Prior to no small matter, greg and jon produced and directed the documentary feature louder than a bomb, which follows four chicagoarea high school poetry teams as they. Stefanov points out that the filming sessions were three to four days maximum. The film is a visual feast, imbued with rich golden hues. As you well know by now, no impact man, which has also been made into a documentary of the same name, tells the true story of colin beavan and his familys experiment in making no impact on the earth for. Colin beavan, author, and newly selfproclaimed environmentalist, decides to leave behind a life of liberal complacency for a vow to make ze.
Impacto films is a film production company geared toward documentary filmmaking. Normal and intelligent people living with little drama and in a loving way. Even that isnt a prime work it is beautiful since it goes beyond of environmental issues and minds health, it faces the capitalist consumerism questioning our subjective life style. A newly selfproclaimed environmentalist who could no long avoid pointing the finger at himself, colin leaves behind his liberal complacency for a vow to make as little environmental impact as possible for one year. By 1900, european colonial expansion had reached deep into the heart of africa. Catfish is a 2010 american documentary film directed by henry joost and ariel schulman. Many notable highimpact film campaigns have worked with impact strategists, seasoned pr teams or were mentored by leaders in the fields of marketing and social change theory to develop strategic plans for outreach and engagement. No impact questions and answers from sundance film festival. The result is no impact man, a breezy, funny and informative reality showdocumentary that chronicles the beavan familys adventures as they go off the grid for an entire year. It became one of the mostwatched hbo documentaries of the last decade. It was about my attempt to live for an entire year with as little environmental impact as possible. Join 23year architect richard gage, aia, in this feature length documentary with cuttingedge 911 evidence from more than 50 top experts in their fields highrise architects, structural engineers, physicists, chemical engineers, firefighters, metallurgists, explosives experts, controlled demolition technicians, and more. It is a true story about the year he spent having no impact on the earth and living an entirely ecoeffective life. Half envirosaving doc, half publicity stunt, no impact man is inspiring and fun to both casual activists and hardcore recyclers.
T he documentary super size me recorded morgan spurlocks near suicidal decision to spend a. No impact man is a film chronicling colin beavan and his retailworshipping wife michelles yearlong experiment living a zerowaste lifestyle, during. Under the skin of levi nathan hansinger follows the journey and one year transition of levis female to male transition. Most people think of docudramas such as the war game banned in 1965 or threads when thinking about realistic depictions of nuclear war and its aftermath. The documentary came across as a bit whiny, and focused a lot on no impact mans wife and her reluctance to certain parts of the project. Work also is underway on the accompanying educational guide which will be available as a download on the no. Eric daniel metzgar is a twotime emmy award nominated filmmaker and fellow of the sundance institutes documentary film program. An inconvenient truth is a 2006 american concert documentary film directed by davis guggenheim about former united states vice president al gores campaign to educate people about global warming. Documentary film often disrupts and energizes the stagnation that might define our nuclear predicament. Implementing a strategy of radical reduction over several phases, beavan strips life back to essentials in an attempt to live in line with his values.
Travelling and too busy for a real interview for the moment, she emails me to say that no. Cao goes to washington documentary 2009 no impact man. No impact man is an environmental documentary that also works as a 21st century climate change comedy of manners. An example of this new way of living is that of colin beavan in his book, no impact man. Half envirosaving doc, half publicity stunt, no impact man is inspiring and fun to. Come to the library and screen brave films focusing on our climate crisis with a facilitated discussion afterwards follow the manhattanbased beavan family as they abandon their high consumption 5th avenue lifestyle and try to live a year while making no net environmental impact. It was an interesting look at what a family would have to go through to really let go of everything thats familiar and do whats right for the environment. Kia kaha documentary chuffed nonprofit charity and.
Colin, michelle, and filmmakers discuss the film at the. It was shot entirely on dslrs, in observational style, totaling 100 days of filming over a period of three years. Treehugger attended a prerelease screening no impact man, a documentary made about colin beavan aka no impact man and his familys yearlong experiment to. Jun 10, 2015 the story behind the recently completed german concentration camps factual survey film attests to that. It is brilliant and id recommend it to everyone, hence the five stars. Kia kaha is an australian documentary in development by 3rd year curtin university students that tells the redemption story of leon ruri, a maori father who lost everything and nearly his own life, as a result of poor life choices, only to use his pain and past experiences to start a national movement combining the haka a. Newly released sandia labs film presents story of u. We watched this as a family and agreed how fantastic it must have been to give up things throughout the year. A feature film version may be in the works, columbia house picked up the screen rights to a feature based on the book by colin beavan. The documentary documentary 2007 the aclu freedom files tv series documentary 1 episode. Franklin duende romeros rating of the film no impact man.
As part of a larger study, we developed a threepart documentary called man up that explored the relationship between masculinity, mental health, and suicide. Completed in late 2018, no small matter has already begun moving the needle on the issue at a national scale through hundreds of screenings and an ambitious impact campaign. Author colin beavan, in research for his next book, began the no impact project in november 2006. A history examines the impact of racism in the 20th century. He directed, shot and edited reporter 2009, about new york times reporter nicholas kristof, which premiered at sundance, aired on hbo, and was nominated for an emmy award for best longform programming, and the international film award by cinema for peace.
Under the rule of king leopold ii, the belgian congo was turned into a vast rubber plantation. Rivaled perhaps only by the rolling stones infamous. Ziyu cui flatley center for undergraduate scholarly engagement. In no impact man colin and his family promise to make no environmental impact on the earth for an entire year. No impact man presents an intimate and often hilarious portrait of a couple struggling with the severe and protracted lifestyle changes that come with.
Its protagonist, colin beavan, is the latest in a line of idealist heroes who are both admirable and somewhat ridiculous, an albert brooks sort of character. Laura poitras takes documentaries into the future with field. His struggle with change and decision to do so took a toll on him but he had no other choice but to change. Celene hopes to show the everlasting impact one mans actions can have on individuals. The documentary franklin duende romero a documentary from 09. The documentary movie saving the world, one family at a time. This documentary tells the story of author colin beavan, who went completely green, giving up virtually all of the comforts of modern living electricity, gaspowered transportation, shipped.
Some of the techniques that auguste and louis set forth were of great use to russian filmmaker dziga vertov, who in 1929 made the revolutionary film man with the movie camera, about life in russia. The crew had to endure harsh and grim filming conditionsno water, no shelter, no electricity. An awardwinning sports documentary about a streetball battle in the heart of chinatown. The documentary theatrical trailer colin beavan, author, and newly selfproclaimed environmentalist, decides to leave behind a life of. The film contends that there is a conspiracy in academia to oppress and exclude people who believe in intelligent design. The no impact project is an international, environmental, nonprofit project, founded in the spring of 2009. Rent no impact man 2009 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
In november 2006 author colin beavan, started a research project for his next book no impact project. In an examination of the comedy documentary film and book no impact man, which follows the journey of a man attempting to live a zerocarbonoutput life, delaure 2011, p. Talking to a diverse group of people chinese and nonchinese, atheists and buddhist,man and women i was amazed by how our thoughts on identity differ but also resonate. Sep 30, 2015 laura poitras takes documentaries into the future with field of vision with an ambitious new visualjournalism unit at the intercept, the citizenfour director is planning to take nonfiction film. No more automated transportation, no more electricity, no more nonlocal food, no. The manhattanbased beavan family embark on a yearlong project to reduce their net impact by using no electricity, producing no trash including toilet paper, and giving back to the world. Follow the manhattanbased beavan family as they abandon their high consumption 5th avenue lifestyle and try to live a year while making no net environmental impact. This is a read brave documentary film series event.
In this study, we examine in detail the qualitative feedback provided by those who viewed man up, in order to gain a more indepth understanding of its impact on them. Recent documentary campaigns include bedlam 2019, sundance film festival, independent lens, roll red roll 2018, tribeca film festival, pov, bbc, and trans in trumpland in production. Watch no impact man online vimeo on demand on vimeo. Such issues are at the heart of no impact man 2009 a docufilm recording 12 months in which new yorker colin beavan and his family attempt to live without making an impact on the environment. A documentary about the man who declared war on suicide.
The new york film critics circle named it the best feature documentary of 1988. This is an alphabetical list of documentary films with wikipedia articles. They participated in the fledgling funds 2018 engagement lab to maximize social impact in film. The year that changed america tv series documentary rerecording mixer 4 episodes, 2018 supervising sound editor 4 episodes, 2018 part four. This ecodocumentary about living a lowimpact lifestyle is undermined by irritating devices and ersatz drama, says peter. It also means no elevators, no television, no cars, busses, or airplanes, no toxic cleaning products, no electricity, no material consumption, and no garbage. Finally an environmental advocacy film for those of us who have the best of intentions but a weakness for peets espressos. Black is black aint marshals a powerful critique of sexism, patriarchy, homophobia, colorism and cultural nationalism in the black family, church and. Aug 02, 2016 ten years ago i was the subject of a documentary called no impact man. Author colin beavan and his family were a perfect example of suv driving, fast food eating new yorkers who would assuage their guilt with the rest of. Apr 04, 2019 among the many disparate and overlapping interested partieslovers of soul, lovers of concert documentaries, sydney pollack fans, christiansthe news of alan elliotts aretha franklin documentary amazing grace finally being released is like receiving an invitation to shangrila after nearly expiring on a lifelong quest to find it. The film is a work that i created to honour and reestablish the man instead of the myth.
In 2002, nancy and lisa became partners in lookalike productions, where their first collaboration was the awardwinning documentary emmanuels gift. Its about a family husband, wife and young daughter who go completely all. Impacts of a documentary about masculinity and mens health. My favorite part of this movie wasnt so much no impact man but his wife. They participated in the fledgling funds 2018 engagement lab. Author colin beavan, in research for his new book, began the no impact project in november 2006. No impact man, colin beavans most recent book, is required reading on over 100 american college campuses at last count. Nov 26, 2016 home documentary filmmaking how to prepare and conduct a documentary interview posted on november 26, 2016 april 16, 2018 by new york film academy youve got the story of the century and some great subjects willing to bare all on camera. His struggle began at birth and continued to his late teensearly twenties.
Oct 18, 20 operation overlord was the code name for the battle of normandy, the operation that launched the invasion of germanoccupied western europe during world war ii by allied forces. Rent no impact man 2009 starring colin beavan and michelle conlin on dvd and bluray. People must use less energy, conserve nonrenewable resources, and minimize their negative impact on earth. Tons of information on films like james bond, lord of the rings, spaghetti westerns, psycho, up, star trek, planet of the apes, etc. The earliest documentary listed is fred otts sneeze 1894, which is also the first motion picture ever ed in north america. She went through the most struggle and came out the most changed by their. While the lumiere films were generally less than a minute long, vertovs film took more time to establish a storyline. On my regular documentary binge it happens every few days i came across a gem on abc iview called no impact man. No intelligence allowed is a 2008 american documentarystyle propaganda film directed by nathan frankowski and starring ben stein. And thus we have no impact man, a documentary about new yorker colin beavans efforts to stop producing trash, stop eating nonlocal food. A film or documentary which features any part of the filmmaking process 1 completed this is a welldone documentary on film score featuring great footage and film discussion.
Author colin beavan spoke to harry smith about his new documentary and book noimpact man based on a one year experiment to live life with his family with as little environmental impact as possible. It was inspired by the no impact man book, film, and blog. Food critic jonathan gold to be subject of upcoming documentary. The no impact project uses entertainment, education and group action to engage new people in the quest for ways of living that connect individual happiness with service to community and habitat. Apr, 2020 recent documentary campaigns include bedlam 2019, sundance film festival, independent lens, roll red roll 2018, tribeca film festival, pov, bbc, and trans in trumpland in production.
The term documentary was first used in 1926 by filmmaker john grierson as a term to describe films that document reality. I love when delusional kiddie didler defenders say the documentary had zero impact. Sep 11, 2009 and thus we have no impact man, a documentary about new yorker colin beavans efforts to stop producing trash, stop eating nonlocal food, stop using carbonproducing transportation, and overall. It involves a young man, nev, being filmed by his brother and friend, codirectors ariel and henry, as he builds a romantic relationship with a young woman on the social networking website facebook. Food critic jonathan gold to be subject of upcoming. Its the corporate way of life, not the american people who stand in the way of progress on climate change, says no impact man. He was also keenly interested in getting a book and movie deal. No impact man follows the beaven family as they abandon their. Colin beavan, author, and newly selfproclaimed environmentalist, decides to leave behind a life of liberal complacency for a vow to make zero environmental impact for one year. Now the new york based distributer have added one more sundance film festival doc title to their slate with plans to open laura gabbert and justin scheins no impact man. Founded in may 2000, impacto completed its first production, the documentary maid in america, which was broadcast nationally on the pbs series independent lens during the 20052006 season. Colin beavan, michelle conlin watch on gaia with prime video channels. Documentary film and our restless nuclear present alluvium.
Black aint rejoices in black diversity, many speakers bare their pain at having been silenced or excluded because they were perceived as not black enough or conversely too black. The film features a slide show that, by gores own estimate, he has presented over a thousand times to audiences worldwide. No impact man documentary film is low on carbon, high on. No impact man is a very confused documentary that somehow puts its confusion to good use. Colin beavan, michelle conlin author colin beavan, in research for his new book, began the no impact project in november 2006. Beavan never gets to argue, for example, that some of the things hes doing wouldnt appear so silly if they were done collectively.
Colin beavan interview, part 1 colin beavan interview, part 2. No impact man is a 2009 american documentary film directed by laura gabbert and justin schein, based on the book by colin beavan. The pact, which colin challenges 10 mustsee documentaries you can stream on netflix. This site is a conversation about finding a happy, helpful life, and all my work from the no impact days is preserved here for posterity, too. The film, which premiered september 4, 2009, follows colin beavan and his family during their yearlong experiment to have zero impact on the environment. His documentary film, also called no impact man, was featured at sundance and has been shown in theaters and on tv around the world. You may have heard something about no impact man or you may have heard about the guy who was going to live in new york city without. A newly selfproclaimed environmentalist who could no longer avoid pointing the finger at himself, colin leaves behind his liberal complacency for a vow to make as little environmental impact as possible for one year. Colin and michelle on no impact nights on the town.