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Filmmaker Steve Alves' flight from sprawl and search for community launches a ten year investigation into the corrosive effects of large  chain stores on the American economy and culture. The story examines another side of the bargain offered by large corporate chains--one that paves over open space, obliterates local culture, lowers wages and eliminates manufacturing jobs. A sharp-edged blend of humor and drama that reveals the fundmental conflict between consumerism and democracy.
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OFFICIAL SELECTION
2007 MAINE DOCUMENTARY
FILM COMPETITION
$19.00 includes shipping and handling
• Extras included on the DVD are:
An interview with activist Stacy Mitchell,
author of Big Box Swindle .
• An interview with Al Norman
from sprawl-busters.com and the author of
The Case Against Wal-Mart and Slam Dunking Wal-Mart .
• The story of how OURTOWN got started.
Video interview with Jenny Mayher and Eleanor Kinney.
• An interview with Jenny Mayher and Eleanor Kinney just after the historic vote.
Please Visit: www.ourtownmaine.com
for more info and ordering.
For a special combination
offer on Robert Greenwald's
DVD, "The High Cost of Low Prices,"
and Al Norman's book,
"The Case Against Wal-Mart"
click here.
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STORE WARS: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town by Micha X. Peled
59 minutes
"Store Wars is a primer for social activism, a handbook for any David thinking of taking on a Goliath." --Business Week
"Store Wars takes you inside the grassroots politics of Ashland, Virginia, and inside a campaign by Wal-Mart to overpower the town. It is not pretty, but it lays out why Wal-Mart has become the most reviled corporation in America today." --Al Norman, Sprawl-Busters
Order the video from Bullfrog Films by calling 1-800-543-3764 and be sure to ask for the $79 grass roots group price with public viewing rights, or $29.95 for home video only, or order online at www.bullfrogfilms.com, and put the appropriate price in the comment field on the last page of the shopping cart. |
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"Al Norman's terrific organization,
Sprawl-Busters, works with citizens'
groups and communities...to battle
the corporate invaders. Al is a
strategist, planner, speaker, writer,
debater, and burr under the saddle
of the giants."
~ Jim Hightower, Thieves in High Places |
