Standing on sacred ground. Profit and loss / Bullfrog Films presents ; a Sacred Land Film Project ; produced and directed by Christopher McLeod ; written and co-produced by Jennifer Huang ; a co-production of Pacific Islanders in Communications and Vision Maker Media.

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From Papua New Guinea rainforests to Canada's tar sands, Profit and Loss exposes industrial threats to native peoples' health, livelihood and cultural survival. In Papua New Guinea, a Chinese government owned nickel mine has violently relocated villagers to a taboo sacred mountain, built a new pipel...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Bullfrog Films
Pacific Islanders in Communications
Sacred Land Film Project
Vision Maker Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Greene, Graham, 1952- (Narrator)
Huang, Jennifer (Film producer, Screenwriter)
McLeod, Christopher (Film director, Film producer)
Language:English
Undetermined
Language and/or Writing System:
In English and native languages with English subtitles.
Published: [Oley, Pa.] : [Distributed by Bullfrog Films], [2015]
Subjects:
Environmental degradation.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Alberta.
Indigenous peoples.
Industrialization > Environmental aspects.
Mineral industries > Environmental aspects > Papua New Guinea.
Nature worship > Alberta.
Nature worship > Papua New Guinea.
Oil sands industry > Environmental aspects > Alberta.
Oil sands industry > Health aspects > Alberta.
Religion and geography.
Sacred space > Conservation and restoration > Alberta.
Sacred space > Conservation and restoration > Papua New Guinea.
Traditional ecological knowledge.
Documentary films.
Environmental films.
Ethnographic films.
Nonfiction films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Environmental films.
Ethnographic films.
Nonfiction films.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Alexander Street)
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (57 min.) : digital, sound, color
Variant Title:
Profit and loss
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
From Papua New Guinea rainforests to Canada's tar sands, Profit and Loss exposes industrial threats to native peoples' health, livelihood and cultural survival. In Papua New Guinea, a Chinese government owned nickel mine has violently relocated villagers to a taboo sacred mountain, built a new pipeline and refinery on contested clan land, and is dumping mining waste into the sea. In Alberta, First Nations people suffer from rare cancers as their traditional hunting grounds are stripmined to unearth the world's third-largest oil reserve. Indigenous people tell their own stories and confront us with the ethical consequences of our culture of consumption.
Note:Originally produced in 2013; previously released in 2014.
Title from title frames.
Call Number:BL580 .S732 2015b
Interest Grade Level:
9 and up.
Credits:Edited by Marta Wohl ; director of photography, Andrew Black ; composer, Jon Herbst.
System Details:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
Participant or Performer:
Narrated by Graham Greene.
Source of Description:
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed February 3, 2015).