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- DirectorGodfrey ReggioStarsEdward AsnerPat BenatarJerry BrownA collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.
- DirectorBrian DanitzChris ZelovStarsLinda HuntEcological Design: Inventing the Future features the ideas and prototypes of pioneering designers who have trail-blazed the development of sustainable architecture, cities, energy systems, transport, and industry.
- DirectorJacques PerrinJacques CluzaudMichel DebatsStarsJacques PerrinPhilippe LabroDocumentary on the migratory patterns of birds, shot over the course of three years on all seven continents.
- DirectorDaniel B. GoldJudith HelfandStarsWilliam BaggettCharlie CrayDaniel B. GoldThe hazards of bio-accumulation, pollution, and the makeup of what we commonly hope are benign plastics are tackled in this documentary.
- DirectorSteve CowanStarsPeter Coyote
- DirectorHubert SauperStarsElizabeth 'Eliza' Maganga NseseRaphael Tukiko WagaraDimond RemtuliaA documentary on the effect of fishing the Nile perch in Tanzania's Lake Victoria. The predatory fish, which has wiped out the native species, is sold in European supermarkets, while starving Tanzanian families have to make do with the leftovers.
- DirectorRenaud DelourmeStarsBernard GiraudeauNils HugonYann Arthus-Bertrand has flown over hundreds of countries to create an extraordinary aerial portrait of our planet as never seen before. This DVD from the Panoramica Motion Gallery is 'Ambient' in concept, there is no storytelling, no narratives, just a constant stream of compelling beauty.
- DirectorBertram VerhaagStarsAlejandro ArgumedoLarry BainBill ClintonGMOs are Genetically Modified Organisms which have made their debut in plants like corn and soybean, but are now in animals for consumption. The controversy of corporations owning "life-forms" and pushing GMOs in 3rd world countries comes to a head in India and Canada in this film. The battle between the corporations and the farmers/naturalists is in full swing with the corporations saying they are improving upon Nature with size and resistance to disease of the new organism. Farmers and naturalist activists say this is not as simple as an Oil spill where eventually the harm from the spill will be overcome by time's healing powers. GMOs on the other hand may destroy the very ecosystem forever, because these new lifeforms replicate as does all life.
- DirectorErwin WagenhoferStarsJean ZieglerPeter BrabeckKarl OtrokA look at how the world's food is produced and how mass production changes the environment and the lives of people.
- DirectorJames Jandak WoodStarsThom HartmannWilliam ReesRichard HeinbergAn examination of the interconnection of human domination of the planet and the use of petroleum, and offers solutions for how we can stop our progression down this destructive path.
- StarsTilda SwintonThe geological forces at work in Galapágos are complex and unpredictable; so, too, are the many ocean currents that unite here.
- DirectorDavis GuggenheimStarsAl GoreBilly WestGeorge BushFilmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.
- DirectorJennifer BaichwalStarsEdward BurtynskyPhotographer Edward Burtynsky travels the world observing changes in landscapes due to industrial work and manufacturing.
- DirectorRob StewartStarsRob StewartPaul WatsonErich RitterAn investigation of sharks' importance to ecosystems and humankind's mass destruction of shark species worldwide.
- DirectorLeila ConnersNadia ConnersStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKenny AusubelThom HartmannA look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems.
- DirectorAlastair FothergillMark LinfieldStarsJames Earl JonesPatrick StewartAnggunFeature-length version of the documentary TV series Planet Earth (2006), following the migration paths of four animal families.
- DirectorFrank GapinskiStarsGeoff LawtonPermaculture teacher Geoff Lawton designs and builds a dam and water harvesting system on a farm.
- DirectorNick WattsStarsCatherine CollinsOliver CurryGeorge MonbiotDocumentray examining the amount of products consumed in a lifetime and the impact it has on the environment.
- DirectorLouis FoxStarsAnnie LeonardFor most of the world, consumption has been the unquestioned duty of every individual. Then garbage activist Annie Leonard brought her two-hour lecture to Free Range who helped her turn it into a 20-minute animated revolution. Shown in thousands of classrooms, endlessly blasted by Fox News, viewed more than 10 million times, The Store of Stuff finally opens the door to a serious cultural dialog about the costs of consumption.
- DirectorIan ConnacherA Canadian documentary on modern society's 'addiction' to plastic; our prolific use of this product, its effects on the earth and on us, and where our unwanted plastic ends up.
- DirectorDan StonePatrick Gambuti Jr.StarsPaul WatsonAlex CornelissenPeter HammarstedtAt the Edge of the World chronicles the controversial Sea Shepherd Antarctic Campaign against a Japanese whaling fleet. The international volunteer crew, under-trained and under-equipped, develop a combination of bizarre and brilliant tactics with which to stop the whalers. But first they must find the Japanese ships, a far more difficult challenge than ever imagined - long-time activist Paul Watson and first-time captain Alex Cornelissen employ an array of strategies in the hopes of finding an elusive adversary in the vast expanse of the Ross Sea. With one ship (the Farley Mowat) too slow to chase down the whaling fleet, with their second ship (the Robert Hunter) unsuited for Antarctic ice conditions and with no country supporting their efforts to enforce international law, the situation becomes increasingly desperate. Against all odds, however, a real-life pirate tale unfolds - a modern-day "David vs. Goliath" adventure.
- DirectorIrena SalinaDan BergerStarsBill AlexanderMaude BarlowBasil BoldWater is the very essence of life, sustaining every being on the planet. 'Flow' confronts the disturbing reality that our crucial resource is dwindling and greed just may be the cause.
- DirectorRobert KennerStarsMichael PollanEric SchlosserRichard LobbAn unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
- DirectorJoshua TickellStarsLaurie LennardJoshua TickellLarry DavidAmerica is addicted to oil and it is time for an intervention. Enter Josh Tickell, a man with a plan and a Veggie Van, who is taking on big oil, big government, and big soy to find solutions in places few people have looked.
- DirectorMeredith DanluckStarsThomas MortonThey said there was a garbage dump the size of Texas in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. We had to go see for ourselves.
- DirectorMarie-Monique RobinStarsDavid BakerKen CookDavid CarpenterYou do not have to believe that God exists, but you will after this movie know that the devil poster! Monsanto is the largest global company that produces agricultural products: pesticides, hormones in raising animals, and genetically modified soybean seeds, corn and other crops. Monsanto has made some of the toxins that are responsible for many diseases, cancer, dementia and the rules are and say Napalm was used in the Vietnam War or PCB oils of which turned out to be a carcinogen as a small atomic bomb.
- DirectorClive MaltbyStarsElizabeth Vargas
- DirectorTodd DarlingCurious about why President Bush reversed regulations to phase out the two-stroke snowmobile, the filmmaker goes on the road to look at other acts of de-regulation. This rambunctious trip reveals political manipulation that caused the death of thousands of salmon on the Klamath River, suppressed water rules that resulted in a range war between ranchers and oil companies in Wyoming's Powder River Basin, and serious health consequences for firefighters, paramedics and Wall Street workers triggered by White House suppression of environmental regulations in the aftermath of 9-11.
- DirectorRob van HattumStarsKlaus GehrlicherHermann Scheer
- DirectorDominic OzanneStarsSimon ReeveSimon starts in Souther Chile's huge Atacama, the world's driest desert, by copper export train and the Altiplano, about 4km above sea level, yet with tropical lakes, where natives explain their and the environment's plight. Next over the Andes to northern Argentina's comparatively lush vicuña breeding country. Nearby, tribal Wichi natives' culture is threatened by brutal deforestation. Then over the border to Paraguyan capital Asuncion, for a Catholic fiesta and Stroessner torture museum. Alas Paraguay's Atlantic Forest in nearly completely turned into soybean fields. Finally over the Brazilian border, smugglers paradise, to super rich Atlantic port metropolis São Paolo, yet also abounding in poverty and crime.
- DirectorFranny ArmstrongStarsPete PostlethwaiteJehangir WadiaAlvin DuVernayA future archivist looks at old footage from the year 2008 to understand why humankind failed to address climate change.
- DirectorLouie PsihoyosStarsRichard O'BarryLouie PsihoyosHardy JonesUsing state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.
- DirectorRupert MurrayStarsBen BradshawRoberto Mielgo BragazziCharles CloverDocumentary filmmaker Rupert Murray examines the devastating effect that overfishing has had on the world's fish populations and argues that drastic action must be taken to reverse these trends.
- DirectorRick YoungStarsMartin BakerWill BakerKen BalcombFrontline examines at the problem of water pollution in the United States. It focuses on the worsening conditions in the Puget Sound and Chesapeake Bay and looks at the threat posed by runoff from agriculture and industry.
- DirectorYann Arthus-BertrandStarsYann Arthus-BertrandGlenn CloseJacques GamblinWith aerial footage from fifty-four countries, 'Home' is a depiction of how Earth's problems are all interlinked.
- DirectorFrank GapinskiStarsGeoff LawtonGeoff Lawton takes you into the world of Permaculture and explains the basic concepts for beginners.
- StarsRebecca HoskingColin CampbellRosie BoycottWildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family's farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers that nature holds the key. With her father close to retirement, Rebecca returns to her family's wildlife-friendly farm in Devon, to become the next generation to farm the land. But last year's high fuel prices were a wake-up call for Rebecca. Realising that all food production in the UK is completely dependent on abundant cheap fossil fuel, particularly oil, she sets out to discover just how secure this oil supply is. Alarmed by the answers, she explores ways of farming without using fossil fuel. With the help of pioneering farmers and growers, Rebecca learns that it is actually nature that holds the key to farming in a low-energy future.
- DirectorLaura GabbertJustin ScheinStarsColin BeavanMichelle ConlinFollow the Manhattan-based Beavan family as they abandon their high consumption 5th Avenue lifestyle and try to live a year while making no net environmental impact.
- DirectorJacques PerrinJacques CluzaudStarsPierce BrosnanPedro Armendáriz Jr.Jacques PerrinAn ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.
- DirectorMaryam HeneinGeorge LangworthyStarsElliot PageBret AdeeDennis CardozaThis documentary takes a piercing investigative look at the economic, political and ecological implications of the worldwide disappearance of the honeybee.
- DirectorJoao G. AmorimStarsDaniel PinchbeckMaude BarlowAriane Burgess2012: Time For Change is a documentary feature that presents ways to transform our unsustainable society into a regenerative planetary culture. This can be achieved through a personal and global change of consciousness and the systemic implementation of ecological design.
- DirectorSuzan BerazaStarsJeb BerrierJared BlumenfeldMartin BourqueAn average guy makes a resolution to stop using plastic bags at the grocery store. Little does he know that this simple decision will change his life completely. He comes to the conclusion that our consumptive use of plastic has finally caught up to us, and looks at what we can do about it. Today. Right now.
- DirectorOndi TimonerStarsBjørn LomborgHashem AkbariJoe BartonA documentary that takes an alternative approach to dealing with the global warming crisis.
- DirectorCosima DannoritzerStarsRichard JonesMolly MalcolmSteve BunnThis is the story of companies who engineered their products to fail.
- DirectorManu CoemanStarsMarcio AstriniYves BergerMarie-Françoise BrizardMeat production increases every year, but many people still have no idea what's on their plate or what it has taken to get it there. "We eat meat, but killing animals doesn't really happen," says philosopher Florence Burgat. She is one of the many experts who have their say in director Manu Coeman's fierce indictment of the industrialized meat industry. LoveMEATender is packed with facts and figures, particularly in the first half, presented through clear comparisons and playful animations. The objective is to demonstrate the consequences of our excessive meat consumption: for the animals, for the earth, but also for our own bodies. Even people with very tough skin will have to swallow hard when seeing some of Coeman's shots. Chicks that are chucked down a funnel with a thud, floundering cows at a slaughterhouse, geese having food violently forced down their throats. Yet at the same time, LoveMEATender isn't a pessimistic film. Coeman's approach is hopeful, and he also shows us how things could be done differently.
- StarsPeter CoyoteWith exclusive access to BP's clean up operations, National Geographic investigates what happened to the 4.9 million barrels of oil that poured from the sea floor in one of the worst environmental disasters of all time. From the front lines of the cleanup efforts, National Geographic follows the first two months after the spill, tracking cleanup efforts as experts seek to learn the ongoing effects and BP battles the spill and the public's outcry.
- DirectorFrank GapinskiStarsGeoff LawtonGeoff Lawton takes you into the world of Permaculture Soils. Understanding how microbes work in organic soils is the key to sustainable abundance and Lawton shows you how to do it.
- DirectorTrish DolmanStarsPaul WatsonPatrick MooreRex Weyler"Eco-Pirate" tells the story of a man on a mission to save the planet and its oceans. The film follows professional radical ecologist, Captain Paul Watson as he repeatedly flouts the law, so that he may apprehend what he sees as the more serious law-breakers: the illegal poachers of the world. Using verité sequences shot aboard his ship as a framing device, the documentary examines Watson's personal history as an activist through archival footage and interviews, while revealing the impact of this relentless pursuit on his personal life. From the genesis of Greenpeace to sinking a pirate whaling ship off Portugal, and from clashes with fisherman in the Galapagos to Watson's recent headline-grabbing battles with the Japanese whaling fleet in Antarctica, the film chronicles the extraordinary life of the most controversial figure in the environmental movement; the heroics, the ego, the urgency of the world's original eco-pirate.
- DirectorMichael J. LutmanStarsMarcus EriksenAnna CumminsPlasticized is an intimate first-hand journey with the 5 Gyres Institute on the first scientific expedition looking at plastic waste across the South Atlantic Ocean. An eye-opening look at one of the institute's global missions, studying the effects, reality and scale of plastic pollution around the world.
- DirectorMathieu RoyHarold CrooksStarsRonald WrightMark LevineRobert WrightTheorists consider the evolution of human society and question the sustainability of the current paradigm.
- DirectorBeth GageGeorge GageStarsTim DeChristopherTim DeChristopher is Bidder 70, a young man who derailed an illegal BLM oil and gas auction in a courageous act of civil disobedience.
- DirectorJeff Orlowski-YangStarsJames BalogSvavar JónatanssonLouie PsihoyosFollow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers.
- DirectorRichard FitzpatrickStarsMonty HallsDan NachtrabKarl StefanovicMost of the Great Barrier Reef are island behind the corals. They have a diverse wildlife, dependent on their relatively rapid life cycle, height, arrival of 'immigrants', suitability for egg laying etc.
- DirectorSubbiah NallamuthuStarsAmerjit DeuBaghaniSubbiah NallamuthuAn unusually long-term zoological study, concerning the Indian tiger population, a key concern of conservation at the top of the natural food chain. A Bengal tigress is filmed first while she grows up in the wild, later matures, covers a hunting territory and raises the next generation, which is born and raised by her.
- StarsTimothy SpallSeals, parakeets and even pelicans that eat pigeons have all made London their home. That's as well as badgers, foxes, scorpions, and pigeons that ride the tube. But even more wonderful are the people who love the exotic wildlife of our capital, from Billingsgate fish porters to Indian Chefs to 'Crayfish Bob', who scours London's canals for Turkish invaders. This is a warm-hearted portrait of the world's greenest capital city and the Londoners who love its secret wildlife.
- StarsSteve BackshallMonterey Bay, off the south Californoan coast, has a complex ecosystem. Its waters support an exceptionally rich kelp forest, which feeds and houses many fish etcetera and gets extra nutrients because land winds causes rich sediment from the deep ocean channel to be lifted by currents. Sea urchins are the only species voracious enough, eating stems too, to destroy kelp long-term. Sea otters control urchins, except when human hunting eliminated them and thus the whole ecosystem, which returned when they did.
- StarsSteve BackshallThe Okavango Delta is the world's richest river delta, covering a vast, unusually flat plain in the Namibian desert. Most dries up until the rain from the Angolan mountains flow again. Its pattern changes constantly, due to vegetation functioning as natural dams and hippopotamus plowing numerous tiny canals.
- DirectorJosh Fox
- StarsAmita BaviskarVijay MerchantRukmini SekharThe documentary unveils the repercussions of our dependence on plastic bags, which we use and carelessly discard daily. Beyond being a significant environmental burden, these bags frequently find their way into the stomachs of street cows foraging for food in polluted neighborhoods. Unable to process such waste, these plastic bags linger in the cows' stomachs for the remainder of their lives, often leading to a painful death. The documentary also sheds light on the religious hypocrisy surrounding the Indian cult of 'sacred cows'.
- DirectorRob StewartStarsNnimmo BasseyKrystyna BednarskaAdrienne Maree BrownFilmmaker Rob Stewart advances the theory that though humans depend on the natural world for subsistence, humans are nature's greatest enemy.
- DirectorJosh FoxStarsStephen ColbertJosh FoxLiz Krueger
- DirectorGabriela CowperthwaiteStarsTilikumDave DuffusSamantha BergA documentary following the controversial captivity of killer whales, and its dangers for both humans and whales.
- DirectorWilliam Douglas McMasterStarsJitu KalitaJadav PayengArup Kumar SarmaThe story of Jadav Payeng, an Indian man who single-handedly planted nearly 1400 acres of forest to save his island, Majuli.
- StarsZoë WanamakerThree tiny orphaned jaguar cubs are trained to be wild.
- DirectorChadden HunterStarsAlexander SiddigHadi Al HikmaniMateo WillisMost of the sun-scorched peninsula is arid and almost barren, but not the coastal Dohar mountains at both sides of the Oman-Yemen border. It has a much richer wildlife, including some rare species, such as the Arabian wolf and Arabian leopard. The sea is even richer, including the only whale species which doesn't migrate to colder waters. The key are the Indian monsoons, which pull away warm water and thus cause cold to rise from the deep with abundant nutrients.
- StarsSteve BackshallAustralia's Great Barrier Reef, off Queensland's Gold Coast, is the world's largest living structure. Surprisingly rich given the relative scarceness of nutrition, it's the fruit of intricately-close and complex collaboration between many species, first-most the corals and intertwined algae which build the actual reefs on the relatively shallow oceanic bedrock, which are periodically damaged by storms but rebuild or compensated for by new colonization. Around it abound fish, crustaceans, mollusks and their predators.
- DirectorFelicity LanchesterStarsDavid AttenboroughTim BerrowAndres BifaniDavid Attenborough takes a look at the future of the world's warmest and wildest continent, which like our planet saw more change in the last half-century then ever before, and must expect even more. Problems like demography and climate change are immense, exacerbating others like poaching and habitat loss. Nevertheless he sees positive things too, like growing conservation awareness and efforts from native tribes.
- DirectorLouie PsihoyosStarsElon MuskJoel SartoreLouie PsihoyosA documentary that follows undercover activists trying to stave off a man-made mass extinction.
- DirectorGabriel DiamondStarsManoj GautamA young Nepalese man tries to protect the wildlife and habitat of his country by any means necessary.
- StarsBrad PittMorgan FreemanWilliam McDonoughA six-part series about international efforts to design and build eco-friendly structures through sustainable architecture.
- DirectorOrlando von EinsiedelStarsAndré BaumaEmmanuel de MerodeMélanie GoubyA team of brave individuals risk their lives to protect the last mountain gorillas.
- DirectorLeila ConnersStarsLeonardo DiCaprio
- DirectorSander VandenbrouckeA critical look on the situation of cyclists in the capital of Belgium.
- DirectorYann Arthus-BertrandMichael PitiotStarsJosh DuhamelSharon MannDive into our planet's greatest mysteries with a team of international underwater cinematographers as they explore the breathtaking bond between humanity and the ocean.
- StarsBernice NotenboomBernice Notenboom travels around the world from the Greenland ice-sheet to Africa, The Himalayas, The High Arctic, Oceania and The Amazon Rainforest.
- DirectorAnuschka SchofieldStarsAlexander SiddigSteffen BachKatie LeeSince the discovery of its fossil fuel wealth, the Arabian peninsula has rapidly developed in many ways. That includes the now many rich Arabs' rapport to wildlife as well as domesticated animals, such as camel races with robot jockeys and falcon's hunting training with remote-control airplane)drawn lures. Marine wildlife is exceptionally rich, despite Saddam's Gulf war petrol well arson. Despite clever technology use and respect for nature, population growth, energy and water use well above world average constitute major ecological dangers.
- 2012– 41mTV-PG9.1 (19)TV EpisodeStarsDominic MonaghanIn the season finale, Dominic travels deep into the wilds of Thailand, searching for one of the most unique and endangered primates on the planet, the Slow Loris, the world's only venomous primate. It's a nocturnal, tree dwelling creature with enormous eyes that can see in the dark, and has one of the sweetest faces on the planet... but don't let that fool you.
- DirectorLeila ConnersStarsLeonardo DiCaprio
- DirectorLeila ConnersStarsLeonardo DiCaprio
- DirectorLouis FoxStarsAnnie LeonardHow 'Manufactured Demand' pushes what we don't need and destroys what we need most.
- DirectorLouis FoxStarsAnnie LeonardThe ugly truth of 'toxics in, toxics out'.
- StarsCharlie Hamilton-JamesWildlife cameraman Charlie Hamilton James has spent $10,000 on 100 acres of Peruvian rainforest, without even looking at it first. Situated at the end of a road, he hopes it is a strategic purchase, which will stop loggers illegally entering the Manu National Park and cutting down trees. But when he gets there, he quickly realises things are not quite so simple.
- DirectorLiesbeth De CeulaerStarsManah DepauwBehind the Redwood Curtain takes us on a mesmerizing journey through the dark and eerie Redwood forest. Seven forest dwellers - loggers, scientists, activists and Native Americans - invite us to discover their part of these impressive woods. There are no Walmarts and Starbucks here, just small towns and big trees. The ancient Redwoods have always kept the region isolated but now that excessive logging is encroaching, the survival of this unique habitat is under threat. Liesbeth De Ceulaer tells a compelling story about the relationship between man and his natural environment in which she entwines her own impressions of the forest with the beliefs, dreams and fears of the forest inhabitants.
- StarsGeorge McGavinSteve BackshallGordon BuchananA team of scientists search for new species of insects and animals to a island just north of Australia. This is a place where no one has been to known as the lost land, while on the their searches they enter a cave and witness a live volcanic eruption. A must see documentary.
- StarsSteve BackshallSteve's team investigates the Western wildlife in the Grandy Canyon, which was remarkably better helped by the reintroduction of the wolf then zoologists dared hope. Interaction with other predators proved minor. Although other prey species, like buffalo herds, are affected, the key are deer, whose unchecked grazing can undo the wood-/grass-land balance unless hunting wolves keep them in check.
- StarsSteve BackshallSteve's team investigates his native Scotland's Highlands, a harsh, sparsely populated region, richer in wilder wildlife then most of Britain, last retreat for many species adapted to ice age conditions, while the same climate even allows thriving cities elsewhere. Key species i the forest parts are giant firs. The forest rivals with the poorer moor parts, in a complex relationship over geological/climatic time and human intervention.
- StarsSteve BackshallArtheropods aren't just the most numerous animals and omnipresent, they are also vital parts of most biotopes. Many are at the basis of food chains like tiny krill, which eats phytoplankton and is eaten by fish and whales. Many are specialized in recycling, like dun beetles and various scavengers. Some transform their environments even at landscape level, link ant and termite colonies. Other regulate bug populations, like spiders. Most important for plant life are pollinators, like bees and butterflies.
- DirectorJeni KendallStarsDudley LeggettHugh NicholsonNan NicholsonA comprehensive insight into the inspiring mass eco-blockade in Australia's Terania Creek Forest in 1979. Conservationists' efforts to save this primeval forest from deforestation.
- DirectorChristopher ManesStarsEdward AbbeyRick BailyDarryl CherneyThe film delves into the theory and practice of Earth First-networks of radical environmental groups employing direct action tactics.
- DirectorTom JacksonStarsBen CohenKert DaviesBrenda EkwurzelThe documentary highlights the influence that major corporations, including ExxonMobil, wield over individual countries' governments, media, and citizens, and examines their connections to global warming. As the adverse effects of the unsustainable surge in fossil fuel use continue to destabilize the climate, ExxonMobil escalates production and global influence to maximize profits, disregarding climate science and long-term statistical trends.
- DirectorDavid NovackStarsMaria GunnoeBill RaneyRocky HackworthBurning the Future: Coal in America examines the explosive forces that have set in motion a groundswell of conflict between the Coal Industry and residents of West Virginia. Confronted by an emerging coal-based US energy policy, local activists watch the nation praise coal without regard to the devastation caused by its extraction. Faced with toxic ground water, the obliteration of 1.4 million acres of mountains, and a government that appeases industry, our heroes demonstrate a strength of purpose and character in their improbable fight to arouse the nation's help in protecting their mountains, saving their families, and preserving their way of life.
- DirectorDon McCorkellStarsJoanne BurkholderLarry CahoonParris N. GlendeningThis heart-stopping documentary exposes a huge health and environmental scandal in our modern industrial system of meat and poultry production. Some scientists have gone so far as to condemn current factory farms as Mini Chernobyls. In the U.S. and elsewhere, the meat and poultry industry is dominated by dangerous uses of arsenic, antibiotics, growth hormones and by the dumping of massive amounts of sewage in fragile waterways and environments. The film documents the vast catastrophic impact their practices have on the environment and public health, as well as the individual lives damaged and destroyed.
- DirectorChris CresciBen MullinkossonSam Price-WaldmanIn the midst of California's coastal redwood region, Green Diamond Resource Company continues to clearcut redwood forests, devastating habitats and leaving scars across the land. Farmer, a direct action environmental activist in his late 20s, decides to tree-sit in the McKay Tract -- a 60-acre grove of ancient redwoods that is home to spotted owls, deer, flying squirrels, and countless other life forms. AMONG GIANTS begins three years into the McKay tree-sit. On his tiny platform a hundred feet up in the ancient redwood canopy, Farmer must battle the elements and avoid isolation as he fights for a sustainable future. The film uses a verite style that reflects the pace of life in the tree village and shows the forest from Farmer's perspective. As Farmer outlasts a vicious storm, counts the rings on a felled tree, and trumps through a recent clear cut, the film questions what it means to make personal sacrifices for a larger cause, and how a single person can affect real change in the world.