Marz Movie Recommendations
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MOVIES RECOMMENDED BY DR. MARZ Tabor Hill Clinic Portland, OR 97215 (503) 233-0585 4/22/18 (earth day) Russell Marz, N.D., L.Ac. President Marz Nutrition LLC Director Tabor Hill Clinic Mission Statement As the president of Marz Nutrition LLC.. and the director of the Tabor Hill Clinic I am in the business of improving the health of people, animals and the planet earth. We are in a very critical stage in human history. Our survival on the earth as well as that of all other species depends on being educated and making conscious decisions. I have selected the movies below as educational tools to learn more about food, medicine, environmental issues, politics, history and generally the survival of the human species. Some of these movies are in the form of: a documentary, a docu-drama, an interview, a biography, or a semi-fictional. They will be both entertaining and educational. There are some science fiction movies included as well that bring up important social, ethical and philosophical issues and allow for thought provoking ideas. The following movies I have assigned a number to and these footnotes correspond to my discussion about our current mass extinction. MOVIES ABOUT FOOD, AGRICULTURE, THE ENVIRONMENT AND HOW WE LIVE • Documentaries on ocean and fish • Terra 2015 beautiful documentary, /cinemaphotography concerning evolution of life on earth and humans • Chasing Coral 2017 • Mission Blue 2014 Sylvia Earle oceanographer her life story • The End of the Line 2009 about Tanzania • Sharkwater documentary by Rob Stewart • What the Health 2017 Kip Anderson & Keagan • Cowspiracy: The sustainable secret 2015 Shows the major cause of greenhouse gases, species extinction • Dr. Richard Oppenlander: effect of eating animals on global warming & species extinction - (https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Fws0f9s4Bas & https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=3i3GRXW9tZc) • Before the Flood directed Fisher Stevens Leonardo Dicaprio documentary • Eating you Alive documentary & “Eat Less Meat” PSA J. Cameron & Arnold Schwarzenegger • Thrive (documentary about what needs to be done to stop the current mass extinction). • YOUTUBE - Dr. Tel Oren concerning ideal protein intake – and how we are eating too much protein - https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=qZ3fK8PU9FY • Revolution 2012 & Sharkwater 2006 by Rob Stewart beautifully breathtaking films concerning our environment, the oceans and what needs to be done to stop our onslaught on our environment. • Genetic Roulette- 2012 by Jeffrey Smith (I’m in it very briefly) critical movie about genetically modified food and the effects on humans and the environment • Fluoridealert.com google Fluoride: Let the Truth be Told Interviewwith Dr. Paul Connett & Dr. Hardy Limeback a scientific discussion on the research done on fluoride • “Forks Over Knives” 2011 about “The China Study” sustainable and healthy food- Very convincing • “Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead” 2010 Joe Cross - documentary about 2 obese men who transform their lives by juicing • Tapped (2010) and Flow (2008) - regarding politics of water: bottling & selling water and the water crisis • Queen of the Sun (2010) Taggart Siegel • Silence of the Bees (2007) Doug Shultz. 40% of food from bees! Bee colony collapse is discussed along with the possible causes • The Future of Food 2005 by Debra Garcia (a very informative film about our food, the nature of genetically modified foods and how they may effect the biodiversity of our food supply. This film includes info on: the loss of small farms, the growing dependence upon oil for agriculture and how Monsanto Corp is genetically modifying & patenting seeds in order to control the world’s food supply. • The Seeds of Deception (3 CD collection) by Jeffrey Smith concerning the history and deleterious effects of genetically modified foods. Read The Botany of Desire The Omnivores Dilemma, Defending Food M. Pollen for excellent follow-up • Who Shall We Invade Next Mike Moore (food programs & time off from work other countries) • The World According to Monsanto 2008- The history of Monsanto & how they have come to dominate our food supply. Sweet Misery A Poisoned World- How Nutrasweet came to be legal (it should never have) • Food Inc. 2009 (about the food industry Michael Pollen and Eric Schossler (Fast Food Nation & Chew on This) narrate and direct. Fast Food Nation- based on the book by Eric Schossler • The Real Dirt On Farmer John 2006 (about a Midwest farmer’s story and local farming vs agribusiness) There is also a book to compliment the movie that has additional information. • RACHEL CARLSON'S SILENT SPRING- Rachel Carlson’s research into DDT & environment MOVIES ABOUT OIL, WAR, SUSTAIN. , ENERGY, GLOBAL WARMING & ENVIORNMENT • Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction (2009) docu narrated by Peter Coyote on how humans are causing the greatest mass extinction since a comet hit earth 63 million yrs ago. Great Interviews with scientists. • The 11th Hour- Leo Dicaprio excellent documentary on how humans need to wake up to the fact that they are causing dramatic changes in the health of the planet and how they may be causing permanent damage to ecosystems that may never recover. Solutions & answers are discussed related to these major problems humans face .http://wip.warnerbros.com/11thhour/ mainsite/site.html various scientists are interviewed • The Corporation-2007 a documentary about how and why corporations have come about and how they have affected the environmental health of the planet. Great educational movie and a must see! • Hidden Wars of Dessert Storm (about the history of oil and important info on depleted uranium and “Gulf War Syndrome”) • Gulf War Syndrome: Killing Our Own 2007 Gary Null important info on deplete U • Why we fight very informative film about why we fight wars today • The Oil Factor- ’04 Ungerman & Brohy (has chapts on depleted uranium, oil & agriculture • The End of Suburbia Kinslter an excellent film on peak oil and how and why and we have set up towns in unsustainable ways to accommodate cars and oil companies. It discusses ways we can create towns in more environmentally sustainable ways that don’t make us beholden to the oil industry. • Interview with Richard Heinberg about his book Powerdown: peak oil, sustainability of our culture and the end of the carbon based society. He Also wrote The Party’s Over: War, Oil, and the Fate of Industrialized Nations 2005 and Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century Of Declines. Discussion of the cultural, psychological and practical changes we will have to make as nature rapidly dictates our new limits. • The Return of the Scorcher Ted White-concerning bicycles and transportation and how we can change our psychological dependence on cars. Cuba ran out of subsidies from Soviet Union and oil and rates of HT go down. • The Power of Community-How Cuba Survived Peak Oil- a very interesting movie on how Cuba adapted very rapidly to severe shortages of oil both from imposed sanctions from the U.S. & from no supplies from Soviet Union when they collapsed. 80% of farming went organic! People rode bikes instead! Also see you- tube learning from Cuba’s response to Peak Oil interview with Megan Quinn • Bowling for Columbine Michael Moore get the DVD, it has 4 more hrs of interviews especially with the people who did much of the research work for the film. • An Inconvenient Truth Al Gore 2006 this is an extremely well researched film on Global warming and the facts on our current global climate and economic situation. • The Tomato Effect by Faun Kime This movie concerns the death of environmentalist & physician Jeff Kime, who member of AAEM (Amer. Academy of Environmental Medicine). Jeff was on the cutting edge of defending the practice of environmental medicine before his untimely death. Dr. Kime’s daughter Faun, who researches the death of her father, discusses the fate of other docs who are involved in environmental medicine. • The Power of the Sun-2007 a documentary film about using solar energy. The amount of energy that hits the earth from the sun for 1 hour provides enough energy to power the entire earth’s requirement for 1 year! • Stopping the Coming Ice Age by Larry Ephron discusses trace elements in the soil and feeding the microbes • Sicko Michael Moore’s movie about our current health care system, pharmaceuticals and the health insurance industry in the U.S. POLITICAL SEMI FICTIONAL MOVIES • Captain Fantastic 2016 Viggo Mortensen- about family raised “off grid” in Washington wilderness • Good Night and Good Luck George Clooney (about McCarthism in the 50-60’s censorship) • Lord of War Nicolas Cage about global arms trade and U.S. & Russia • The Quiet American (Michael Caine, Brandon Frasier beautiful movie cinematography Vietnam 1952 a real feel of what life was like with imperialist France and U.S. waiting in the wings, the movie was cut short for political reasons- a love story in the midst of political upheaval) • Soylent Green 1973 depicting the investigation into the murder of a wealthy businessman in a dystopian future suffering from pollution, overpopulation, depleted resources, poverty, dying oceans, and year-round humidity due to the greenhouse effect. • Blood Diamond- about the brutal existence of the people of Africa subjected to diamond trade • Children of Men (2007) – sci fi- about the loss of fertility among women and the possibility of the end of our species. Clive Owen, and Michael Caine After seeing Gulf War Syndrome Killing Our Own especially • The constant Gardener • The Matrix (the message is unmistakably clear that humans use animals the same way the aliens used humans) MOVIES ABOUT NUKES • The Day After Trinity:JR. Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb, Jon Else ‘81 Biography of Robert Oppenheimer & the story of the first Atomic bomb (Manhattan Project) & the life of one of the great geniuses of our time.