Films with: Lewis, Ben

Blowing up paradise

A look at the 30-year long history of French nuclear testing at the Mururoa Atoll in French Polynesia, which has had a disastrous effect on both the environment and the health of the Atoll's residents.

DVD 4972

Google and the world brain

"In 1937, the science fiction writer H. G. Wells imagined a "World Brain" containing all of the world's knowledge, accessible to all people, that would be "so compact in its material form and so gigantic in its scope and possible influence" that it could transcend even nation states and governments. Seventy years later, Google set about realizing Wells's vision, launching a massive project to scan millions of books from university library collections. But when it was discovered that over half of the first ten million books Google scanned were still in copyright, authors from around the world joined together to wage a fierce legal battle against the Internet giant, culminating in a dramatic courtroom showdown in 2011. In gripping detail, Google & the World Brain tells the fascinating story of this complicated struggle over intellectual property and access to human knowledge, offering crucial insights into broader debates surrounding data-mining and privacy, downloading and copyright, fair use, freedom and surveillance."--from container.

DVD 10547

Red badge of courage

The story of Henry Fleming and his grappling with fear and courage as a Union Army recruit during the Civil War.

DVD 2420