Bringing It Home: Industrial Hemp, Healthy Houses, and a Greener Future for America 2013
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Linda Booker and Blaire Johnson
Directed by Linda Booker and Blaire Johnson
DVD , color, 52 min.
Sr. High - General Adult
Agriculture, Political Science, International Relations, Sociology, Ecology, Biology, Ethnobotany, Law
Date Entered: 08/06/2014
Reviewed by Andrew Koval, MSLSThe film Bringing It Home: Industrial Hemp, Healthy Houses, and a Greener Future for America advocate the necessity of mass hemp farming in the United States. The content serves to debunk myths concerning hemp through testimony of entrepreneurs in the hemp industry. A dissenting voice against mass legalization of hemp farming is offered from a lobbyist with the California Narcotic Officers Association. The dissenter lends a segment of evenhandedness to the discussion.
Viewers become educated on a variety of useful hemp products such as hemp based concrete, auto parts, food and textiles. A series of arguments are presented in rapid succession on the merits of hemp including the plants economic, geo-political, agricultural, health and legal implications. Booker and Johnson’s pro-hemp assertions are supported by current statistics taken from government research. Likewise, a concise history of the positive relationship between hemp and humanity is given offering a better sense of proportion when broaching this controversial subject. The film is remarkably persuasive utilizing emotive appeals as well as objective information to enhance the legitimacy of hemp as product.
Additionally, Bringing It Home contributes lively animation snippets that present concepts and make the film more accessible to a broader audience. Like the documentary Agro Fuels: Starving People, Fueling Greed this film would be most appropriate for any high school or college library acquiring resources on the environment, human health, and agriculture.
Awards
- Jury Award from the Wild & Scenic Film Festival
- Best Environmental Film Award from the Sedona International Film Festival