Learning on ScreenSmall is Beautiful
- Synopsis
- This Canadian film looks at the life and work of E. F. Schumacher, author of Small is Beautiful. It was shot partly in England where Schumacher and George McRobie of the Intermediate Technology Institute discuss and illustrate Schumacher’s ideas. Additional filming to contrast large scale and intermediate technology experiments was completed in Newfoundland. The film reflects the broad visions of the author which have continued to gain an ardent following around the world, despite his death.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada
- Year of production
- 1979
- Subjects
- Economics; Technology
- Keywords
- intermediate technology; Schumacher, Ernst Friedrich; economic theories
Credits
- Contributor
- Ernst Friedrich Schumacher; George McRobie
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £29.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 27 minutes
- Year
- 2011
Production Company
- Name
National Film Board of Canada
- Contact
- Penny Rampado (Sales & Market Development Manager)
- p.rampado@bfb.ca
- Web
- http://www.nfb.ca External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +1 514 496 3952
- Address
- 3155 Cote-de-Liesse Road
Montreal
Quebec
H4N 2N4
Canada
Distributor
- Name
Concord Media
- sales@concordmedia.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 726 012
- Address
- Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG - Notes
- A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.
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