First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture (2009)
FIRST EARTH is a documentary about the movement towards a massive paradigm shift for shelter - building healthy houses in the old ways, out of the very earth itself, and living together like in the old days, by recreating villages. An audiovisual manifesto filmed over the course of 4 years and 4 continents, FIRST EARTH makes the case that earthen homes are the healthiest housing in the world; and that since it still takes a village to raise a healthy child, it is incumbent upon us to transform our suburban sprawl into eco-villages, a new North American dream.
Director: David Sheen
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Becky Bee as Herself |
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Katy Bryce as Herself |
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Meka Bunch as Herself |
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James Chaffers as Himself |
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Elke Cole as Herself |
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Stuart Cowan as Himself |
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Salma Samar Damluji as Herself |
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Ianto Evans as |
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Richard Heinberg as |
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Alfie Howard as |
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Katie Jeane as |
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Derrick Jensen as |
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Janell Kapoor as |
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Sun Ray Kelly as |
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Joseph Kennedy as |
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James Howard Kunstler as Self |
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Mark Lakeman as |
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Ian Marcuse as |
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Kevin McCabe as |
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Bridget Miner as |
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Muhammed Ya Moussa as |
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Sunflower New Moon as |
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Tim Ream as |
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Boots Riley as |
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John Robertson as |
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David Room as |
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Michael G. Smith as |
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Bob Theis as |
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Eugene Tsui as |
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Adam Weismann as |
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Africa Williams as |
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Daniel Quinn as |
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Andy Thomson as |
| Directing | David Sheen | Director |