"The Disappering Male" (Canadian Film - 2009 WorldFest Houston feature) April 25, 2009

"We are conducting a vast toxicological experiment in which our children and our children's children are the experimental subjects." ~ Dr. Herbert Needleman

One of the most important, and least publicized, issues facing the human species - the toxic threat to the male reproductive system - "The Disappearing Male" takes a close and disturbing look at what many doctors and researchers now suspect are responsible for many of these problems: a class of common chemicals that are ubiquitous in our world.

Found in everything from shampoo, sunglasses, meat and dairy products, carpet, cosmetics and baby bottles, they are called "hormone mimicking" or "endocrine disrupting" chemicals and they may be starting to damage the most basic building blocks of human development.
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WorldFest - the Houston International Film Festival (now it’s 42nd year!) - continues with its totally dedicated independent film screening format for April 16-25, 2009, unspooling at the flagship AMC Studio 30 Dunvale Theaters. WorldFest will screen 55-60 feature film and about 100 Short Film premieres, with a complete and absolute emphasis on the American and International Independent feature films and with a continuing annual spotlight on an individual country and its films. WorldFest also offers competition in TV Production, Documentary, Corporate & Business Films, Student & Experimental, TV Commercials, Film & Video Production, Music Videos, New Media (Interactive & Web Sites) and unproduced screenplays.

Official Website: http://www.worldfest.org