Films and Videos on Cooperatives

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This is a list of films on cooperatives. Some are free and available on the internet, some are for purchase, and some are available to rent. See also: books relevant to co-ops.

Contents

General Cooperatives

  • Food for Change. A documentary film about the history of food co-ops in the US and what they are doing today. The film needs more funds to be completed.
  • My Co-op Rocks - Video Contest Winners. View the creative submissions for free.
  • A listing of videos about co-ops on the Univ. of Wisconsin center for cooperatives website. This is a thorough list, but there are no viewable or purchasable videos on this page.
  • A video search on the University of Saskatchewan Centre for the Study of Co-operatives' online library turns up a number of (mostly older) films. VHS. Rentals.
  • The Spirit of Cooperation: The story of cooperatives and how Americans use them to improve their lives and communities - narrated by James Earl Jones; National Cooperative Business Association
  • The Mondragon Experiment. A 1982 BBC visit to Mondragon, Spain. Describes the cooperatives founded by Father Arizmendi, how they are governed and organized. 50 Minutes. Margot Smith, Off Center Video, 1300 A Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709; 510-486-8010; [OffCenterVideo@aol.com]
  • 150 Years of Cooperation; National Cooperative Business Association
  • Civilizing the Economy "asks the question, "Is there an alternative to the pervasive power and influence of corporate capitalism as a model for economic and social development?"
    To answer this question, this 2-part video documentary takes us on a journey to Northern Italy and the region of Emilia Romagna where the co-operative model accounts for one third of the regional GDP. The 15,000 co-ops in the region cover multiple sectors of the economy, ranging from retail and industrial production to social care and health services." Civilizing the Economy is availble for purchase through BCCA at a cost of $35 (Canadian dollars; shipping included) + GST (for Canadian residents).
  • King of the Hill; Raise the Steaks. In episode 6 of Season 13, "Hank joins a co-op store because the steaks they sell are the best in town."
  • "Portraits of the Solidarity Economy": 6 short (~3-4 min) films produced by SolidarityNYC. Featuring Joe Holtz/Park Slope Food Co-op; Michael Johnson/Ganas intentional community; Ann Bragg/Community Voices Heard and participatory budgeting; Caroline Woolard/OurGoods barter network; Deyanira Del Rio/Lower East Side People's Credit Union; and Telesh Lopez/Third Root Community Health Center worker cooperative.
  • Stories.coop: A site with written, slideshow, and video stories about co-op from around the world, set up for the International Year of Cooperatives 2012.
  • New Pioneers: A cool 5 minute video from the Co-operative Heritage Trust about the history of the Rochdale Pioneers and the legacy of cooperation in the UK and beyond. Animated. Lovely British accent.

Worker Cooperatives

Housing Cooperatives

  • At Home in Utopia. Description from PBS.org: "New York City cops in the Great Depression called it Little Moscow, but for the 2,000 Jewish immigrant residents of the United Workers Cooperative Colony, a.k.a. “the Coops,” it was their first taste of the American dream. AT HOME IN UTOPIA bears witness to an epic social experiment, following two generations of residents and their commitment to radical ideas of racial equality and rights for tenants and workers." Order the DVD here. $24.95 (or $20.95 each when ordering 3 - 6).
  • Training videos from Senior Housing Cooperative. Varying prices depending on membership/non-membership, rent or buy, DVD.
  • A large cache of short, free videos and clips from YouTube on cooperatives.

Food Cooperatives

  • A Food Co-op in Your Community. Produced by the Food Co-op Initiative
  • Food for Change: a work-in-progress documentary about food co-ops, local economies, and food security. You can view a trailer and donate to the completion of the film.
  • CBLD Library videos:
    • Michael Shuman speaks at the Hanover Co-op, April 2008
    • Gar Alperovitz speaks at Weaver's Way Co-op, April 2006
    • Hand in hand... A history of the Hanover Consumer Co-op
    • the Rochdale Pioneers: Roots of the Cooperative Movement. Recorded for Roanoke Co-op by Todd Wallace, Jan. 2011
    • The Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society Presents: David Thompson on Toyohiko Kagawa and Brotherhood Economics
  • Bret Fairbairn’s keynote at June 2011 Consumer Cooperative Management Association conference in San Diego, "Co-ops in Turbulent Times." 1 hour. Courtesy of CDS Consulting Co-op.

Credit Unions

Telephone, Broadband, and Electric Cooperatives

Agricultural Cooperatives

Social Cooperatives

  • A video on PACE, a co-op for adults with mental illness in British Columbia: http://www.pacecoop.ca/pace_video_dsl.php [14:51 Minutes long]
  • Civilizing the Economy: Social Co-ops and Social Care British Columbia Co-operative Association produced a video with presentations from emerging local social co-ops and a dialogue session about potential applications of the model in each region. Civilizing the Economy (part 1 and 2) is availble for purchase through BCCA at a cost of $35 (Canadian dollars; shipping included) + GST (for Canadian residents).

Cooperatives International

  • Another Life is Possible: Cooperatives in Barlovento, Venezuela. DVD, $20.
  • Our Ethics in Action - It's a bit of an advertisement, but it's also really impressive -- an 8 minute short film on what The Co-operative, a co-op group in the UK, is doing. There are also more films from The Co-operative on this channel.
  • Five Factories: Worker Control in Venezuela. This is about democratic governance of nationalized firms, transitioning to employee-owned firms, in Venezuela. 81 minutes, $24.95, free trailer.
  • Spain (Catalunya): Les cooperatives Free, YouTube.
  • Que es una cooperativa? Spanish, Uruguay. Free, YouTube.
  • There is an alternative. United Kingdom, Free, YouTube.
  • The Women of Brukman. DVD, $25. Free trailer. From the website: "During the 2001 economic collapse in Argentina, the seamstresses at Brukman’s clothing factory took over the operation the owners had abandoned. They reorganized it on a self-management model, without a doubt the most inspiring of the many new economic experiments in that country."
  • Tilsammans (Together) (2000) Fictional story of life in a shared house in Sweden in the 1970s. As this film does NOT portrait best practices for successful group-living, it provides ample opportunities for discussion and comedy. In Swedish, with subtitles.
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