Mother,
the film, breaks a 40-year taboo by bringing to light an issue that
silently fuels our most pressing environmental, humanitarian and
social crises - population growth. In 2011 the world population
reached 7 billion, a startling seven-fold increase since the first
billion occurred 200 years ago.
Population
was once at the top of the international agenda, dominating the first
Earth Day and the subject of best-selling books like “The
Population Bomb”. 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. Yet it is an issue
we cannot afford to ignore.
"Mother
is a must-see film on why population growth still matters and what is
hindering action to reduce it."
-Hania
Zlotnik
Director
of Population Division, United Nations
"The
film compellingly argues that a fair and just solution is likely to
only be found in a complete refocusing of our priorities and
societies. Specifically, we must value diversity, human and
biological, over the gross national product and human solidarity over
competition. Although Fauchere does not show us how to get to this
point, Mother leaves viewers with a ray of hope that humanity has the
potential to reach such a state. It will also convince them that to
do so we must not be afraid to reengage with the population issue and
that the time for such renewed engagement is now."
-Review:
Science
Magazine
Sacha
Vignieri
To read more: http://www.motherthefilm.com/
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