Earth Keepers

Van Brabant, Sylvie, (film director.). Van Brabant, Sylvie, (film producer.). Côté, Marie-France, (film producer.). Bergeron, Patricia, (film producer.). Van Brabant, Sylvie, (film producer.). Wintonick, Peter, (film producer.). Bisaillon, Yves, (film producer.). Les Productions du Rapide-blanc (Montreal), (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: This documentary invites viewers to follow environmentalist Mikael Rioux as he meets exceptional men and women behind innovative projects for the future of society. Earth Keepers profiles India's Ashok Khosla, head of Development Alternatives, which is putting development back in the hands of local populations ; Canadian John Todd and his "living machines," which mimic nature for waste water reclamation ; Sweden's Karl-Henrich Robèrt, developer of the Natural Step method for managing municipalities and large corporations, based on a vision of the future ; and Kenya's Wangari Maathai, whose Green Belt Movement has seen millions of trees planted by women who are taking the future of their country into their own hands. Earth Keepers is a quest to find concrete solutions to the problems facing our planet. Part survival guide, part hopeful vision, this positive, inspiring documentary is for all those who refuse to give up, despite the enormity of our challenges.

Record details

Physical Description: remote
access
1 streaming video (82 min., 31 sec.) : sound
Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2018.
Copyright: ©2009

Content descriptions

General Note:	Agency:.Produced by les Productions du Rapide-Blanc in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada. Agency - French program:.Documentary Studio B.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Writer, Sylvie Van Brabant ; researcher, Sylvie Van Brabant ; director, Sylvie Van Brabant ; images, Katerine Giguère ; sound recording, Charles Dax Hickson, V. Sundareswaran ; image editing, Dominique Sicotte ; sound design, Claude Beaugrand ; sound editing, Claude Beaugrand ; musical director, Bob Olivier ; recording engineer, Saad Malik ; foley, Lise Wedlock ; mixing, Serge Boivin ; archival research, Geneviève Bouchard ; producer, Sylvie Van Brabant, Marie-France Côté, Patricia Bergeron ; executive producer, Sylvie Van Brabant, Peter Wintonick, Yves Bisaillon.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narration, Mikael Rioux ; narrator, André Simoneau.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2009.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:	Best Canadian Long Form Film, 2009
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).