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Elise Pearlstein Interview Re: Documentaries and Kids

Documentaries show their power to move

The StarPhoenix (Canada) – Sept. 1, 2015

By Craig and Marc Kielburger

Filmmaker Elise Pearlstein shared one of the documentaries she produced with her kids – and they promptly stopped flushing the toilet.

The doc, Last Call at the Oasis, is a compelling look at water use and issues throughout North America. And Pearlstein, senior vice president of documentary films with Participant Media (the company behind An Inconvenient Truth), told us it had a colossal impact on her preteens, who are now keen to conserve the precious resource. Read more here