Resources
Movies
Talking to the Wall
Filmmaker Steve Alves' flight from sprawl and search for community launches a ten year investigation into the corrosive effects of large chain stores on the American economy and culture. The story examines another side of the bargain offered by large corporate chains--one that paves over open space, obliterates local culture, lowers wages and eliminates manufacturing jobs. A sharp-edged blend of humor and drama that reveals the fundmental conflict between consumerism and democracy.
To arrange a showing in your community or to purchase a video for educational use, please visit: www.talkingtothewall.com
OurTown
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2007 MAINE DOCUMENTARY
FILM COMPETITION
$19.00 includes shipping and handling. DVD includes:
- An interview with activist Stacy Mitchell, author of Big Box Swindle.
- An interview with Al Norman from sprawl-busters.com and the author of The Case Against Wal-Mart and Slam Dunking Wal-Mart.
- The story of how OURTOWN got started. Video interview with Jenny Mayher and Eleanor Kinney.
- An interview with Jenny Mayher and Eleanor Kinney just after the historic vote.
Wal-Mart Nation
What do you get when you mix union activists with price conscious shoppers; anarchist protestors with political organizers; Jessica Simpson and Miss America? You have an insightful and entertaining documentary about the international anti-Wal-Mart movement.
Wal-Mart Nation documents filmmaker Andrew Munger's two-year journey through the world of anti-Wal-Mart activism. The journey took Munger and co-producer Gregory Bennett across North America, and across the Atlantic into a contentious world of protests, pageants, union organizing (and busting), attack ads, dirty tricks and low, low prices.
STORE WARS: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town
by Micha X. Peled
59 Minutes
"Store Wars is a primer for social activism, a handbook for any David thinking of taking on a Goliath." --Business Week
"Store Wars takes you inside the grassroots politics of Ashland, Virginia, and inside a campaign by Wal-Mart to overpower the town. It is not pretty, but it lays out why Wal-Mart has become the most reviled corporation in America today." --Al Norman, Sprawl-Busters
"Store Wars is a primer for social activism, a handbook for any David thinking of taking on a Goliath." --Business Week
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices
Everyone has seen Wal-Mart's lavish television commercials, but have you ever wondered why Wal-Mart spends so much money trying to convince you it cares about your family, your community, and even its own employees? What is it hiding?
WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price takes you behind the glitz and into the real lives of workers and their families, business owners and their communities, in an extraordinary journey that will challenge the way you think, feel... and shop.
