Joe Public Films
| Independent | |
| Industry | Documentaries |
| Headquarters | Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA |
| Products | motion pictures, film distribution |
| Website | http://www.joepublicfilms.com/ |
Joe Public Films is an independent video and filmmaking distributor which promotes human rights-related documentary films.
Films
Greetings From Missile Street
Greetings from Missile Street shows ordinary people living in Iraq, who have paid the price under economic sanctions. It follows members of Voices in the Wilderness, a campaign to stop the economic sanctions against Iraq, who in 2000 committed an act of civil disobedience. Facing up to twelve years in jail and fines in excess of one-million dollars, the delegates went to live in Basra, Iraq with families who survive on the U.N. Oil for Food Program rations.
Defending the Commons
Defending the Commons documents the effects and response to water privatization in Nicaragua. The films includes commentary from Vandana Shiva, Maude Barlow, and others.
World's Apart: 9-11 First Responders Against the War
World's Apart follows a peacemaking delegation that brought 9-11 EMT Megan Bartlett and Joe Public Films producer Tom Jackson to Afghanistan in May 2004. They met with Afghan first responders in an attempt to establish ties of friendship, and to see if Afghan rescue workers were really much different from those in NYC.
The film also features Afghan battle and rescue footage from award winning cameraman M. Yousuf Jonnesar.
Out of Balance: ExxonMobil's Impact on Climate Change
Out of Balance shows the influence of oil corporation ExxonMobil on governments, the media and citizens regarding global warming. The films asserts ExxonMobil's profit motive to ignore the scientific consensus on climate science.