
Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
Documentary
Overview
Mother, the film, breaks a 40-year taboo by bringing to light an issue that silently fuels our largest environmental, humanitarian and social crises - population growth. Since the 1960s the world population has nearly doubled, adding more than 3 billion people. At the same time, talking about population has become politically incorrect because of the sensitivity of the issues surrounding the topic- religion, economics, family planning and gender inequality. The film illustrates both the over consumption and the inequity side of the population issue by following Beth, a mother, a child-rights activist and the last sibling of a large American family of twelve, as she discovers the thorny complexities of the population dilemma and highlights a different path to solve it.
Top Cast
Esraa Bani
Esraa Bani
Herself (Population Action International)
Esraa Bani
Herself (Population Action International)
Albert Bartlett
Albert Bartlett
Himself - Host
Albert Bartlett
Himself - Host
Lester Brown
Lester Brown
Himself (Earth Policy Institute)
Lester Brown
Himself (Earth Policy Institute)
Martha Campbell
Martha Campbell
Herself (Venture Strategies)
Martha Campbell
Herself (Venture Strategies)
Susan Davis
Susan Davis
Herself (BRAC)
Susan Davis
Herself (BRAC)
Brian Dixon
Brian Dixon
Himself (Population Connection)
Brian Dixon
Himself (Population Connection)


Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul R. Ehrlich
Himself - Host
Paul R. Ehrlich
Himself - Host
Riane Eisler
Riane Eisler
Herself (Center for Partnership Studies)
Riane Eisler
Herself (Center for Partnership Studies)


Katie Elmore Mota
Katie Elmore Mota
Herself (Population Media Center)
Katie Elmore Mota
Herself (Population Media Center)
John Feeney
John Feeney
Himself (Environmental writer)
John Feeney
Himself (Environmental writer)
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