Plot Summary
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.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- en
Where to watch free (US)
No free providers found in US.
Cast
Esraa Bani
Herself (Population Action International)
Albert Bartlett
Himself - Host
Lester Brown
Himself (Earth Policy Institute)
Martha Campbell
Herself (Venture Strategies)
Susan Davis
Herself (BRAC)
Brian Dixon
Himself (Population Connection)
Paul R. Ehrlich
Himself - Host
Riane Eisler
Herself (Center for Partnership Studies)
Katie Elmore Mota
Herself (Population Media Center)
John Feeney
Himself (Environmental writer)
Sara Morello
Herself
Malcolm Potts
Himself (University of California at Berkeley)
William N. Ryerson
Himself (Population Media Center)
Peter Sawtell
Himself (Eco-Justice Ministries)
Laura S. Scott
Herself (author of Two Is Enough)
Negussie Teffera
Himself (Population Media Center)
Mathis Wackernagel
Himself (Global Footprint Network)
Lyuba Zarsky
Herself (Monterey Institute of International Studies)
Robert Walker
Himself (Population Institute)
