Biography - Ben & Jerry's

This film is a documentary about Ben and Jerry and the famous ice cream company which bears their names. The movie provides biographical information on Ben and Jerry and their formative years through college, how they came to start Ben & Jerry's and the growth of the company. I did not actually know much about the company or how it operated and it was interesting to learn the story behind the company's good reputation.I found the biographical information interesting and Ben and Jerry contributed a lot to this film through photos and interviews. For those interested in small business entrepreneurship, and what I found really interesting about this film, the documentary also covers the growth of the company, the many growing pains a small business can encounter, and how solutions to problems slowly but surely led them to ultimately sell control of the company to Unilever.

I purchased this for Middle School students unit on Entrepreneurship. I really liked it, but it focused more on Ben & Jerry's activism and the process in which they chose to do what was right instead of doing what was profitable. It didn't fit my lesson objective, but, I can definitely see using this in the future.

This was a great video to show to my high school business class. Great examples of entreprenuers at their best. Highly recommend to anyone looking for a feel good success story.

The show itself was great but the dvd was not a "official" copy. Would not play in dvd player and had to instead watch it on the computer. My daughter is hearing impaired and relies on closed captioning and that was not available with this edition. We were very disappointed in the dvd itself - not the subject matter or program.

Good documentary. It is informative, inspiring, and shows the ethics that are so valuable in teaching business.

Cute story. Very educational.

Love it!

What a great little biography show. I really enjoyed watching it, although I would have loved for them to get more descriptive on the ice cream aspect of things along with all the business and social consciousness they showed for the company.Ben & Jerry were born within days of each other, and during school became fast friends over not being fast enough to run a mile in normal time. After having lackluster experiences in college and their love lives, they decided to open a restaurant business. But they weren't sure what they were going to do until they finally hit on ice cream. And they made it a success. Teaching themselves to make ice cream they made a plan for not only producing a good product, but also giving back and making their business not only profitable for themselves, but also for the community as well. The documentary details their becoming a publicly traded company and the eventual buyout they couldn't control as well.Ben & Jerry are fantastic guys. It takes a very imaginative mind to take some incredibly good ice cream and do good with it as well. They were visionaries. And they just seem really nice too. What they are doing is genuine and they really believe in their work. I just am very impressed with them. I was greatly surprised by the buyout. I didn't realize that had happened but was happy that both are still active in the company and making sure it's still socially responsible.From a visual aspect this was much like other documentaries. There were interviews with people, shots of the different factories, etc. But it was done in an easy way. They seemed well thought out and everything they said was interesting and important. As said before I would have liked to hear more about the ice cream itself. They touched on it a little bit with the milk coming from Vermont cows and where some of the other ingredients came from. But I would have loved to hear some about the inspiration behind the different flavors.A very good documentary about some of the best ice cream out there. If you didn't like Ben & Jerry before, you will after watching this documentary.Review by M. Reynard 2012