Product Details

• Actors: Sean Barrett, Alfre Woodard, John Forsythe, People's Century
• Directors: Angus MacQueen
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Wgbh Boston
• VHS Release Date: March 28, 2000
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630537449X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #311,342 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Eye Opener, January 7, 2000

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John D Staudt (Ft Sill, Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: People's Century: Endangered Planet [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Endangered Planet takes you on a journey of the environmental effects from industrialism on a global scale. Every American should see this film. From the Love Canal to the Union Carbide disaster in India this film truly shows just how precious our planet really is. I was moved by the graphic details, community and family devastation revealed by this documentary.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most important environmental video to show your class, June 2, 2002

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clarkann (Ramona, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: People's Century: Endangered Planet [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you only have time to show one environmental video then "Endangered Planet" is the one. Right away it grabs you with vintage film of the Minamata victims in spasms from mercury poisoning. You follow them over the years as they struggle to have their plight addressed and mitigated. The scenes of Love Canal and the whale harvest add breadth to this video's coverage of the history of environmentalism. In the end, you should be left with an appreciation for the damage and tragedy we humans have caused and with the ambition to begin repairing our endangered planet.
This film is well edited, so it moves along. My over-active students had eyes glued to the screen until near the end.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Big Wake-Up Call, February 25, 2004

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Mary A. Spielberg (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: People's Century: Endangered Planet [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This highly informative documentary is winner of Emmy and Peabody awards. There are powerful, moving scenes that touch the heart. The film allows viewers to see the BIG PICTURE of how industrial wastes, corporate greed and so called "Progress" repeatedly has been harming our planet because of little or no regulation. It gives several examples of how this has been happening all over the globe and how governments and corporations will not take steps to stop it without strong pressure from grassroots activists. This documentary should be required viewing in every high school.