Mother: Caring for 7 Billion (2011)

  • PG
  • 05/15/2011 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 9m

Overview

Mother, the film, breaks a 40-year taboo by bringing to light an issue that silently fuels our largest environmental, humanitarian and social crises - population growth. Since the 1960s the world population has nearly doubled, adding more than 3 billion people. At the same time, talking about population has become politically incorrect because of the sensitivity of the issues surrounding the topic- religion, economics, family planning and gender inequality. The film illustrates both the over consumption and the inequity side of the population issue by following Beth, a mother, a child-rights activist and the last sibling of a large American family of twelve, as she discovers the thorny complexities of the population dilemma and highlights a different path to solve it.

Christophe Fauchere

Director

Cast

Esraa Bani's headshot

Esraa Bani

Herself (Population Action International)
Albert Bartlett's headshot

Albert Bartlett

Himself - Host
Lester Brown's headshot

Lester Brown

Himself (Earth Policy Institute)
Martha Campbell's headshot

Martha Campbell

Herself (Venture Strategies)
Susan Davis's headshot

Susan Davis

Herself (BRAC)
Brian Dixon's headshot

Brian Dixon

Himself (Population Connection)
Paul R. Ehrlich's headshot

Paul R. Ehrlich

Himself - Host
Riane Eisler's headshot

Riane Eisler

Herself (Center for Partnership Studies)

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