Visionaries: Small Solutions to Enormously Large Problems
Synopsis
An anthology series of seven documentary films written and directed by Tony Gailey and Julian Russell. Each piece examines the work of a living person who is a revolutionary thinker in their field. What the subjects have in common is a creative contribution to humanity that has the potential to elicit a paradigm shift—either by addressing global socioeconomic problems, or providing a radical scientific model to understanding a complex system.
Network
ABC TV
Episodes
In Grave Danger of Falling Food
Bill Mollison demonstrates permaculture and discusses its implementation for food security.
Barefoot Economist
Manfred Max Neef and "barefoot economics"
The Man Who Named the World
James Lovelock and the Gaia hypothesis
Declaration of a Heretic
Jeremy Rifkin on how science and technology affect society
Midwives… Lullabies… and Mother Earth
Michel Odent's work championing midwifery, home birth, natural childbirth, and the needs of newborns and mothers.
Quest for Life: A Year with Petrea King
Petrea King is a cancer survivor and founder of the Quest for Life Foundation. After learning how facing death changes a person, she began counseling people diagnosed with terminal illness.
Democratic Allsorts
Frances Moore Lappé describes how the economically powerful control people by engineering food scarcity.
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Original Title
Visionaries: Small Solutions to Enormously Large Problems
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
7
