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Movie Review: Greenwashers
Movie Reviews
by Nicole Zummach
on June 07, 2011

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We all want to "do good by doing right." We don't throw garbage on the ground. We recycle. We buy enviro-friendly cleaning products. We...wait, what's that you say? My bottle of dish soap with the cute little duck on the label isn't saving the world? Doesn't green mean good? Not necessarily, according to the new documentary, Greenwashers.

 
The Simpsons bring microfinance to the mainstream
Movie Reviews
by Nicole Zummach
on December 07, 2010

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For those of us who are in the business of disseminating information, a coup like the one realized a few months ago comes along very rarely. Here we are, heads down, hard at work to bring stories about social enterprise to a broader audience, and out of nowhere, The Simpsons trumps us.

 
Wall Street: Greed never sleeps
Movie Reviews
by Nicole Zummach
on September 12, 2010

Nicole ZummachIndustrial espionage is rampant. Embittered unions face off with corporations, and “America has become a second-rate superpower.” Welcome to 1985, as seen through the eyes of Oliver Stone. Wall Street is a fast-paced tour of mid-80s New York, complete with squash courts, shoulder pads, and steak tartar. It is a world of greed and excess, where a young Charlie Sheen, as Bud Fox, declares, “There is no nobility in poverty anymore.”

 
Greedy Deficit: A review of Capitalism - A Love Story
Movie Reviews
by Michael Howe
on May 28, 2010

Michael HoweHand it to Michael Moore to make a movie like Capitalism: A Love Story. His career since the late 1980s has been chock-full of provocative documentaries that are suitable for rousing conversation or heated argument (depending on how you like to communicate). That is because he always brings not just interesting topics to light, but also relevant ones that consider current issues. In this film, if not throughout his entire career, he seeks solutions to correct a destructive culture of greed.

 
Avatar: A call to action for social enterprise
Movie Reviews
by Nicole Zummach
on February 19, 2010

Nicole ZummachI’m probably the last person on the planet to see James Cameron’s mega-blockbuster, Avatar, though I’m sure I won’t be the last to write about it. (A quick Google search for “ avatar review” returned 204 million results.) I won’t delve into its technological achievements, its cinematic virtues, or my personal views on Eywa. Evidently, there are a couple hundred million other people who already did that. So why compete?