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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.

Format Video (Streaming) and Electronic
Publication Info [Oley, Pa.] : [Distributed by Bullfrog Films], [2015]
Description1 streaming video file (57 min.) : digital, sound, color
Supplemental Content Connect to electronic video. -- (Source: Docuseek)
Subject(s)
Sacred space--Conservation and restoration --Papua New Guinea.
Sacred space--Conservation and restoration --Alberta.
Nature worship--Papua New Guinea.
Nature worship--Alberta.
Mineral industries--Environmental aspects --Papua New Guinea.
Industrialization--Environmental aspects.
Indians of North America--Alberta.
Oil sands industry--Environmental aspects --Alberta.
Oil sands industry--Health aspects --Alberta.
Religion and geography.
Environmental degradation.
Indigenous peoples.
Traditional ecological knowledge.
Other author/creatorMcLeod, Christopher, film director, film producer.
Other author/creatorHuang, Jennifer, film producer, screenwriter.
Other author/creatorGreene, Graham, 1952- narrator.
Other author/creatorBullfrog Films.
Other author/creatorSacred Land Film Project.
Other author/creatorPacific Islanders in Communications.
Other author/creatorVision Maker Video (Firm)
Portion of title Profit and loss
Abstract 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.
General noteTitle from title frames.
General noteOriginally produced in 2013; previously released in 2014.
Access restrictionAccess restricted to subscribing institutions.
CreditsEdited by Marta Wohl ; director of photography, Andrew Black ; composer, Jon Herbst.
Performer Narrated by Graham Greene.
Interest grade level 9 and up.
Technical detailsSystem requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web.
LanguageIn English and native languages with English subtitles.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed February 3, 2015).
Genre/formDocumentary films.
Genre/formEthnographic films.
Genre/formEnvironmental films.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Publisher numberbf-ssgpl Docuseek2

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