Moyers & Company. Wendell Berry, Poet and Prophet
Description
In this edition of Moyers & Company, Bill speaks with Wendell Berry - a passionate environmental advocate, a man of the land, and one of America's most influential writers - about Berry's views on civil disobedience, his strong opposition to agribusiness and massive industrial farms, and his support for sustainable farming and the local food movement. This rare television interview was filmed at Kentucky's St. Catharine College during a celebration of Berry's life and ideas that marked the 35th anniversary of the publication of his landmark book The Unsettling of America. "It's mighty hard right now to think of anything that's precious that isn't endangered," says Berry. "There are no sacred and unsacred places; there are only sacred and desecrated places. My belief is that the world and our life in it are conditional gifts.
Runtime
57 min
Subjects
- Nature (209)
- Population (248)
- Environmental geography (78)
- Natural resources (402)
- Land use (186)
- Conservation of natural resources (540)
- Environmental ethics (10)
- Environmental policy (316)
- Human ecology (350)
Contributor
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c2013
Database
Films on Demand
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