DCEFF 2020

Okavango: River of Dreams

Beverly Joubert Dereck Joubert

<p>The Okavango River, one of Earth&#39;s most remarkable waterways, embarks on a 1,500-kilometer journey from Angola&#39;s highlands through Namibia and into Botswana, where it forms an expansive delta before vanishing into the Kalahari Desert. This inland delta creates a lush oasis that sustains a rich tapestry of life. The documentary delves into the intricate relationships between the river&#39;s seasonal rhythms and the survival of its diverse inhabitants, from majestic elephants and stealthy leopards to resilient lion prides and vibrant bird species. Through stunning visuals and insightful narration, the film captures the essence of this unique ecosystem and the challenges faced by its wildlife.</p>

Sea of Shadows (2019)

Richard Ladkani

<p>A looming disaster in one of the most spectacular environments on Earth sparks a rescue mission unlike any other in SEA OF SHADOWS, a riveting new documentary with the intensity of a Hollywood thriller from National Geographic Documentary Films and winner of the Sundance audience award. When Mexican drug cartels and Chinese traffickers join forces to poach the rare totoaba fish in the Sea of Cortez, their deadly methods threaten to destroy virtually all marine life in the region, including the most elusive and endangered whale species on Earth, the vaquita porpoise. SEA OF SHADOWS follows a team of dedicated scientists, high-tech conservationists, investigative journalists and courageous undercover agents as well as the Mexican Navy as they put their lives on the line to save the last remaining vaquitas and bring the vicious international crime syndicate to justice.</p>

Uniontown (2019)

Fraser Jones

<p>In the midst of a high-stakes local election, a group of grassroots activists in rural Alabama band together to take on big industry and complacent politicians.</p>

Jane Goodall: The Hope

Elizabeth Leiter Kim Woodard

<p>Timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of Dr. Goodall&#39;s groundbreaking work in Gombe, &quot;Jane Goodall: The Hope&quot; delves into her transformation from a young researcher to a leading figure in wildlife conservation. The documentary highlights her advocacy for chimpanzees, the establishment of the Jane Goodall Institute, and the Roots &amp; Shoots youth program, showcasing her enduring dedication to inspiring global action for environmental preservation.</p>

ANBESSA

Mo Scarpelli

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Ten-year-old Asalif and his mother have been displaced from their Ethiopian farmland by the construction of a condominium. Now living on the divide between a new and ancient world, they are reminded that their country&rsquo;s big dream of &ldquo;progress&rdquo; is not for them. Land developers come knocking and Asalif feels his mother&rsquo;s fear of further displacement. On the other side, ferocious hyenas lurk in a dark forest and local farmers speak their lore. To fight back against all that threatens his family, Asalif transforms into a lion (&ldquo;anbessa&rdquo; in Amharic). His newfound power takes him to places he never imagined inside and out of the condo until finally, Asalif must shed the lion persona and find the strength that resides in him as a boy, in order to deal with the tides of change and violence that are usurping his family, his country, and his own identity.&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">A stunning observational work, ANBESSA vibrantly mirrors its subject&rsquo;s imagination with a creative approach to non-fiction filmmaking. The film is an urgent and caring portrait of those cast aside by the processes of modernization.</span></span></p>

Artifishal (2019)

Josh Murphy

<p>Artifishal is a film about people, rivers, and the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them. It explores wild salmon&rsquo;s slide toward extinction, threats posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms, and our continued loss of faith in nature.</p>

Barefoot: The Mark Baumer Story

Julie Sokolow

<p>BAREFOOT is a portrait of Mark Baumer, a writer and activist who walked barefoot for over 100 days to protest climate change. In a voice The New Yorker praised as &quot;reminiscent of Andy Kaufman&quot;, Baumer narrates his walk in self-recorded videos, sharing his offbeat take on life and how we all can make a difference.</p>

Breaking Their Silence: Women on the Frontline of the Poaching War

Kerry David

<p>This documentary offers an in-depth exploration of the emotional and physical toll that poaching and wildlife crime impose on women who are actively fighting on the front lines. Filmmaker Kerry David and her team journey from the United States to various regions in Africa and Asia, shedding light on the inspiring stories of women who, with unwavering determination, confront and surmount seemingly insurmountable odds to safeguard endangered wildlife.</p>

Collodion: The Process of Preservation

Eric Overton

<p>The lens of photographer and physician Eric Overton captures a fearless and uncommonly vulnerable self-portrait of American wilderness, our relationship to each other, and the possibility that nature itself may be all we need to find common ground. Following a series of conversations and interviews, the film asks, &ldquo;What happens when all we are left with is a photograph?&rdquo; It is a reminder of the fragility of art, of nature, and the need to ask ourselves questions. Collodion ends as Overton&rsquo;s son begins to photograph landscapes with an innate sense of wonder and exploration. This is where self-discovery becomes legacy. It is a transformation not of political achievements, or battles won (though they must be fought), but an achievement of what wilderness offers so effortlessly: simplicity, connection, curiosity, and presence.</p>

The Condor & The Eagle (2019)

Clement Guerra Sophie Guerra

<p>Four Indigenous environmental leaders embark on a transcontinental journey from Canada to the Amazon, uniting North and South American communities in the fight for climate justice. Along the way, they experience a spiritual awakening and strengthen their resistance to colonialism and environmental exploitation.</p>

L'Eau Est La Vie: From Standing Rock to the Swamp

Sam Vinal

<p>On the banks of Louisiana, fierce Indigenous women are ready to fight&mdash;to stop the corporate blacksnake and preserve their way of life. They are risking everything to protect Mother Earth from the predatory fossil fuel companies that seek to poison it.</p>

La cordillera de los sueños (The Cordillera of Dreams)

Patricio Guzmán

<p>Winner of the Best Documentary award at the Cannes Film Festival, master filmmaker Patricio Guzm&aacute;n&#39;s&nbsp;<em>The Cordillera of Dreams</em>&nbsp;completes his trilogy (with&nbsp;<em>Nostalgia for the Light</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The Pearl Button</em>) investigating the relationship between historical memory, political trauma, and geography in his native country of Chile. It centers on the imposing landscape of the Andes that run the length of the country&rsquo;s Eastern border. At once protective and isolating, magisterial and indifferent, the Cordillera serves as an enigmatic focal point around which Guzm&aacute;n contemplates the enduring legacy of the 1973 military coup d&rsquo;&eacute;tat.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Current Sea

Christopher Smith

<p>A feature-length, environmental thriller that follows investigative journalist, Matt Blomberg, and ocean activist, Paul Ferber, in their dangerous efforts to create a marine conservation area and combat the relentless tide of illegal fishing. Along the way a new generation of Cambodian environmentalists are inspired to create a better life for their people.</p>

Dark Waters (2019)

Todd Haynes

<p>Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney (Mark Ruffalo) uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world&#39;s largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything&mdash;his future, his family, and his own life&mdash;to expose the truth. Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins and Bill Pullman also star in this gripping thriller.</p>

Deer 139 (2019)

Jayme Dittmar Morgan Heim

<p>Three bold women test their endurance and wits as they brave the formidable, migratory journey of a pregnant, scrawny doe.</p>

Dinosaurs of Antarctica

David Clark

<p>From the Permian through the Jurassic, journey to the south polar landscapes of Antarctica hundreds of millions of years ago. Roam the primitive forest and thick swamps with bizarre dinosaurs and colossal amphibians. Enter a surreal world of bug-eyed giants and egg-laying mammals &mdash; where survival means enduring the sunless, six-month polar winter surrounded by meat-eaters with night vision. Join intrepid Antarctic scientists on a quest to understand the ice continent&rsquo;s profound transformation &mdash; and to predict the future as humans drive dramatic change.</p>

Dispatches from the Gulf 3: Ten Years after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Marilyn Weiner Hal Weiner

<p>Has the Gulf of Mexico recovered from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill? As the tenth anniversary of the disaster approaches, this question is regularly posed. An international team of scientists has spent nearly that long studying its environmental impact on humans, wildlife, and the ecosystem. They provide assessments of the current state of the Gulf, but lingering questions are challenging their ability to predict the long-term impacts.</p>

The Dolphins of Barataria Bay

Hal Weiner Marilyn Weiner

<p>The salt marshes and mangroves of Louisiana&rsquo;s Barataria Bay are fertile nesting grounds and nurseries for birds and fish. Despite being hit hard by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout, these waters teem with hundreds of species of marine animals. The bay is also the permanent home for 1,300 bottlenose dolphins. Unfortunately, they are still suffering health effects from the oil spill. A team of veterinarians, biologists, and wildlife epidemiologists participate in a 10-day mission to evaluate this dolphin community. Their goal is to discover any chronic health issues linked to oil exposure.</p>

The Dog Doc

Cindy Meehl

<p>Called a maverick, a miracle-worker, and a quack, Dr. Marty Goldstein is a pioneer of integrative veterinary medicine. By holistically treating animals after other vets have given up, Goldstein provides a last hope for pet owners with nothing left to lose.</p>

春江水暖 (Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains)

Gu Xiaogang

<p>A feature film shot over the course of two years intended to capture the changing of the seasons along the river in a town in the Fuyang district of Hangzhou city.</p>

Earth (2019)

Nikolaus Geyrhalter

<p>Several billion tons of earth are moved annually by humans &ndash; with shovels, excavators or dynamite. Nikolaus Geyrhalter observes people, in mines, quarries and at large construction sites, engaged in a constant struggle to take possession of the planet.</p>

Etched in Bone (2018)

Martin Thomas Béatrice Bijon

<p>Jacob Nayinggul, an Aboriginal elder from Arnhem Land in northern Australia, knows that bones of his ancestors were stolen by scientists in 1948. For 60 years they were held by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., as part of a large collection of human anatomy. When the Smithsonian finally agrees to repatriate the bones, Nayinggul creates a new form of ceremony. Wrapped in paperbark, the stolen bones&mdash;and with them the ancestors&rsquo; spirits&mdash;are welcomed home and put to sleep in the land where they were born.</p>

The Falconer

Annie Kaempfer

<p>An intimate portrait of master falconer Rodney Stotts and his mission to build a bird sanctuary to provide access to nature for his stressed community. The film weaves Rodney&#39;s present-day mission with the story of his past, and examines their roots in social and environmental injustice. The Falconer is a story of second chances: for injured birds of prey; for an abandoned plot of land; for a group of teenagers who have dropped out of high school; and for Rodney himself.</p>

Fantastic Fungi

Louis Schwartzberg

<p>Fantastic Fungi is a descriptive time-lapse journey about the magical, mysterious and medicinal world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth that began 3.5 billion years ago.</p>

Flint (2020)

Anthony Baxter

<p>Filmed over 5 years by director Anthony Baxter, FLINT is the gripping story of largest water poisoning disaster in American history, as seen through the eyes of the people of Flint, Michigan, whose health and lives have been shattered. It exposes the power battles and political failures that leave the people of Flint - a majority of whom are African-American - still drinking contaminated water rejected by the local General Motors car factory because it corrodes car parts. For a world coming to grips with issues racial injustice and a lack of trust in government and science, FLINT is a devastating and timely warning about what happens when that trust completely breaks down.</p>

Generation Green New Deal

Sam Eilertsen

<p>For decades, the American political system has seemed incapable of taking on climate change at the scale necessary to address the growing crisis. In November 2018 the youth-led organization Sunrise Movement and the youngest Congresswoman-elect in history, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez occupied Nancy Pelosi&rsquo;s office. Their demand: a &ldquo;Green New Deal&rdquo;. It set off a firestorm, birthing both an ascendent political movement and intense opposition. Generation Green New Deal looks at the revolutionary political idea and the people behind it, featuring Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, Varshini Prakash, Rhiana Gunn-Wright, David Wallace-Wells, Abdul El-Sayed and more.</p>

The Game Changers (2019)

Louie Psihoyos

<p>A UFC fighter&#39;s world is turned upside down when he discovers an elite group of world-renowned athletes and scientists who prove that everything he had been taught about protein was a lie.</p>

The Great Green Wall

Jared P. Scott

<p>Executive Producer Fernando Meirelles (Academy Award-Nominated Director of City of God &amp; The Constant Gardener) and Malian musician Inna Modja take us on an epic journey along Africa&#39;s Great Green Wall &mdash; an ambitious vision to grow an 8,000km &#39;wall&rsquo; of trees stretching across the entire continent to fight back against runaway climate change, increasing conflict and mass migration.</p>

Haida Modern: The Art and Activism of Robert Davidson

Charles Wilkinson

<p>Director Charles Wilkinson&#39;s evocative documentary beautifully explores how the artist Robert Davidson brought Haida culture back to its people.</p>

The Hidden Kingdoms of China

Patrick Morris Ben Wallis Emma Fraser Jess Tombs

<p>From its highest mountains and plateaus, to its thickest jungles and bamboo forests, &quot;The Hidden Kingdoms of China&quot; will reveal the wild side to China that few knew existed.</p>

Honeyland

Tamara Kotevska Ljubomir Stefanov

<p>A woman utilises ancient beekeeping traditions to cultivate honey in the mountains of North Macedonia. When a neighbouring family tries to do the same, it becomes a source of tension as they disregard her wisdom and advice.</p>

The Hottest August (2019)

Brett Story

<p>Ordinary people in New York are asked to talk about their lives and their hopes for the future in a time marked by political division and climate change.</p>

Inland Sea (Minatomachi)

Kazuhiro Soda

<p>Forsaken by the era of modernization of post-war Japan, Ushimado, a town so beloved by film director Shohei Imamura that he set two of his films there (&quot;Black Rain&quot;, &quot;Dr. Akagi&quot;), is rapidly aging and declining. Its rich, ancient culture and the tight-knit community are also on the verge of disappearing. Portrayed in black and white photography, this latest observational documentary by Kazuhiro Soda (&quot;Campaign&quot;, &quot;Mental&quot;, &quot;Oyster Factory&quot;) poetically depicts the twilight days of a village and its people by the dreamlike Inland Sea.</p>

Kifaru (2019)

David Hambridge

<p>KIFARU is a feature documentary that journeys beyond the global headlines that have accumulated around &#39;Sudan,&#39; the last male northern white rhino in existence, and explores the painful emptiness of extinction through the eyes of Sudan&#39;s three primary caregivers. Teetering on borrowed time and with his health in decline, Sudan&#39;s looming death and the uncertainty of employment that it will bring hangs over the heads of our three dynamic characters. Their only hope to save the species that they love - and perhaps their livelihood - rests fully in the success of a last resort IVF experiment.</p>

Last Call For The Bayou

Dominic Gill

<p>Louisiana&rsquo;s delta is a veritable bounty of rich estuarine life, supporting a robust commercial fishing industry, fertile oil fields, millions of migrating waterfowl, and at the heart of it all the mighty Mississippi &mdash; a navigation channel that allows the passage of goods worldwide. It is not an overstatement to say that it is the cradle of our economy and it is for that reason that the erosion of Louisiana&rsquo;s wetlands is one of the greatest environmental threats the US faces today. Every hour a chunk the size of a football field is lost. Each year 25 square miles of land is gone forever, and without a mitigation strategy the marine economy, oil and gas, and even the citizens of New Orleans will be seeking refuge elsewhere in 50 years or so.</p>

Last Wild Places (2020)

Vanessa Serrao

<p>Through stunning National Geographic imagery and intimate character studies, Last Wild Places brings you hopeful stories of conservation from around the world. In Malawi, Montana, Mozambique, and Argentina ambitious rewilding and landscape restoration efforts spur the revival of both the ecosystem and local culture. This film showcases the spectacular places and inspiring people at the heart of large-landscape conservation in the 21st century.</p>

LIGO

Les Guthman

<p>The thrilling inside story of the discovery that topped NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC&#39;s list of &ldquo;The top 20 Scientific Discoveries of the Decade&quot; -- the discovery of gravitational waves from deep space, 2015-2017. Two discoveries two years apart, first the detection of two colliding black holes and then that of two crashing neutron stars and their spectacular light show revolutionized our understanding of the universe, opening up the 95% of the universe that had been dark to our existing observatories and space telescopes. It is the violent &quot;warped side&quot; of the universe predicted by Einstein -- but never seen until now. Brian Greene, the theoretical physicist and best-selling author, said, &quot;This discovery is the kind of achievement that happens only a few times a century.&quot;</p> <p>Director Les Guthman witnessed and filmed this dramatic and emotional peak in the lives of the 1,000 scientists around the world who risked their careers on a 40-year, $1 billion search for these exquisite messengers from the warped side. The discovery earned the film&#39;s three principal characters, including Kip Thorne, also the creator of the film &quot;INTERSTELLAR,&quot; an immediate 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics.</p> <p>The documentary begins as Guthman did, arriving innocently at the LIGO Louisiana observatory in September 2015 and then almost immediately being swept up in one of the great human experiences, in science or otherwise.</p>

Mossville: When Great Trees Fall

Alexander Glustrom

<p>As a centuries-old black community, contaminated and uprooted by petrochemical plants, comes to terms with the loss of its ancestral home, one man standing in the way of a plant&#39;s expansion refuses to give up.</p>

Museum Town (2019)

Jennifer Trainer

<p>A rural American town suffering economically from factory closures finds an unconventional route to recovery with the help of MASS MoCA.</p>

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

Werner Herzog

<p>When Bruce Chatwin was dying of AIDS, his friend Werner Herzog made a final visit. As a parting gift, Chatwin gave him his rucksack. Thirty years later, Herzog sets out on his own journey, inspired by Chatwin&#39;s passion for the nomadic life.</p>

Nomads

Emiliano Ruprah

<p>Nomads follows some of the world&rsquo;s most charismatic animals as they travel to and from Mexico across the span of a year. Using unprecedented access to some of the country&rsquo;s most protected sights, the film explores the relationship between family members as they battle to survive. Mixing moments of exquisite intimacy with fast-paced action sequences Nomads captures the epic scope of Mexico&rsquo;s wildlife while it seeks to explain one of the most important themes of our era: migration.</p>

Nostalgia for Light

Patricio Guzmán

<p>In Chile&#39;s Atacama Desert, widows search for the bones of loved ones, left by Pinochet&#39;s atrocities.</p>

Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy

Elizabeth Carroll

<p>A journey where the viewer can see Werner Herzog&#39;s creative and personal vision which was shared with iconic travel writer Bruce Chatwin, the prolific author of &#39;In Patagonia&#39; and a champion of the nomadic life.</p>

Our Gorongosa - A Park for the People

James Byrne

<p>Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique has become one of Africa&rsquo;s most celebrated wildlife restoration stories. After a decade of renewed protection, Gorongosa&rsquo;s large mammal population has increased 10-fold to over 100,000 animals. But the Park must also find a way to co-exist with the 200,000 people living in surrounding communities.</p> <p>Dominique Gon&ccedil;alves, a young African elephant ecologist shares the inspiring story of how Gorongosa is becoming a new model for wildlife conservation and community development. By bringing large-scale, long-term health care, agriculture support, and girls&rsquo; education to surrounding communities, Gorongosa is redefining the identity and purpose of this national park.</p>

Our Oceans: A Journey of Discovery

Charlie Luckock

<p>Our Oceans are in a state of crisis, and we&rsquo;re the ones responsible for it. A team of scientists, divers and photographers set out on a journey of discovery along one of the longest, and richest, coastlines in the world. Along the way they unveil three incredible natural events to the world, whilst highlighting the impending threats, and all the while promoting the protection of our oceans.</p>

Pariah Dog (2019)

Jesse Alk

<p>A kaleidoscopic portrait of the city of Kolkata, India, seen through the prism of four outsiders and the neglected street dogs they love.</p>

The Pearl Button

Patricio Guzmán

<p>Delving into the nearly-religious significance of water, this profound rumination on memory and loss bridges the gap between its mystical origins, Pinochet&#39;s coup d&#39;&eacute;tat, and the secret of a mother-of-pearl button at the bottom of the sea.</p>

The Plastic Problem (2019)

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<p>By 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans. PBS NewsHour takes a closer look at how it&rsquo;s impacting the world and ways we can break our plastic addiction.</p>

The Pollinators (2018)

Peter Nelson

<p>A cinematic journey around the United States following migratory beekeepers and their truckloads of honey bees as they pollinate the flowers that become the fruits, nuts and vegetables we all eat.</p>

Rebuilding Paradise (2020)

Ron Howard

<p>The community of Paradise, California, a town in the Sierra Nevada foothills, attempts to rebuild after devastating wildfires in 2018.</p>

A Reindeer's Journey (2018)

Guillaume Maidatchevsky

<p>Vulnerable newborn reindeer Ailo must overcome the challenges that stand in the way of his first year of life in the stunning landscapes of Lapland.</p>

The Seer and the Unseen (2019)

Sara Dosa

<p>A magic realist fable about invisible elves, financial collapse and the surprising power of belief, told through the story of an Icelandic grandmother who speaks on behalf of nature under threat</p>

The Serengeti Rules

Nicolas Brown

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:#000000">Exploring some of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth, five pioneering scientists make surprising discoveries that flip our understanding of nature on its head and offer new hope for restoring our world.</span></span></span></p>

Sheep Hero (2019)

Ton van Zantvoort

<p>A traditional shepherd is forced to innovate in a neo-liberal world that conflicts with his idealistic views. Shepherd Stijn has chosen to live as a free man, supporting his family in an honest and sustainable way. Or so he thought. But modern neoliberal life has its demands and grinds him down bit by bit. What is left of his freedom, when he&#39;s constantly fighting to protect it? Is there a solution?</p>

The Story of Plastic

Deia Schlosberg

<p>Depicting a world rapidly becoming overrun with toxic material, THE STORY OF PLASTIC brings into focus an alarming, man-made crisis. Striking footage, original animations, and archival material combine in this timely documentary to point to the disastrous impact of the manufacture and use of plastics, shedding new light on a pressing global challenge that threatens the life expectancy of animals, humans, and Earth itself.</p>

Stuffed (2018)

Erin Derham

<p>Through the eyes and hands of acclaimed artists worldwide, &quot;Stuffed&quot; explores the diverse subculture of taxidermy, where practitioners must be both scientists and sculptors. The documentary highlights how these individuals see life where others perceive only death, using their art to foster a deeper connection to nature and promote conservation.</p>

Sustainable Islands (2019)

Eef de Graaf

<p>The Dutch Wadden Islands and the islands of the Dutch Delta in Zeeland are regarded internationally as pioneer regions for the transition to a more sustainable, zero-emissions future. These islands have launched a number of large-scale projects to realize their ambitions. This film follows several idealists from different walks of life on their long and winding road towards their dreams of &ldquo;sustainability.&rdquo;</p>

Swarm Season

Sarah Christman

<p>In the shadow of Hawaii&rsquo;s Mauna Kea volcano, a young girl, Manu, and her mother lovingly breed a colony of bees. Meanwhile, as Manu&rsquo;s activist father protests the construction of a giant telescope on the mountain&rsquo;s sacred ground, a group of scientists study the landscape in preparation for our inevitable relocation to Mars. Ambitiously linking the earthbound and the cosmic, the intimate and the expansive, director Sarah Christman tracks these existentially fraught narratives with an acute attention to time, scale, and historical consequence. As her monumental images gather force, &quot;Swarm Season&quot; takes on a potent allegorical dimension.</p>

A Taste of Sky (2019)

Michael Y. Lei

<p>Danish culinary entrepreneur and Noma co-founder Claus Meyer has kickstarted a gastronomic revolution in Bolivia&rsquo;s capital of La Paz with the opening of Gustu, a fine-dining restaurant and cooking school for the country&rsquo;s impoverished youth. Kenzo, a hunter raised in the Bolivian Amazon, and Maria Claudia, a native of the Andean altiplano, have resettled in La Paz in order to pursue a career in the culinary arts. Under the tutelage of Meyer, these young Bolivians are working towards a better future as they attempt to establish their country as the world&rsquo;s next great culinary destination.</p>

Under Thin Ice (2019)

Denis Blaquière

<p>This film chronicles an extraordinary expedition undertaken by Canadian extreme divers and cinematographers Jill Heinerth and Mario Cyr. In Tallurutiup Imanga, also known as Lancaster Sound in Nunavut, Canada, they dive with belugas and narwhals in the open Arctic Ocean. They venture to Greenland&rsquo;s Disko Bay to explore the underside of icebergs and to discover the luminescent world of algae. Back to Canada in the Naujaat region, they swim with walruses and polar bears, the supreme predators of the Arctic. Filmed in stunning 4K, Under Thin Ice brings viewers into an awe-inspiring underwater world threatened by melting ice and rapid climate change.</p>

Watson (2019)

Lesley Chilcott

<p>Co-founder of Greenpeace and founder of Sea Shepherd, Captain Paul Watson has spent 40 years fighting to end the destruction of the ocean&#39;s wildlife and its habitat.</p>

The Weight of Water (2019)

Michael Brown

<p>The Weight of Water is the story of a blind adventurer taking on an absurdly improbable challenge, kayaking the Grand Canyon. He desires the elusive state of being that so many of us seek, to be engaged in the present moment.</p>

The Wild (2019)

Mark Titus

<p>Newly into addiction recovery, an urgent threat emerges to spur filmmaker, Mark Titus back to the Alaskan wilderness - where the people of Bristol Bay and the world&rsquo;s last intact wild salmon runs face devastation if a massive copper mine is constructed.</p>

The Wind. A Documentary Thriller

Michal Bielawski

<p>There is a place where emotions burst out several times a year and the life of the local community is changed forever. The halny wind comes in cycles, in every spring and autumn. One never knows if or when it turns into a destructive gale. Halny particularly affects the inhabitants of Zakopane and its area, changing picturesque mountain trails into a set for an untamed performance of a human struggle against destructive forces of nature.</p>

Wine Calling (2018)

Bruno Sauvard

<p>While there are more than 3,000 wine growers in France, less than 3 percent of them are working in bio, biodynamic or natural methods of wine production. WINE CALLING showcases some of the most exciting new French wine makers, leaders of a rising global movement calling for superior taste and sustainability.</p>

Youth Unstoppable (2021)

Slater Jewell-Kemker

<p>Interviews with young, passionate activists looking to save the planet. Filmed over ten years from all parts of the world.</p>

The Climate Limbo (2019)

Francesco Ferri Paolo Caselli Elena Brunello

<p>The Climate Limbo explores how climate change impacts migrations and fuels poverty and wars. By 2050, climate-change related disasters could displace up to 250 million people. A journey led by the voices of scientists, climate refugees, and Mediterranean farmers who shed light on how their lives have been affected by the change of climate.</p>

We Will Stay (2020)

Francisco Campos-Lopez

<p>Tangier Island, located in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, has been shrinking because of climate change. Cameron Evans, a young local photographer and crab man, is completely set on a mission to document the life of the island to be remembered for the future and to create awareness about rising sea levels and climate change.</p>

80° North

Brandon Holmes

<p>A group of international artists explore the Arctic island chain of Svalbard. Set against dramatic natural backdrops, the artists share their hopes, fears, and insights on encountering an environment undergoing radical change.</p>

Into the Dark (2019)

Michael O. Snyder

<p>Battling subzero temperatures and forty-foot seas, a team of scientists embark on a perilous winter expedition into the darkest regions of the Arctic. Their mission: to understand how trace amounts of light may be radically altering the mysterious world of the polar night. What they discover has implications for the global climate and the future of the Arctic.</p>

The Heartbeat (2020)

Danny Schmidt

<p>In Alaska&rsquo;s Kenai Peninsula, salmon is culturally and economically significant. The Heartbeat tells the story of how the landscape is connected to salmon and salmon connected to people. Produced by Smithsonian Global.</p>

Perempuan (2018)

Katie Bryden

<p>All people, regardless of gender, should enjoy the same rights, resources, opportunities, and protections. Meet the women who are standing up for their right to protect the ocean in Conservation International&rsquo;s original video Perempuan. Produced by Conservation International.</p>

Women on a Mission, Technology Meets Tradition

Katie Bryden

<p>A young Indigenous woman sets out to document the traditional knowledge of the older women in her community &mdash; helping revive nearly forgotten customs as they work to restore their forest after decades of destruction.</p>

Protecting the Birds of Black River Gorges

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<p>The Mauritius kestrel and the echo parakeet were two of the rarest birds in the world, but after decades of conservation efforts, they&rsquo;re now making a comeback: just a few surviving individuals have turned into hundreds. And while these birds are only found in Black River Gorges National Park in Mauritius, the dedicated efforts to bring them back from the brink is a hopeful example for the world, showing us that it&rsquo;s never too late to act. Produced by National Geographic.</p>

Saving the Javan Rhino of Ujung Kulon

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<p>The Javan rhino is the rarest rhino in the world, and it takes a dedicated and coordinated effort to ensure the survival of this elusive and majestic species. But the task is much more than a day job. Rangers and local community members spend weeks at a time in the forest, patrolling, monitoring, and protecting the rhinos&rsquo; remaining habitat in Ujung Kulon National Park, Indonesia. Produced by Conservation International.</p>

Stories from the Blue: Million Waves Project

Shannon Shikles

<p>&ldquo;What if doing something was better than doing nothing?&rdquo; That&rsquo;s the question that sparked the Million Waves Project, which works with Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary to turn marine debris into 3D-printed prosthetic limbs. Watch our Stories from the Blue to hear how the project is making a difference for people and the oceans. Produced by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</p>

Homecoming: Journey to Limuw

Nick Zachar

<p>Each year the Chumash people take an annual journey back to their historical village site on Limuw, now present day Santa Cruz Island. Come along as we see, hear, and feel each pull of their paddles, symbolic of how the Chumash people are keeping their traditions alive. Produced by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</p>

Spawning Hope (2019)

Roshan Patel

<p>Coral reefs support one-quarter of all ocean life, help feed millions of people, and protect homes and cities. Yet, they are threatened by the global effects of climate change. As oceans warm and become more acidic, corals may not be able to adapt fast enough to survive. If reefs disappear, the entire world would feel the impact. Smithsonian scientists have spent years studying coral reefs and thinking creatively about how to save them. Follow them into the field to see why their work is bringing new hope to the future of coral conservation and restoration.</p>

Uncle Elephant (2019)

Jon Bougher

<p>When he was young, Tuy Sereivathana (Program Director, Wild Earth Allies) dreamed of working in the forest. Today, his dream is realized in Cambodia&rsquo;s Prey Lang Forest, where Vathana conserves Asian elephants in collaboration with government partners and the Indigenous Kuy community.</p>

Mad World (2019)

Beverly Joubert Dereck Joubert Candice Odgers

<p>This public service announcement explores humanity&rsquo;s relationship with Earth, overlaying protest art with iconic footage.</p>

Bang Bang (2019)

Beverly Joubert Dereck Joubert Candice Odgers

<p>This PSA juxtaposes a sixties pop song and haunting images of elephants.</p>

Eyes in the Forest

Ryan Ffrench

<p>The Amazon was the first victim of the peace process in Colombia. Since the demobilization of the FARC guerilla group in 2017, deforestation rates have spiked by more than 40 percent as illegal loggers exploit the power vacuum left behind by the rebels. Today the country is losing approximately 32 soccer fields of virgin forest every hour. Eyes in the Forest follows an expedition into these contested territories with Ang&eacute;lica Diaz-Pulido, a camera trap expert from Instituto Humboldt, and Jorge Ahumada, director of Wildlife Insights, a revolutionary new platform for analyzing camera-trap data. Ang&eacute;lica and the Wildlife Insights team are racing against the dark forces behind Colombia&rsquo;s deforestation to understand and protect the country&rsquo;s incredible biodiversity &mdash; before it is too late.</p>

March of the Newts

David Herasimtschuk

<p>Follow one of the forest&rsquo;s funkiest creatures into a gathering of amphibious affection&hellip; and learn how you can help protect these sensitive animals from an emerging disease.</p>

Forgotten but Not Gone: The Pacific Fisher

Morgan Heim

<p>Discover a world of drugs, the timber industry, and a controversial decision not to list Pacific fisher under the Endangered Species Act. This story pulls back the veil on the lead-up to that surprise decision and what it means for the future of the Pacific fisher.</p>

The Golden Lion Tamarins of Poco Das Antas

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<p>The golden lion tamarin becomes a beacon of hope for the Atlantic Forest habitat in Brazil, as conservationists continue a more than 30-year effort to save the species by connecting its fragmented habitat with a wildlife bridge. This ambitious reforestation project promises to benefit wildlife in the region and the local communities that are joining the effort.</p>

The Rescue Center (2020)

Nikki Dodd

<p>Every day, hundreds of animals are captured from the wild in Indonesia and sold as pets, status symbols, or tourist attractions. The lucky ones are rescued and brought to Cikananga Wildlife Center, where they have a second chance at life.</p>

Cries of Our Ancestors (2020)

Kalyanee Mam Rebecca Kormos

<p>In the highlands of Guinea, people and chimpanzees live peacefully side by side. Myths and stories &mdash; and a mutual respect for one another &mdash; have preserved this relationship for generations. Now, however, both people and chimpanzees are being pushed out of their homes by bauxite mining, which risks killing thousands of chimpanzees and displacing tens of thousands of people. Once sharing the same water source and fruits from the land, both now struggle to survive. Guinea has the largest population of chimpanzees in West Africa. Protecting their home in Guinea is one of their last chances of survival.</p>

Protecting Nature for Good (2020)

Neil Losin Nathan Dappen Jill Schwartz

<p>&quot;Protecting Nature for Good&quot; is a 6-minute documentary produced by Neil Losin, Nathan Dappen, and Jill Schwartz, released in 2020. The film explores a large-scale conservation initiative in Brazil&#39;s Amazon rainforest, highlighting how a comprehensive approach to preserving this vital ecosystem has redefined strategies for nature conservation.</p>

Our Own House (2020)

Jeremy Kaplan Vanessa Bergonzoli Tyler Robinson

<p>Our Own House is a portrait of a community coming to grips with the reality of managing plastic waste in one of the most remote towns in the world. The locals in Punta Gorda, aka &ldquo;PG&rdquo; in southern Belize, remember a time without electricity, paved roads or plastics. Amidst the growing influx of single-use plastics, an activist and his neighbors confront the growing threat to their piece of paradise.</p>

Kipatsi, Nija, Añaantsi (Land, Water, Life)

Murat Eyuboglu

<p>This film follows a number of Ashaninka communities in the Peruvian Andes as they pay tribute to their sacred sites. One of these sites is Kipa&iacute;, a remote tributary of the Amazon River. The proposed Garibaldi Dam upstream from Kipa&iacute; turns this ritual gathering into a forum on environmental issues.</p>

Preserving the Páramo of Chingaza

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<p>The p&aacute;ramo ecosystem in Colombia&rsquo;s Chingaza National Park makes life in Bogot&aacute; possible. Government and non-government organizations are coordinating efforts to test water sources, monitor plants and animals, manage ecotourism, and educate the public about the p&aacute;ramo and its vital connection to Bogot&aacute;.</p>

This Land (2020)

Chelsea Jolly Whitney Hassett

<p>Runner and advocate Faith E. Briggs used to run through the streets of Brooklyn every morning. Now, she&rsquo;s running 150 miles through three U.S. National Monuments that lay in the thick of the controversy around public lands. Accompanied by running companions who represent diverse perspectives in what it means to be a public land owner, she assesses what is at stake if previously protected lands are reduced and if the public is largely unaware.</p>

From Kurils With Love

Taylor Rees

<p>Vladimir, a scrappy Russian marine biologist, stows away aboard a boat filled with adventure junkies and a world-renowned cybersecurity expert to help fulfil his quest to understand and protect the Kuril Islands. Set in one of the most inaccessible volcanic island chains in the world, the film introduces us to a true warrior for the planet on an intimate journey of visual bliss, sea lion chaos, and ultimately a greater hope for the Earth.</p>

Legacy (2019)

Joe Flannery

<p>For almost 150 years, the contributions of Chinese railroad workers to the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad was forgotten and ignored. Set on Donner Pass within the Tahoe National Forest, Legacy documents their story and legacy.</p>

The Last Herd (2018)

Joe Flannery

<p>The Henry Mountains bison herd roams over 385,000 acres of Southern Utah &ndash;free from fences, culling, or roundups. Despite all this space, Henry Mountains bison are caught within a complex web of public land, ranching, and government agencies. The Last Herd documents the balance between free-roaming bison and private interests.</p>

The Sentinels (2020)

Eric Bendick

<p>&ldquo;Sentinels&rdquo; are those who stand guard, watch over, and look ahead. Today, a new corps of sentinels is emerging across the American landscape to steward and defend the last pristine landscapes from disappearing in a tidal wave of urbanization and land conversion. They fight for clean air, clear water, and the freedom to roam for both people and wildlife. They also play a vital and unheralded role in protecting our national security. The Sentinels tells the diverse stories of the guardians living, working, and training in our &ldquo;Sentinel Landscapes&rdquo; &mdash; installations recognized by the U.S. Department of Defense for both exemplary ecological value and strategic military importance.</p>

Farmscape Ecology

Jon Bowermaster

<p>Farming is ever-evolving. Today, when we think about what&rsquo;s to come next for farmers, a key question is, &ldquo;How do we produce food and still maintain a livelihood for farmers, while respecting the needs of other organisms with which we share the land?&rdquo; Recent biodiversity decline can be partially attributed to the impacts of farming. For the past several years a small team of ecologists, herpetologists, micro-biologists, ornithologists, hydrologists, and farmers in New York&rsquo;s Hudson Valley have been trying to answer the question, &ldquo;Can wildlife and farming co-exist?&rdquo;</p>

A Living River

Jon Bowermaster

<p>The Hudson River Valley has been called America&rsquo;s Serengeti, for the abundance of wildlife in what many wrongly consider to be a &ldquo;dead&rdquo; river &mdash; including 14-foot sturgeon, glass eels that commute from the Sargasso Sea, hundreds of thousands of spawning herring, and blue crabs.</p>

Sand Castles (2019)

Markel Redondo

<p>Spain was one of the countries most affected by the European economic crisis in 2008, leaving behind a desolate landscape of thousands of abandoned houses throughout its territory. 10 years later the landscape is still shocking.</p>

Diary of Cattle (2019)

David Darmadi Lidia Afrilita

<p>Every morning hundreds of cows are herded to a landfill site where they eat, nap, play, and mate while having to keep themselves safe from the excavators and bulldozers that plow around the site. If not careful, a cow might be killed by the heavy machines or trapped under tons of trash. Despite all the risks, this practice has been around for many years because it saves the owners the trouble of looking for pasture; instead, they rely on human food waste to feed their animals. Some cows even spend the night there because the owner lives far from the site. Regardless of their differences, all these rubbish-eating cows will share the same destiny under the butcher&rsquo;s knife.</p>

A Fistful of Rubbish

David Regos

<p>A Western environmental documentary, A Fistful of Rubbish is set in the Tabernas Desert in Spain - Europe&#39;s only desert. An area famous for being the backdrop of many famous Western films, sadly is being trashed. But now, with the help of some locals, an English ex-pat is forming a posse and taking things into his own hands.</p>

Riafn (2019)

Hannes Lang

<p>Riafn is a cinematic journey into the soundscape of the Alps. Idiom, song, as well as calls and commands of shepherds are condensed to create a musical film between artistic ideal and documentary realism.</p>

Gold of Cajamarca

Alexandre Regol

<p>This short, handcrafted 16mm documentary examines the fights against one of Colombia&rsquo;s biggest open-sky gold-mine projects. Gold of Cajamarca is a black-and-white ballad through Tolima&rsquo;s green mountains in the Colombian Andes, talking to Cajamarca&rsquo;s valley inhabitants. On the surface lie green fertile lands and peaceful agriculture. But hidden under the ground, invisible fields of gold could reshape this whole world.</p>

The Love Bugs (2019)

Maria Clinton Allison Otto

<p>Over the course of 60 years two married entomologists, Charlie and Lois O&#39;Brien, traveled to more than 67 countries and quietly amassed the world&#39;s largest private collection of insects, with more than 1 million specimens. But as Charlie&#39;s battle with Parkinson&#39;s becomes increasingly pronounced, he and Lois, 90, must make the difficult decision to give away their drawers full of iridescent weevils and planthoppers. This humorous and poignant film explores the Love of Nature - and the Nature of Love - and what it means to devote oneself completely to both.</p>

Bare Existence (2019)

Max Lowe

<p>A behind-the-scenes look into the plight of the polar bear, Bare Existence focuses on the biologists on the front lines of protecting these animals as they battle against the effects of climate change threatening their existence. This film presents a drastic cry for immediate attention and instills the viewer with hope, illuminating present-day efforts for a brighter future.</p>

Where Life Begins (2020)

Katie Schuler

<p>Explore the inseparable bond between mother and child as well as the sacred and fragile moments after birth and the importance of protecting the Arctic Refuge in Alaska, &ldquo;the sacred place where life begins.&rdquo;</p>

Butterflies (2019)

Yona Rozenkier

<p>Another Sunday in April. A Kibbutz in the north of Israel. A natural phenomenon. A family on an impromptu ride, maybe the last one.</p>

Dimo’s Forest (2018)

Hristo Simeonov

<p>Dimo is a forest ranger in a Bulgarian mountain village; he is used to wielding his authority in order to protect the state forest he fosters and guards from being damaged. But wood is a resource coveted by many: as firewood by the poorest of the village as well as by the mayor, who is logging illegally and wants to get more out of the forest than Dimo can approve. When Dimo witnesses an illegal wood transport, he is confronted with his helplessness.</p>

Traces (2019)

Pins Sébastien

<p>&laquo; Over the seasons we follow a logger and his horse in the depths of the Ardennes forest, and see him live his passion through the eyes of an odd young girl&hellip; &raquo;</p> <p>LONG SYNOPSIS:<br /> &laquo; A horse logger and his horse take us deep into a forest in the Ardennes as the seasons go by, living his passion under the gaze of a strange young girl&hellip;<br /> The man will teach her his passion of draft horse logging: this is a film about the idea of passing down, and how some encounters can lead to a life&rsquo;s calling.<br /> The short film &ldquo;Traces&rdquo; shows today&rsquo;s youth as the main force of the preservation of our forests. It also highlights of the emotional symbiosis between man, the animal and the forest &raquo;</p>

Ani Wa Sa (We Are One)

Lindsay Branham Andrew Michael Ellis

<p>Ani Wa Sa is set in DR Congo&rsquo;s Garamba National Park which is globally recognized as ground zero in Africa&rsquo;s poaching wars. Fewer than 1,200 elephants remain. Two brothers who come from a line of central African Zande hunters seek to protect their local forest from seemingly opposing avenues: one through family tradition and the other as part of a national park ranger team. Though their relationship has fractured, an advancing rebel group seeking to poach and traffic elephant ivory poses a mutual threat and the brothers may need each other to protect the people and wildlife of their homeland for generations to come. Ani Wa Sa is being used in an innovative on-the-ground mobile cinema initiative to help build bridges of trust and collaboration between central African communities, conservation actors, and humanitarians, in an effort to improve the safety and build the resilience of people and wildlife in this fragile and interdependent ecosystem.</p>

What Can Be Saved: Vanishing Venezuela

Associated Press

<p>Scientists in Venezuela persevere in their quest to study fragile alpine ecosystems as the country&rsquo;s only glacier quickly disappears and their country is in chaos.</p>

Green Gold? (2020)

Nicky Milne

<p>As the global demand for the super food avocados has soared, Chile has become the world&rsquo;s third-largest exporter of avocados. But the community of Petorca, Chile, say drought &mdash; and the insatiable appetite for avocados &mdash; has brought desperate water shortages. This film explores a quiet water war. Allegations of water theft, of exploitation, and of death threats against those who speak out are rife. &ldquo;When you export our avocados, you export our water,&rdquo; says one community member. The government says it is bringing change, but as exports continue to grow, Green Gold? explores an uncomfortable global moral dilemma.</p>

Open Water (2019)

Danny McDougall

<p>The perfect storm of a changing climate and the rapid encroachment of the modern age has dramatically impacted the Arctic people &mdash; forcing them to cope with change beyond their immediate control in the present &mdash; not the future. The short film Open Water is a triptych narrative, based on the lives of three Greenlanders: a hunter, a ship&rsquo;s captain, and a fisherman, individuals whose very existence and heritage is intertwined with the Arctic Ocean. On a warming planet, open water, an ocean without ice, offers both economic opportunity for fishermen in terms of access to halibut grounds in winter and a longer tourism season, but also cultural decay in terms of traditional ways of life.</p>

In Dry Water (2019)

Kevin Clancy

<p>Adama and Adja have a problem on their hands. Their country, Senegal, is running out of fish. As foreign trawlers and climate change cripple their stocks, the friends face a choice: Stay or follow the same trail as the fish.</p>

Death of a Species (2020)

Nicolas Pollock

<p>Snails in Hawaii are disappearing at a faster rate than any other animal on the planet. Meet the scientists fighting for their survival.</p>

The River Guards

Aaron Kalischer-Coggins

<p>Faced with the enormous environmental and health crisis of a contaminated river and city, a dedicated community of grassroots activists have fought against corporate negligence and government bureaucracy for over 30 years. Discover how they are dealing with the uncertain future.</p>

By the River (2019)

Keely Kernan

<p>Pastor Harry Joseph focuses on his community and church, Mount Triumph Baptist, in St. James Parish, Louisiana, a community that lies in the chemical corridor region of the Mississippi River.</p>

Nibi Walk (2020)

Keely Kernan

<p>Sharon Day is an Anishinaabe elder and the leader of the Nibi (Water) Walks, an extended ceremony to heal and honor water. She has led several long-distance water walks throughout the United States and has walked the entire length of the Mississippi River, the Ohio River, the Missouri River, the Great Lakes, and several small tributaries, creeks, and streams. The short film follows Sharon as she walks along tributaries of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota.</p>

What the River Made

Keely Kernan

<p>Ryan Lambert from St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, shares his thoughts on how man-made influences have fundamentally altered the Mississippi River and its delta. While on a journey through Bayou Pompadour in southern Louisiana, we see how land loss has transformed the landscape and culture.</p>

Nassawango Legacy

Sandy Cannon-Brown David Harp

<p>This film pays tribute to Joe and Ilia Fehrer and their beloved Nassawango Creek. The Fehrers were environmentalists before anyone understood what that meant and were harassed for their activism. But their stewardship and advocacy led to the purchase and protection of 1100 acres in Maryland by the Nature Conservancy.</p>

Detroit Hives

Palmer Morse & Rachel Weinberg

<p><em>Detroit Hives&nbsp;</em>is a short documentary about an urban bee farm in East Detroit run by Tim Paule and Nicole Lindsey, a young couple working to bring diversity to the field of beekeeping and create opportunities for young Detroit natives to overcome adversity. Detroit ranks fourth in the United States for the most vacant housing lots with well over 90,000 empty lots to date. In an effort to address this issue, Detroit Hives has been purchasing vacant lots and converting them into buzzing bee farms.&nbsp;<em>Detroit Hives&nbsp;</em>explores the importance of bringing diversity to beekeeping and rebuilding inner-city communities one hive at a time.</p>

Golden (2018)

Charles Post

<p>Peering out her tall bedroom windows to the highway below, Caitlin Davis dreamed of life as an ecologist. When she saw mountains for the first time on a backpacking trip after college, her fate was sealed. Today, in Idaho&#39;s demanding sagebrush country, the raptor biologist spends her days rappelling into golden eagle nests studying how human impact affects their reproduction and productivity.</p>

Constant Thought (2019)

Matt Mikkelsen Palmer Morse

<p>When the traditional methods of coping with trauma don&rsquo;t work, what options do you have left? Brandon Kuehn, an Iraq War veteran, believes the best way to face a range of trauma is to reach for literal physical summits &mdash; and he isn&rsquo;t alone. Outdoor therapy is a growing field that is helping people like Brandon who struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder. Constant Thought is an intimate portrayal of Brandon and his attempt to walk the 2,650 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail. The film also underscores how stress of any kind can be soothed by both using and preserving the lands Brandon fought to protect.</p>

Paradise (2019)

Erik Petersen

<p>An unlikely environmentalist, Bryan Wells finds himself standing between Yellowstone National Park and an industrial-scale gold mine. The proposed mine would sit just above his home, and it threatens not only America&rsquo;s most iconic national park but also his community&rsquo;s way of life.</p>

ADAPTATION: Kentucky (2020)

Alizé Carrère

<p>Despite the growing persistence of environmental change, human resourcefulness remains alive and well as people across the globe experiment with innovative adaptive methods on the ground. In ADAPTATION: Kentucky, scientist and National Geographic Explorer Aliz&eacute; Carr&egrave;re travels to a small town in western Kentucky to meet Angie Yu, a Chinese-American woman who is turning the Mississippi River&rsquo;s invasive Asian carp problem into an environmental and economic triumph. While Americans may want nothing to do with this bony fish, one man&rsquo;s trash has now become another man&rsquo;s treasure.</p>

Connection (2020)

Ciara Lacy Tracy Nguyen

<p>A lifelong angler, Autumn Harry, had never fished beyond the waters of her reservation &mdash; until she picked up a fly rod.</p>

Chasing Ghosts (2020)

Eric Bendick

<p>Deep in remote Florida swamps, a team of researchers and photographers have made a new discovery that upends what we thought we knew about the ghost orchid, one of the world&rsquo;s most iconic flowers, and how it reproduces. In their quest to identify the pollinator of the ghost orchid for the first time, this team spent three summers standing waist-deep in alligator- and snake-laden water, swatting air blackened by mosquitoes, and climbing to sometimes nausea-inducing heights. They came away with an even deeper love for Florida&rsquo;s wildest wetlands&mdash;and with surprising revelations that may help to conserve both the endangered orchid and its shrinking home.</p>

Street Surfers (2019)

Arthur Neumeier

<p>Frank Solomon, a big wave surfer and marine activist from Cape Town, South Africa, travels to meet two exceptional men, Thabo and Mokete, who indirectly serve the environment through recycling as a means of income. Street Surfers is the untold story of new friendships, shared experiences, and common interests between individuals who are worlds apart.</p>

There's Something in the Water

Rory Waudby-Tolley

<p>&quot;There&#39;s two kinds of lakes in the South: them that&#39;s got Giant Salvinia and them that&#39;s about to have Giant Salvinia.&quot;</p> <p>Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in Texas, but its delicate eco-system is threatened by a seemingly unstoppable invasive species of floating fern: Giant Salvinia.</p> <p>There&#39;s Something in the Water is an 8-minute animated documentary featuring interviews with people who live and work on the lake, demonstrating the damage that has been caused, and how everyone can work together to try and fix it.</p>

Ice Ball (2020)

Nathaniel Schmidt

<p>Will Steger, the legendary polar explorer, inspires a community by preserving the forgotten craft of ice harvesting.</p>

Dee Molenaar | My Friends Were Mountaineers

Eric Becker

<p>As legendary mountaineer Dee Molenaar nears his 100th birthday, his children unpack boxes and boxes of their father&rsquo;s films, photos, watercolors and cartography. The collection &mdash; and the story it elicits &mdash; represents a history of mountaineering in the Pacific Northwest, and far beyond, all the way to K2, which Molenaar attempted to summit as a member of the 1953 American Karakoram expedition. If Molenaar never threw anything away, one happy result is this sweet tribute that&rsquo;s steeped in affection and nostalgia. Where better to celebrate Molenaar&rsquo;s 100th birthday than at Paradise on the south slope of Mount Rainier at an elevation of 5,420-feet?</p>

One Word Sawalmem

Natasha Deganello Giraudie Michael “Pom” Preston

<p>One word ripples outward, vibrating with healing power: Sawalmem, meaning &ldquo;sacred water.&rdquo; For Winnemem Wintu young man Michael &ldquo;Pom&rdquo; Preston, Sawalmem represents a vital vision for healing the world and for healing from the legacy of the Shasta Dam that, since the 1940s, has harmed salmon and the Sacramento River and the Winnemem nWintu people of Shasta Mountain, California. Violating state law and posing a risk to Northern California&rsquo;s water supply and the Winnemem Wintu people, a Shasta Dam raise is being fast-tracked by the Trump administration. Michael&rsquo;s mother, Chief Caleen Sisk, speaks out and organizes Run4Salmon, an annual 300-mile prayerful journey. Michael dances in tribal ceremonies to stay strong in this latest battle as a warrior for Sawalmem. The spiritual is political.</p>

Venture Out (2020)

Jamie DiNicola Palmer Morse Matt Mikkelsen

<p>This film tells a story of overcoming odds, the power of resilience, and ultimately, the everlasting effects of LGBTQ community building. The Venture Out Project (TVOP), founded by Perry Cohen, is a nonprofit organization that brings LGBTQ folks together outdoors on wilderness trips. In sharing Perry&rsquo;s story and hearing from the other TVOP participants, we get a glimpse into the healing qualities of nature and life-saving community bonds that are being forged as a result of Perry&rsquo;s work.</p>

Shoulders Deep (2020)

John Fiege

<p>Aniya Wingate is a radiant and talented African American dancer in high school in Houston, who was displaced from her home for half a year by Hurricane Harvey. SHOULDERSDEEP translates her experience of displacement through dance, poetry, and performance. This film screens as part of the shorts program, &quot;Music and Movement,&quot; which begins at the dates and times listed here.</p>

Felicia: The Life of an Octopus Fisherwoman

José Carlos Pons

<p>This short film sheds light on the life of one woman, whose story aims to provide a firsthand experience of the vicious link between poverty and environmental degradation in developing countries like Madagascar. As an orphan and later as a mother, Felicia turns to the sea as a means for sustenance, even when migration, commercial trawling, and cultural loss make small-scale fishing an increasingly challenging way of life.</p>

INBUILT–A Question Of Environment & Price (INTEGRIERT - Zwischen Umwelt & Preis)

Nadine Widmer

<p>As traditional farmers, Roland and his father Robert face constant criticism that their farm pollutes the environment. Between detached family houses and the motorway, they seek a balance between ecological food production methods and their economic survival.</p>

Poison Is the Wind (2020)

Crystal Berg

<p>The Africatown neighborhood of Mobile, Alabama is more than a place. Founded as a home away from home by West Africans brought to the US in an illegal slave trade, the community continues to be a steadfast symbol of independence and perseverance in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges. This film follows members of the Africatown community as they fight for environmental justice and historic preservation.</p>

All That Remains (2019)

Eva Rendle

<p>A year after wildfires ravaged Northern California&rsquo;s Wine Country, its vulnerable population of farmworkers, many of them undocumented, find themselves in a heightened state of insecurity and inequality. All That Remains follows the second responders and vineyard workers who are still dealing with the aftermath of the fires, long after the media has turned away. Their stories shed light on the immigration, labor, and housing issues that have been building in Napa and Sonoma for years, only to be brought to the surface by one of the deadliest natural disasters in California history.</p>

Punjab: Land of the Five Drying Rivers

Sirjaut Dhariwal

<p>A matriarch in her 90s recounts her experiences with the introduction of genetically modified organisms to her homeland. Using her farming village as a case study, the film explores the social and environmental degradations wrought by seeds forced onto the people of northwest India.</p>

Pine Mud (2020)

Jared Flesher

<p>In the vast Pinelands National Reserve of southern New Jersey, powerful vehicles trample protected sand dunes and drive circles through ancient ponds. Like in many wild places, &quot;off-roading&quot; has grown more popular here. Some of the off-roading activity is perfectly legal-provided it stays on established trails-but ignoring the rules is widespread. As a gritty local conservationist works to protect habitat for threatened species, tensions flare with off-roading enthusiasts who fear their access to the forest will be restricted. Filmmaker Jared Flesher&#39;s Pine Mud is the first feature documentary to explore the controversial and intensifying problem of off-road vehicle damage on public lands. OFFICIAL SELECTION: Environmental Film Festival in the Nation&#39;s Capital (2020) Princeton Environmental Film Festival (2020) Colorado Environmental Film Festival (2021)</p>

A Voice for the Rivers: The Riverkeepers of Maryland’s Eastern Shore

Sandy Cannon-Brown David Harp

<p>Professional and citizen river keepers monitor and protect the rivers of Maryland&rsquo;s Eastern Shore. The film is a tribute to the beauty of our rivers and to the individuals dedicated to protecting and preserving these living treasures.</p>

The Women of Kunda Basti

Taylor Graham

<p>Set during the blistering heat of summer in Jaipur, Rajasthan, The Women of Kunda Basti follows the lives of three women in an urban slum, where the burden of collecting and often fighting for water is carried by the community&rsquo;s mothers and daughters. As the film follows the women through a single day in the Kunda Basti slum, it highlights the ways in which each takes action to better her community.</p>

Mahakali (2018)

Taylor Graham

<p>A group of Indian whitewater kayakers complete a first, and likely final, descent of the dam-threatened Mahakali River. As they say goodbye to an unparalleled stretch of river, they take heart in local community members&rsquo; full-throated opposition as they fight for the preservation of their homes and livelihoods.</p>

Kumik and the Glacier (2020)

Taylor Graham

<p>Meme Falchung, the oldest person in Kumik (a hillside community in northwest India), has watched through the years as the glacier above his village melts away. Now, as Meme reaches the end of his life and the villagers of Kumik make plans to move their community from its centuries-old location, local monks have traveled to perform a prayer to ask for respite.</p>

Serengeti: Nature’s Living Laboratory

Neil Losin

<p>In three chapters, this film explores the foundational research in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, that uncovered many of the ecological principles that govern how animal populations and communities are regulated. This is the story of how ecologists Tony Sinclair, Simon Mduma, and Grant Hopcraft spent five decades piecing together the mystery of what makes the Serengeti the way it is and the central role wildebeest play.</p>

La Raya (Poppy Crash)

Andalusia Knoll Soloff

<p>As the opioid epidemic expanded across the United States, Mexican farmers abandoned their corn crops and replaced them with poppy flowers to meet the growing demand for heroin. In remote towns in Guerrero state, the mountainside turned red and poppy became king.</p>

No Place to Grow (2019)

Michelle Aguilar

<p>An introverted Latino farmer finds himself representing a public movement to save a lush garden centered within his cherished community. Over time he finds out firsthand what happens when ethnic livelihoods and migrated farming traditions intersect with the &quot;Urban Growth Machine&quot; and gentrification.</p>

Isla de Plastico (Plastic Island)

José Maria Cabral

<p>An overview on the problem of waste management in the Dominican Republic, more specifically plastics.</p>

Chasing the SNOT of the Whales of Samana

Marvin del Cid

<p>SnotBot &mdash; a project of Ocean Alliance, a nonprofit that protects whales and their ocean environment &mdash; uses drones to capture the blow expelled from whales&rsquo; lungs and then to study all the biological matter it contains.</p>

Climate Superheroes: The Trees of Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo

Kainaz Amira Eliza Barclay

<p>Tropical forests in Indonesia, Brazil, and the Democratic Republic of Congo are underappreciated superheroes regulating and rescuing the global climate. A reporting team from Vox explores how at least three tree species regulate and interact with the global climate and weather patterns thousands of miles away. The trees&rsquo; superpowers includes being rainmakers and carbon guardians. Yet these forest ecosystems are threatened, especially from deforestation.</p>

Tupí: A Story of Indigenous Courage and Resolve

Pablo Albarenga Francesc Badia i Dalmases

<p>Tup&iacute; is an Indigenous activist denouncing violence against women and fighting to protect human rights and the environment in her homeland at the Tapaj&oacute;s River in the Brazilian Amazon. As a young woman, she shows how the Indigenous territory goes beyond the land and involves her own body.</p>

Indigenous Communities Under Siege in Rondon’s Land

Fabio Nascimento Gustavo Faleiros

<p>In Rond&ocirc;nia, Brazil, theft of wood, land grabbing in protected areas, and threats to Indigenous leaderships are commonplace. The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous territory is under constant attack by invaders. With the arrival of the government of Jair Bolsonaro, the interest in reducing the land of the Indians became evident. In this documentary, villagers from the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau villages show the most recent outbreaks of invasion. Rural landowners accused of grilagem (land grabbing in Portuguese) claim they have the support of a government agency to seek new land. The defenders of the Indians indicate that there is an orchestrated action to reduce the territory traditionally occupied by the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau.</p>

Restoring Indonesia’s Peatlands–One Pasta at a Time

Rebecca Grossman Daniel Grossman

<p>One-size-fits-all agriculture has robbed Indonesia&rsquo;s peatlands of their moisture. Now, the country is working to restore these historic swamps by embracing their boggy nature&ndash;and enjoying the pasta made from a water-loving crop</p>

In Brazil, Fires and Deforestation Threaten Amazon Species’ Survival

Mike Fritz Amna Nawaz

<p>South America&rsquo;s Amazon rainforest is home to a remarkable diversity of animal and plant life. But record-breaking forest fires in 2019 and ongoing deforestation is putting many of the Amazon&rsquo;s original inhabitants at risk. For this NewsHour report done in collaboration with the Pulitzer Center, we ask, &ldquo;Can the Amazon be saved?&rdquo; Amna Nawaz and producer Mike Fritz traveled to a remote scientific outpost in one of the most pristine sections of the Brazilian rainforest to meet conservationists who have fended off agricultural creep and managed to even save some endangered species that have long called the region home. But they admit they&rsquo;re working around the clock to catalog their environment, preparing for what they believe is the inevitable destruction of the rainforest.</p>

Solar For All

Michael Skinner Jon Michael Shink

<p>The District&rsquo;s Solar for All program is one of the most progressive solar mandates in the United States, with a goal of&nbsp;providing&nbsp;100,000 low- to moderate-income families with lower energy costs through solar.&nbsp;<em>Solar For All&nbsp;</em>explores&nbsp;how the District is using innovation and equitable access to local, clean energy to&nbsp;lower the energy burden for the city&#39;s&nbsp;most vulnerable residents and&nbsp;protect underserved communities in the face of&nbsp;our changing climate.&nbsp;</p>