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Earth Keepers
20091 h 22 min 31 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Sylvie Van Brabant
Production: Sylvie Van Brabant (Les Productions du Rapide-blanc)Marie-France CôtéPatricia Bergeron (National Film Board of Canada)Peter WintonickYves Bisaillon (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Sylvie Van Brabant
Produced by les Productions du Rapide-Blanc in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada.
This documentary invites viewers to follow environmentalist Mikael Rioux as he
meets exceptional men and women behind innovative projects for the future of
society.
Earth Keepers profiles India’s Ashok Khosla, head of
Development Alternatives, which is putting development back in the hands of
local populations ; Canadian John Todd and his “living machines,” which mimic
nature for waste water reclamation ; Sweden’s Karl-Henrich
Robèrt, developer of the Natural Step method for managing municipalities and
large corporations, based on a vision of the future ; and Kenya’s Wangari
Maathai, whose Green Belt Movement has seen millions of trees planted by women
who are taking the future of their country into their own hands.
Earth Keepers is a quest to find concrete solutions
to the problems facing our planet. Part survival guide, part hopeful vision,
this positive, inspiring documentary is for all those who refuse to give up,
despite the enormity of our challenges.
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Subject categories
- Environment and Conservation > Environmental Perspectives
- Social Issues > Social ChangeSocial Issues
Credits
- writer
- Sylvie Van Brabant
- researcher
- Sylvie Van Brabant
- director
- Sylvie Van Brabant
- script consultant
- Francine Tougas
- narration consultant
- Francine Tougas
- research assistant
- Jean Lapalme
- Théo Van Brabant
- director assistant
- Jean Lapalme
- Théo Van Brabant
- additional research
- Mikael Rioux
- Douglas Jack
- Réal Migneault
- images
- Katerine Giguère
- images - assistance
- Olivier Cheneval
- additional camera work
- Martin Duckworth
- Serge Giguère
- Olivier Cheneval
- sound recording
- Charles Dax Hickson
- V. Sundareswaran
- additional sound recording
- Peter Lopata
- Adam Stewart
- Louis Léger
- Olivier Léger
- Esther Auger
- Oscar Lovnér
- Sven Lundberg
- Gonzalo Laserna
- Ivo Schlaepfer
- Stefan Wrenfelt
- additional camera
- Denis-Noël Mostert
- aerial rigging
- Claude Fortin
- image editing
- Dominique Sicotte
- additional editing
- Adam Thompson
- editing assistant
- Juan Cantero
- visual effects
- Katie Wilson
- Greg Barth
- Jason Rodi
- Madeleine Rock
- credits
- Katie Wilson
- Greg Barth
- Jason Rodi
- Madeleine Rock
- sound design
- Claude Beaugrand
- sound editing
- Claude Beaugrand
- sound design - collaboration
- Olivier Calvert
- Francine Poirier
- sound editing - collaboration
- Olivier Calvert
- Francine Poirier
- musical director
- Bob Olivier
- musician
- Bob Olivier
- Jay Atwill
- Zenon
- additional music
- Saad Malik
- Andrew Kapur
- recording engineer
- Saad Malik
- slams
- Raymond Dave Ivy
- translator
- Alexis O'Hara
- lyrics
- P-brain
- interpreter
- Fayz
- narration
- Mikael Rioux
- casting
- Kathleen Fee
- narration coach
- Kathleen Fee
- narrator
- André Simoneau
- foley
- Lise Wedlock
- foley recording
- Luc Léger
- mixing
- Serge Boivin
- online editing
- Denis Pilon
- translation
- Lesley McCubbin
- Erica Pomerance
- subtitling
- Lesley McCubbin
- Erica Pomerance
- archival research
- Geneviève Bouchard
- line production
- Denis McCready
- production manager
- Daniela Pinna
- Suzanne forslund
- Bibhu Ranjan Samal
- Ian Jaquier
- coordinator
- Nathalie Perreault
- Stéphanie Blanchet
- Aurélie Herman
- head accountant
- Lorette Torelli
- accounting assistant
- Monique Rousselet
- marketing officer
- Jenny Thibault
- marketing officer - assistance
- Émilie Nguyen Ngoc
- administrator
- Johanne Dubuc
- technical coordinator
- Jean-François Laprise
- France Couture
- production coordinator
- Hélène Regimbal
- Mirabelle Bélanger
- administrative team
- Dominique Brunet
- Lise Lévesque
- associate producer
- Maryse Chapdelaine
- Lucille Veilleux
- producer
- Sylvie Van Brabant
- Marie-France Côté
- Patricia Bergeron
- executive producer
- Sylvie Van Brabant
- Peter Wintonick
- Yves Bisaillon
Awards
- Best Canadian Long Form FilmPlanet in Focus International Environmental Film & Video Festival