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The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream is a canadien film of genre Documentary released in USA on 5 may 2004

The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream (2004)

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Released in USA 5 may 2004
Length 1h18
OriginCanada
Rating73% 3.6878453.6878453.6878453.6878453.687845

The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream is a 2004 documentary film concerning peak oil and its implications for the suburban lifestyle, written and directed by Toronto-based filmmaker Gregory Greene.

The film is hosted by Canadian broadcaster Barrie Zwicker and features discussions with James Howard Kunstler, Peter Calthorpe, Michael Klare, Richard Heinberg, Matthew Simmons, Michael Ruppert, Julian Darley, Colin Campbell, Kenneth S. Deffeyes, Ali Samsam Bakhtiari and Steve Andrews.

In 2007, Greene released a sequel called Escape from Suburbia.
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