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    Blue Vinyl

    Daniel B. Gold Judith Helfand 2002 USA Documentary color 98min English Beta
    With humor, chutzpah, and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director and award winning-cinematographer Daniel B. Gold travel to America's vinyl manufacturing capital and beyond in search of the truth about vinyl.

    Blue Vinyl literally picks up where Judith Helfand's 1997 Peabody award-winning film A Healthy Baby Girl left off, in front of her parent's modest suburban house- newly re-sided with blue vinyl, or PVC, America's most popular and second fastest selling plastic. The odyssey to find an alternative building material that doesn't harm anyone at any step of its life-cycle is the narrative line that connects the dots between the consumer, the PVC worker, and the residents who live across the street from the vinyl factory.

    This circuitous and ever-surprising journey always leads Helfand back home to her parents who, perhaps reluctantly, concede to join her in reinventing their role as consumers and citizens. Together the Helfand family find meaning in the irreparable damage and far-reaching implications of toxic chemical exposure. Ultimately they agree to let Judith take the vinyl off the house- to do something radical, fun and very useful with it.

    Director

    Daniel B. Gold

    Daniel B. Gold won the 2002 Sundance "Excellence in Cinematography Award" for his work on BLUE VINYL, which he both co-directed and co-produced with Judith Helfand. Gold also received two Emmy Nominations for Blue Vinyl in 2003: one for Research, and one for Best Documentary. Prior to concentrating on documentary work, Gold's camerawork was frequently seen on “Saturday Night Live,” “Dateline NBC,” and the Hallmark Channel.

    Judith Helfand

    Judith Helfand defines herself as a filmmaker/organizer. She has worked as a documentary producer and educator for the past ten years -- her films have enlightened, enraged and engendered hope. With veteran documentarian George Stoney, she co-produced and co-directed THE UPRISING OF '34 , which explores "hidden" labor history, class and power in the South. It was  voted one of the ten best documentaries of 1995 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Daniel B. Gold

    2002 乙烯浩劫 Blue Vinyl

    Judith Helfand

    2002 乙烯浩劫 Blue Vinyl

    Producer: Daniel B. Gole, Judith Helfand, Jukia D. Paker

    Director: Daniel B. Gole, Judith Helfand

    Cinematographer: Daniel B. Gole

    Editor: Sari Gilman

    Music: Sam Broussard, Stephen Thomas Cavit, Terry Dame, Marty Ehrlich, Four Piece Suit

    Language: English

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