Director - Werner Boote
Run Time - 90 minutes
Languages - English, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Hindi w/ English Subtitles
Format - DVD / Digital Streaming
Year - 2013
Genre - Documentary

Educational Interests- Africa, Agriculture, American Studies, Anthropology, Asia, China, Environmental Studies, Family Relations, Globalization, History (U.S.), History (World), Human Rights, Justice, Labor Studies, Latin America, Media Studies, Medicine, Middle East, Peace & Conflict Resolution, Political Science, Science, Urban Studies

Institutional DVD Price: $295

In Population Boom, acclaimed director Werner Boote (Plastic Planet) traverses the globe armed with a World Bank umbrella to examine the myths and facts about overpopulation.  Like a contemporary Socrates with a wry sense of humor, Boote questions the conventional wisdom. From Kenya's slums to Dhaka in Bangladesh to New York City, China, Japan and elsewhere, Boote speaks with everyone from demographic researchers to environmental activists, and comes to a surprising conclusion. It isn’t overpopulation that threatens humanity’s existence.  Rather, it is the developed world’s patterns of over-consumption and constant pursuit of immediate profit that looms over our future.

Is overpopulation a myth with the sole purpose of covering up larger and far more important problems, and making the world's population the scapegoat of a far more complex game? 'It is not about how many of us there are, but about how we treat each other,' Boote recognizes. Population Boom starts with this as the basis for a debate, and becomes a cinematic journey with the masses between myth, facts and politics.

"Powerful!" - Tagesspiegel