The trailer is excellent. Looking forward to see the film. Will include 
a link to the trailer and the crisisofcivilization.com web site in the 
February issue of my e-journal.  Congratulations!

Luis

Luis T. Gutiérrez, PhD, PE
The Pelican Web ~ http://pelicanweb.org
Editor, Mother Pelican: A Journal of Sustainable Human Development
A monthly, CC license, free subscription, open access e-journal

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>  Date:    Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:50:31 -0000 From:    A&M
> Meikle<[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The Crisis of
> Civilization - Movie Trailer
>
> Thanks Nafeez - I've watched the trailer&  am certainly intrigued! I
> utterly agree with your argument that the crises (plural) which we
> are facing must be viewed holistically and am keen to help distribute
> the film. Sadly, I can't help financially but am happy to be your
> Scottish contact! I'll email you off list but encourage others to
> have a look.
>
> Mandy
>
> http://mandymeikle.wordpress.com/ _________________________
>
> Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. Aldous Huxley,
> "Proper Studies", 1927 ----- Original Message ----- From: Nafeez
> Mosaddeq Ahmed To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wednesday,
> January 26, 2011 5:19 PM Subject: The Crisis of Civilization - Movie
> Trailer
>
>
> Hello all,
>
>
> This message perhaps chimes with two themes that have emerged in
> recent discussions on this list - one relating to the need for a
> holistic and systemic approach to understanding global crises, the
> other relating to what such an approach might entail not merely in
> terms of diagnosing the problem, but also in terms of trying to
> address it practically, as scholars and as activists.
>
>
> I've recently been working with a British film-maker Dean Puckett on
> making a feature-length documentary film inspired by my latest book,
> A User's Guide to the Crisis of Civilization: And How to Save It
> (Pluto/Macmillan, 2010) - which attempts to examine the systemic and
> structural causes of climate change, energy depletion, food scarcity,
> economic instability, terrorism, and militarization, and on this
> basis develop a vision for what an alternative, sustainable, and
> viable post-carbon civilization might look like.
>
>
> Puckett knows what he's doing. His last feature film won him a couple
> of awards at various British film festivals, and we're currently
> talking to mainstream distributors who are quite confident that the
> film could be shown globally. While nothing's set in stone yet, we're
> hoping that this work of digital activism will contribute to the
> recognition that we are facing a 'system failure' which implicates
> the necessity of systemic alternatives, and that there are exciting
> avenues of exploration for what those alternatives could look like.
> The film is also  in the last stages of production, so hopefully the
> release date isn't too far off.
>
>
> I post notice of it here in the hopes that many on this list might
> see the value in what we're trying to do, on a basically zero-budget,
> and provide support in any way you can. Please have a look at the
> film website at www .CrisisofCivilization . com where you can find
> out more about the film and watch the official trailer. The trailer's
> also available directly from YouTube here:
>
>
> http ://www . youtube . com/watch?v=4nP2mTuTX6g
>
>
> You'll immediately notice that the film, although dealing with quite
> serious issues, deliberately tries to avoid getting too dark and
> introspective about it - as many documentaries on these subjects tend
> to be. We have lots of surreal imagery from old films from the 40s,
> 50s and 60s, where industrial civilization and its technological
> wonders was, in a way, in its heydey, and praised as such in quite
> strange ways! The idea was to convey the extent to which our
> assumptions about life and the natural order, coupled with our
> exploitative and self-destructive socio-political and economic
> systems, have generated a kind of hyperreality in which 'man' is an
> overlord of natural 'abundance', with the road to prosperity paved
> with unlimited technological and material growth. But we also wanted
> to lighten the mood a bit. Anyway, here's the blurb:
>
>
> "The Crisis of Civilization is a documentary feature film
> investigating how global crises like ecological disaster, financial
> meltdown, dwindling oil reserves, terrorism and food shortages are
> converging symptoms of a single, failed global system.
>
>
> Weaving together archival film footage and animations, film-maker
> Dean Puckett and international security analyst Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq
> Ahmed – author of A User’s Guide to the Crisis of Civilization: And
> How to Save It - take you on a surreal journey through an alarming
> tapestry of global systemic failure.
>
>
> Offering a stunning wake-up call proving that ‘another world’ is not
> merely possible, but on its way, they warn that the inability to
> recognize the interconnections between different crises is preventing
> us, as a civilization, from saving ourselves."
>
>
> I'd be really grateful if you all could consider supporting this
> project by 1) forwarding notice of the film to your family, friends
> and colleagues, etc. and 2) considering whether you'd like to help
> facilitate a local screening in your community or institution. We're
> particularly keen to show the film to students and academics at
> universities, or to local activist groups/NGO's working on relevant
> areas. If that's the case, please don't hesitate to get in touch with
> me directly via my contact details below.
>
>
> Warm regards Nafeez
>
> -- Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed M.A. D.Phil (Sussex)
>
> Executive Director Institute for Policy Research&  Development Suite
> 301, 20 Harewood Avenue London NW1 6JX Mob: +44(0) 7824 44 10 44
> http://www.iprd.org.uk
>
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