waste storage tank exploded in Southern Ural Russia. More than 50 years later, Sebastian Mez documented the abandoned area.
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Bitter Seeds film review A\J AlternativesJournal.ca
Bitter Seeds
May 15, 2013
REVIEWED BY: Semini Pathberiya
The third instalment of the "Globalization Trilogy" follows an Indian farmer who is struggling to stay alive in a world of genetically modified seeds, farmer suicides and skyrocketing debt.
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e-wasteland film review A\J AlternativesJournal.ca
e-wasteland
May 14, 2013
REVIEWED BY: Semini Pathberiya
David Fedele funded, produced, directed and edited this exposé of a community that relies on e-waste to survive.
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