Global Focus IV: The New Environmentalists
(30 minutes) Canada/Iceland/Ireland/Mongolia/Peru/Zambia
Directors/Producers: Will Parrinello, Tom Dusenbery, John Antonelli
Description:
Narrated by Robert Redford, Global Focus IV – The New Environmentalists features intimate portraits of six passionate and dedicated activists. These are true environmental heroes who have put themselves between corrupt governments, greedy corporations and other intimidating adversaries. Their goal: safeguarding the Earth's natural resources from shortsighted exploitation and unbridled pollution. Global Focus IV illustrates how ordinary people are affecting extraordinary change in countries like Canada, Iceland, Ireland, Mongolia, Peru and Zambia.
Biography:
Will Parrinello has made award-winning films for theatrical distribution, television and home video. His credits include Dreaming of Tibet, an intimate portrait of three Tibetan exiles, which received an Audience Award at the Amnesty International Film Festival. His series Global Focus: The New Environmentalists, narrated by Robert Redford, profiles international grassroots activists and received the Sol d'Or Award at the 2005 Catalan International Environmental Film Festival. He was honored by the Chicago International Film Festival with a Gold Hugo Award for Little Italy, an affectionate exploration of Italian American identity. Parrinello co-produced and edited the feature-length documentary Kerouac. This profile of the beat generation author was broadcast on PBS, A&E and The Learning Channel and played theatrically in every major U.S. market. He shot and edited In the Light of Reverence, a film about Native American sacred lands, which was the top-rated program in P.O.V.'s 2001 summer season. Parrinello was a director of photography on the Academy Award-nominated documentary Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press.
Contact information:
Will Parrinello
Mill Valley Film Group
31 East Kappas Marina
Sausalito, CA 94965
E-mail: pwillp@aol.com
Web site: www.mvfg.com |
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