No Impact Man: The Documentary

Director: Laura Gabbert, Justin Schein

Country: USA

Year of production: 2009

Duration: 93 min

Subject:

Human rights
Environmental rights

Audience:

Activists / NGOs
Journalists
Lawyers
Teachers
Students

Reform:

The Manhattan-based Beavan family embark on a year-long project to reduce their net impact by using no electricity, producing no trash (including toilet paper), and giving back to the world. No Impact Man presents an intimate and often hilarious portrait of a couple struggling with the severe and protracted lifestyle changes that come with altering their entire existence. How do they cope with this new way of living? When life is pared down, do some things become unexpectedly better and even easier?

director

Laura Gabbert

Laura Gabbert and Eden Wurmfeld, the director and producer of this film, are both graduates of UCLA's School of Film and Television. They are long-time collaborators committed to creating work that is entertaining with a social message.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

The Healers of 400 Parnassus (1997), Sunset Story (2003), City of Gold (2015)

Justin Schein

Justin Schein's Shadowbox Films is dedicated to producing character-driven documentaries that explore cultural and social issues. Formed in 1998 by Stanford graduates, Shadowbox has produced award-winning films from conception to broadcast for television, educational and corporate audiences.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

Down on Polk Street (1996), True Life (2003-2005)