“Fashion is so old fashioned! We are still stitching the way the Egyptians did. ”

Lidewij Edelkoort – Trendwatcher

 
 

An Inconvenient Truth

A documentary by Davis Guggenheim on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide. With a map he shows that more than half of The Netherlands would disappear under the water, as an effect of global warming.

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China Blue

Like no other film before, China Blue is a powerful and poignant journey into the harsh world of sweatshop workers. Shot clandestinely, this is a deep-access account of what both China and the international retailers don't want us to see: how the clothes we buy are actually made.

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Fashioning an Ethical Industry Conference 2007

What can students do to ''fashion' a more ethical industry? What are the biggest challenges that fashion companies are facing as they try to improve working conditions within the industry? Is ethical fashion here to stay?

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Manufactured Landscapes

A striking documentary (2007) by Canadian director Jennifer Baichwal on the world and work of renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky. The film follows him through China, as he shoots the evidence and effects of that country’s massive industrial revolution.

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The 11th Hour

Leonardo di Caprio produced this environmental documentary. The 11th Hour uses a wide range of viewpoints to build a conceptual foundation that explains the general scientific impression of global warming.

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VPRO Tegenlicht Waste = Food

In this episode of Tegenlicht a vision of a world in which waste becomes food and consumers are no longer polluters. Utopia or reality?

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White Gold: The True Cost of Cotton

Short, impressive film about the terrible consequences of cotton pesticides.

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