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Why are the Everglades burning


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Sugar cane growers in Florida burn 400,000 acres of cane fields every year priior to harvesting the sugar cane. Most developed nations have outlawed this method of cane harvesting because of its negative affects on the environment. But the burn continues in the heart of the Everglades, one of the nation's most threatened ecosystems.
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11 responses // Why are the Everglades burning

  • learned quite a bit. thanks. GL
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    matt_orfalea
  • Good information, nice music, some of that text was hard to read the very end maybe leave it on just a bit longer. It would have been nice if there were a few more shots, but the piece works without it.

    Talbott

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    Common_People_Productions
  • I think you've been plucked as a staff pick. I know where you're driving! Congrats.
    Neghie
  • Eirelay,

    I have mixed feelings about your short film on the burning used to harvest sugar cane in the Everglades. The essay was solid -- well researched and gets to the point clearly. The satellite photos certainly establish the scale of the problem and even pin-point its location. But the visuals photographed for this film were not just repetitive -- you ran one long travelling shot twice -- they were distant and safe. It was like digital wallpaper.

    Is it possible to get any closer to the burn-sites? Is it possible to photograph the harvesting? Are there any good authorities to interview? What does sugar cane look like?

    J
    jsburman
  • I would have loved to see some close up footage as well. The moving shots from the car made it a bit hard for me to connect.

    Shola
    sholao
  • A very topical post on a subject that seems to fly under the radar of national media. Makes me wonder who is getting paid off. Can the US be that much environmentally unfriendly than Brazil? In this Bush era dominated by religious interest, what happened to the "stewardship" concept? Aren't we suppose to be Stewards of our world?
    gmcalmo
  • We were on the way to another shoot when we came across this burn. I grew up in South Florida, so I knew what it was. In a coincidence, when we returned home the next day, I saw the movie 'An Inconvenient Truth'. After seeing it I knew I had to use the footage of the cane burn to try to tell what's happening. Regarding the choice of shots, consider the deeper meaning, you can say the footage is a metaphor for how we often deal with outrages. Like scenery passing by, we're outraged when the thing is in front of our faces but as we pass by and the scene disappears, we forget-it's behind us. I combined the repetitive driving footage with the repetitive driving music to reflect urgency and time passing, to amplify a sub-theme of eternal recurrence echoed by the yearly burn of the Everglades. We all drive by while the Everglades burn - that was my goal.
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  • The V.O. and titles make up for the fact that you didn't get closer to the location. The smoke footage is quite powerful, and the cutting and use of graphics keeps the piece dynamic. I do wish we'd seen more of what's actually happening in the cane fields, but this is still a strong piece, so GL.
    DanPersons
  • Thanks for your comments and GL Dan - I checked out your stuff, too. Powerful, meaningful. Congrats on the "Being prepared for TV" status on 2 of them

    Val
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  • No reason this shouldn't be on t.v.

    Funny how the few pods on Climate change or aspects of global warming are not being picked for t.v. while some pods that are.... I just can't get my head around it.

    GL for sure.
    Good pod.
    kDrew_Productions
  • interesting.......but i have to say Brazil is a "developing" nation not a "developed" nation. Your music is a bit overly dramatic. I appreciate the message though. Another interesting topic is to look at how US sugar cane growers are effected by DR-CAFTA and what the implications are environmentally.
    FincaProject

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