DCEFF 2013

Revolution (2007)

Rob Stewart

<p>Revolution is a film about changing the world, going for it, taking a stand, and fighting for something. A true-life adventure following Director, Rob Stewart (SHARKWATER) over four years and 15 countries discovering there is a lot more than sharks at risk of becoming extinct. Climate change, environmental degradation, species loss, ocean acidification, pollution, and food/water scarcity are reducing the earth&#39;s ability to house humans and we need to start doing something about it now!</p>

Spoil (2011)

Trip Jennings

<p>The International League of Conservation Photographers and the Gitga&#39;at first nation people of British Columbia in their search for the illusive spirit bear. Their mission is to create images of this rare bear and the ecosystem that it relies on before a proposed oil pipeline from the Alberta tar sands threatens to SPOIL it. The spirit bear, globally rarer than the panda, only lives on the north coast of British Columbia and gives and inspiring look at the interconnectedness of this coastal ecosystem existing in symbiosis with the indigenous communities there for thousands of years.</p>

A Sea Turtle Story

Kathy Schultz

<p>This animated short chronicles the life cycle of the critically endangered sea turtle. Capturing the beauty of the ecosystems that sea turtles inhabit, the film is ideal for all audiences, and for teaching young and old alike about these fascinating creatures.</p>

Hi! I’m A Nutria

Drew Christie

<p>Hi! I&#39;m a Nutria is a 2012 animated short film that features a nutria&mdash;a large, semi-aquatic rodent&mdash;living in Washington State. The nutria defends itself against being labeled an invasive species by highlighting other non-native animals in North America, including humans. The film also provides a brief history of the fur trade in America.</p>

Bunty’s Tree (2011)

Jasraj Singh Bhatti

<p>Bunty&#39;s Tree is a 2011 Indian animated short film that portrays the deep bond between a young boy named Bunty and a tree in his home&#39;s courtyard. As Bunty grows up and becomes involved in the timber industry, he faces a life-altering event related to his cherished tree, leading to profound realizations about environmental conservation.</p>

Song Of The Spindle

Drew Christie

<p>An animated, humorous and informative conversation between a sperm whale and a man. Each one tries to convince the other that his brain is bigger.</p>

The Windmill Farmer (2010)

Joaquin Baldwin

<p>A nurturing farmer in is danger of losing his crop of windmills due to the cyclical forces of nature.</p>

A Drop’s Life (2011)

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<p>This entertaining story - told through the eyes of a rain drop falling on Washington, DC - explains how the city&#39;s combined sewer system works. It also describes what we&#39;re doing to upgrade that system with the DC Clean Rivers Project. We have also just released a follow-up video - A Drop&#39;s Life, The Sequel - which explains how green infrastructure works.</p>

Lost Rivers (2012)

Caroline Bâcle

<p>Once upon a time, in almost every industrial city, countless rivers flowed. We built houses along their banks. Our roads hugged their curves. And their currents fed our mills and factories. But as cities grew, we polluted rivers so much that they became conduits for deadly waterborne diseases like cholera, which was 19th century&#39;s version of the Black Plague. Our solution two centuries ago was to bury rivers underground and merge them with sewer networks. Today, under the city, they still flow, out of sight and out of mind&hellip; until now. That&rsquo;s because urban dwellers are on a quest to reconnect with this denigrated natural world. Lost Rivers takes us on an adventure down below and across the globe, retracing the history of these lost urban rivers by plunging into archival maps and going underground with clandestine urban explorers. We search for the disappeared Petite rivi&egrave;re St-Pierre in Montreal, the Garrison Creek in Toronto, the River Tyburn in London, the Saw Mill River in New York, and the Bova-Celato River in Bresica, Italy. Could we see these rivers again? To find the answer, we meet visionary urban thinkers, activists and artists from around the world.</p>

The Young And Wild Rhine – Switzerland

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<p>The Young and Wild Rhine &ndash; Switzerland is a 2011 German documentary that explores the origins and journey of the Rhine River. Starting from its source in the Swiss Canton of Graub&uuml;nden, where two headstreams, the Vorderrhein and the Hinterrhein, converge at Rheichenau to form the Alpenrhein, the film follows the river as it flows through romantic valleys and powerful canyons until it reaches Lake Constance. Along the way, it showcases gold sifters, white-water rafters in the Ruinaulta Canyon, the Gotthard Tunnel&mdash;the longest tunnel of the Alps&mdash;crossing under the river, and the spectacular Roffla Ravine.</p>

The Tamed Rhine – Switzerland, Germany, France

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<p>The Tamed Rhine &ndash; Switzerland, Germany, France is a 2011 German documentary that explores the journey of the Rhine River from its origins near Schaffhausen, Switzerland, where the Rhine Falls&mdash;492 feet wide and 82 feet high&mdash;formed approximately 15,000 years ago during the last ice age. The film follows the river as it passes 20 hydroelectric power stations, the city of Basel, and a conservation area in the Petite Camargue, where efforts to breed and reintroduce salmon are underway, before reaching the city of Strasbourg.</p>

Rafea: Solar Mama (2012)

Jehane Noujaim Mona Eldaief

<p>Rafea is a Bedouin woman who lives with her four daughters in one of Jordan&#39;s poorest desert villages on the Iraqi border. She is given a chance to travel to India to attend the Barefoot College, where illiterate grandmothers from around the world are trained in 6 months to be solar engineers. If Rafea succeeds, she will be able to electrify her village, train more engineers, and provide for her daughters. Even when she returns as the first female solar engineer in the country, her real challenge will have just begun. Will she find support for her new venture? Will she be able to inspire the other women in the village to join her and change their lives? And most importantly, will she be able to re-wire the traditional minds of the Bedouin community that stand in her way?</p>

Hot Water (2013)

Kevin Flint Lizabeth Rogers

<p>Filmmaker Liz Rogers and director Kevin Flint go to South Dakota following a story on Uranium contamination only to discover that the problem flows much farther than they imagined. Our nuclear legacy began with Uranium. From &#39;Fat Man&#39; and &#39;Little Boy&#39; to &#39;Duck and Cover&#39; we believed it was safe to eat, drink and breathe in the shadow of the Atomic Bomb. The subsequent health and environmental damage will take generations, and in some cases thousands of years to heal. Our ground water, wells, drinking water, air and soil are contaminated with some of the most toxic heavy metals known to man - and yet we still have no firm plan in place for the storage of tons of nuclear materials we produce every year.</p>

The Mirror Never Lies (2011)

Kamila Andini

<p>A girl from the Bajo tribe in Wakatobi district goes to a fortune teller in her area. The fortune teller performed a ritual using a mirror, where the local people believed that with a mirror they could see what they were waiting for.</p>

Community Harvest (2012)

Brandon Kramer

<p>Community Harvest celebrates the natural and cultural harvests of our community, documenting the dramatic transformation of a forgotten vacant lot in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC, into a majestic, public garden and collaborative green space. Created by an inspiring recipe of community volunteers, neighborhood youth, local non-profit organizations and city government support, the North Columbia Heights Green is ultimately a story about reconnecting people to the land. A longtime abandoned vehicle dumping ground, now the North Columbia Heights Green is a vibrant, sustainable and beautiful natural oasis nestled within the diverse urban fabric of Columbia Heights. Located in the alley space behind Red Rocks Pizzeria, off the east side of the 3300 block of 11th Street NW, the Green features dozens of community gardening plots, an orchard, a berry patch, a rain garden, butterfly gardens, a greenhouse, public learning and demonstration spaces, a stage for music and artistic performances, and an outdoor movie screen. The story of the North Columbia Heights Green creation offers a powerful example, demonstrating how dark alleys and abandoned lots across the city could also undergo a similar transformation, using public gardens and green spaces to build and strengthen communities.</p>

In Transition 2.0 (2012)

Emma Goud

<p>In Transition 2.0 is an inspirational immersion in the Transition movement, gathering stories from around the world of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. You&#39;ll hear about communities printing their own money, growing food everywhere, localising their economies and setting up community power stations. It&#39;s an idea that has gone viral, a social experiment that is about responding to uncertain times with solutions and optimism. In a world that is awash with gloom, here is a story of hope, ingenuity and the power of growing vegetables in unexpected places.</p>

How I Became An Elephant

Tim Gorski Synthian Sharp

<p>At the age of 14, Juliette is on a mission to save elephants. After single-handedly raising funds, she embarks on a life-altering journey to Southeast Asia to meet and work with her hero, Lek Chailert, known as &ldquo;The Elephant Lady,&rdquo; who has risked her life and freedom for more than three decades to protect elephants from illegal trade and abuse. This is the story of two women, one from the East, one from the West, coming together on common ground to save elephants. It&rsquo;s also the coming-of-age story of a passionate young woman joining forces with a wise and experienced animal advocate on an enlightening journey of compassion, action and hope. The message: no matter what your age, your ethnicity, or disposition, no matter what the cause, you can make a difference, The film is one girl&rsquo;s story that led to a movement that became a comprehensive plan to save a species.</p>

Go Ganges! (2012)

J.J. Kelley Josh Thomas

<p>Two television producers and adventure travelers test their skills on an epic adventure, paddling down one of the world&rsquo;s busiest, most polluted and most sacred rivers, the Ganges in India. Together they journey from its source, a glacier-fed river in the Himalayas, to the Bay of Bengal, where it empties into the Indian Ocean. This hilarious travel journal proceeds rather unconventionally &ndash; on foot, cycle-rickshaw, rowboat and anything else that moves. Battling hardships unimaginable to most, the friends test their limits on the planet&rsquo;s most populated, polluted and holy river. The adventurers provide a colorful testimony to the distress the river endures, and why it merits reprieve as an irreplaceable resource.</p>

Inori (2012)

Pedro González-Rubio

<p>In the small mountain community of Kannogawa, Japan, the laws of nature reshape the human blueprint of what used to be a lively town. While the younger generations have gone to the cities, the remainders perform everyday activities with a brave perspective on their history and the cycles of life.</p>

Empowered: Power From The People

Shira Golding Evergreen

<p>Tompkins County, NY is one of the cloudiest, least windy places in the country, and yet its residents are proving that we can meet our energy needs through totally renewable resources. From solar and wind to veggie oil and geothermal, Empowered: Power from the People tells the story of one community&rsquo;s role in the energy independence revolution.</p>

The Last Ice Merchant (El Último Hielero)

Sandy Patch

<p>For the last 53 years, Baltazar Ushca has harvested glacial ice from the tallest mountain in Ecuador. His brothers, Gregorio and Juan, have long since retired from the mountain. This is a tale of cultural change in a small indigenous community and how three brothers have adapted to it.</p>

Lonesome George And The Battle For The Galapagos

Jonathan Clay

<p>Officially the loneliest animal on the planet until his death in June 2012, Lonesome George was the very last Pinta Island giant tortoise. Now his species is extinct. He was an icon of his native Galapagos Islands and a symbol of the battle to preserve their unique wildlife. The islands are at a critical point in their history, threatened by illegal fishing, the demands of a booming population and an ever-expanding tourist industry, yet the islanders&rsquo; will to protect the Galapagos is strong. This is both the personal story of Lonesome George and of the local characters intent on turning around the fortunes of their unique tropical paradise.</p>

Remember Chek Jawa (2007)

Eric Youwei Lin

<p>Chek Jawa, an inter-tidal area encompassing six ecosystems within one square kilometer, on Pulau (=island) Ubin in Singapore, was discovered by local conservationists only in January 2001. Since the discovery, her amazingly rich marine biodiversity drew thousands of visitors, both young and old, to revel in the beauty of her shores. Unfortunately, this magnificent shore had an expiration date. The tiny nation-state of Singapore has always struggled with land scarcity issues. A decade earlier, the Singapore Government had approved plans to carry out land reclamation at Pulau Ubin. With land reclamation now just months away, the shoreline of Chek Jawa was about to suffer its fate. Most Singaporeans were resigned to the thought that it would be impossible to reverse the Government&rsquo;s decision. However, several groups of passionate volunteers refused to give up on this precious slice of nature. They documented, publicised, educated and provided feedback to government. This film tells the story of one of these groups, a special group of individuals who came together from all walks of life, who followed their hearts to make a difference against the odds.</p>

The King’s Necklace (Le Collier Du Makoko)

Henri Joseph Koumba-Bididi

<p>Once upon a time there was a queen who decided to bring back a sacred necklace that had belonged to one of her ancestors. This necklace, she thinks, will restore balance and prosperity to her people.</p>

Betting The Farm (2012)

Jason Mann Cecily Pingree

<p>A group of Maine dairy farmers&mdash;dropped by their national milk company&mdash;launch their own milk company in a bid to save their farms. Owned by the farmers and committed to paying a sustainable price for their milk, the company offers hope for the future of small farming. But faced with slow sales and mounting bills, can the farmers hang together long enough for the gamble to pay off? Betting the Farm is a verit&eacute; documentary that follows three farmers&mdash;Aaron Bell, Vaughn Chase, and Richard Lary&mdash;and their families through the tumultuous first two years of MOO Milk. With intimate access to their triumphs and disappointments, the film gives audiences a rare glimpse at the real lives of American farmers at a crossroads.</p>

Red Hen (2012)

Rebecca Emberley Ed Emberley

<p>Filled with jaunty humor and sparkling illustrations, this is an eye-popping take on the classic story of Red Hen and her adventures in baking. Includes an easy-to-follow recipe for Red Hen&#39;s very own Simply Splendid Cake.</p>

Hi! Fly Guy (2012)

David Trexler Melissa Reilly Paul R. Gagne

<p>Buzz is searching for a smart animal to take to The Amazing Pet Show. He encounters a friendly fly who is more than happy to lend him a helping hand.</p>

Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site

Melissa R. Ellard Paul R. Gagne David Trexler

<p>Down in the big construction site, tough trucks work with all their might. But now it&rsquo;s time to say goodnight! Little truck drivers will drift off to sleep to this soothing bid good-bye to the day.</p>

Hanging Around (2010)

Sébastien Wolf Tinka Stock

<p>A sloth takes a snooze under the watchful eye of a jaguar in a forest under threat in this whimsical animation.</p>

Beijing Besieged By Waste

Wang Jiu-liang

<p>While China&#39;s rise, and its immense challenges, commands world attention, less light has been shed upon the colossal problem of waste generated by a burgeoning population, expanding industry, and rapacious urban growth. Photographer Wang Jiuliang turns his lens upon the grim spectacle of garbage, excrement, refuse, and wreckage heaped upon the landscape that surrounds China&#39;s mega-metropolis, Beijing. Eking out a hazardous living within are the scavengers, mostly rural migrants, who struggle to maintain familial and cultural structures amid the bleakest of occupations. Wang shows the desecration of once-vital farmlands and rivers in the shadow of China&#39;s gleaming cities and planes and super-trains; the unholy cycle of construction&#39;s consumption and waste, and poignant images of the daily lives of scavengers who toil at their own peril.</p>

The Majestic Rhine – Germany

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<p>This documentary explores the picturesque landscapes along the Rhine River in Germany, highlighting cultural landmarks such as the towns of Speyer, Worms, and Mainz, which bear traces of Roman history and medieval cathedrals. The film also showcases the romantic Upper Middle Rhine Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned for its castles, fortresses, vineyards, and bustling ferry traffic. Additionally, it delves into the industrial region of the Ruhr, featuring the world&#39;s largest inland port at Duisburg and the container terminal at Mannheim.</p>

Opening To The World – The Netherlands

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<p>This documentary explores the intricate relationship between the Netherlands and the Rhine River as it reaches the North Sea, forming one of the world&#39;s most extensive river deltas. The film delves into the challenges of living below sea level, showcases the De Biesbosch nature reserve and bird sanctuary, highlights speed boat races, and provides an in-depth look at Rotterdam, one of the world&#39;s largest container ports and Europe&#39;s gateway to global trade.</p>

Wind Of Change (2012)

Julia Dahr

<p>Portrait of a farming family, with father, mother and seven children, in Kenya in March, when heavy rains used to fall. The head of the family Kisilu confides his anxieties to the camera as in a daily diary. We live day by day the wait for the rain, the laborious growth of the shoots in his millet field. An intimate and touching look at the daily struggle against climate change. Very active and aware of his role in the family and in the village, Kisilu does not give up and promotes the construction of a greenhouse for the community.</p>

Growing Change: A Journey Inside Venezuela’s Food Revolution

Simon Cunich

<p>Why does our food system leave hundreds of millions of people hungry? How will the world feed itself in the future in the face of major environmental challenges? Will expanding large scale, energy-intensive agriculture be the answer to these problems? In Venezuela, from fishing villages to cacao plantations to urban gardens, a growing social movement is showing what&rsquo;s possible when communities, not corporations, start to take control of food. This documentary traces the resurgence of Venezuela&rsquo;s once-strong agricultural sector with the goal of regaining the country&rsquo;s food sovereignty through sustainable methods. Interviews with farmers working in cooperatives, fishermen who are benefiting from a ban on industrial trawling and cocoa producers who are now processing chocolate locally provide insights into a new, more equitable food system emerging in Venezuela.</p>

Minds In The Water (2011)

Justin Krumb

<p>5 years in the making, Minds In The Water is the story of one surfer&#39;s international journey to help protect dolphins, whales and their ocean environment. Shot on location in Australia, the Galapagos, Chile and Japan, the film captures a key moment in one person&#39;s life when apathy is no longer an option. Pro surfer Dave Rastovich went from observer to activist when he embarked on a personal mission to help stop the worldwide commercial slaughter of dolphins and whales. While unsure at first, Rasta quickly found his activist sea legs and helped build a core team of filmmakers, journalists, musicians, eco-pirates and celebrity surfers to help spread the message. All this has been documented in the film, Minds In The Water.</p>

Satellite Boy (2012)

Catriona McKenzie

<p>Ten-year-old Pete lives with his grandfather in an old abandoned outdoor cinema in the desert. When the old drive-in is threatened with demolition by developers, Pete and a friend set off on an epic journey in the hopes of saving his home.</p>

Sourlands: Stories From The Fight For Sustainability

Jared Flesher

<p>New Jersey, the most densely populated state in the nation, is situated between New York, the largest U.S. city and Philadelphia, the fifth largest. Near all those people there is a forest that has survived the bulldozers of development. The locals call this place the Sourland Mountain, or sometimes simply &ldquo;the Sourlands.&rdquo; This documentary tells the story of this green oasis from the perspective of its remarkable citizens and their fight for sustainability. The film highlights their progress, as well as the work ahead. These stories, told from one notable green spot on a map, are universal and urgent. Communities around the world, such as the Sourlands, have begun to rethink the paradigms they rely on for food, energy and the preservation of a healthy place to live.</p>

The Challenge Of Venice (2012)

Michele Barca Nicola Pittarello

<p>Venice is inextricably linked to her salty, fresh and brackish waters, an inexhaustible resource that now threatens the city&rsquo;s very survival. Regulating the water has always played a part in the city&rsquo;s history. Over the centuries, both major and minor interventions in the lagoon have been necessary to maintain its delicate balance. But Venice&rsquo;s real threat today is the increasing frequency of high tides and the threat of rising sea levels caused by climate change. Especially at high tide, the force of the water weakens and sometimes damages the banks and the foundations of the buildings. Because of these worsening conditions, a decision to protect Venice was made by constructing a massive system of Mobile Barriers, called MOSE (Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico). Construction of this highly complex engineering and naval operation was begun in 2003, is now 40 percent built and is expected to be completed by 2014. Will the MOSE project really solve Venice&rsquo;s problem?</p>

Not Yet Begun To Fight

Shasta Grenier Sabrina Lee

<p>Retired Marine Colonel Eric Hastings remembers flight missions &lsquo;high above the death and destruction&rsquo; in Vietnam. From the cockpit, he traced meandering ribbons that cut through the jungle. He recognized the shapes of the trout streams of home. Every night, he dreamed about fly-fishing. When he returned home to Montana in 1969, to a nation decades away from diagnosing PTSD, he went to the water. He tied a fly onto a line and cast. The river, he says, healed him. In the space between war and a new battle, NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT unfolds: The Colonel reaches out to five men, a new generation returning from war. He brings them to the river and shares his secret: there are places where you can still be consumed by a simple act, find joy in a fight, and be redeemed as you gently release another creature, unharmed, into quiet waters.</p>

Unfinished Spaces (2011)

Alysa Nahmias Benjamin Murray

<p>Cuba&#39;s ambitious National Art Schools project, designed by three young artists in the wake of Castro&#39;s Revolution, is neglected, nearly forgotten, then ultimately rediscovered as a visionary architectural masterpiece.</p>

The Last Mountain (2011)

Bill Haney

<p>The mining and burning of coal is at the epicenter of America&rsquo;s struggle to balance its energy needs with environmental concerns. Nowhere is that concern greater than in Coal River Valley, West Virginia, where a small but passionate group of ordinary citizens are trying to stop Big Coal corporations, like Massey Energy, from continuing the devastating practice of Mountain Top Removal.</p>

Not So Modern Times (Tiempos Menos Modernos)

Simon Franca

<p>Payaguala is a Tehuelche man who lives alone on a remote ranch in Patagonia. His daily life is mainly based on working and caring for his land. One day, just like any other, he receives a package delivered by the Argentine Gendarmerie. It is a box marked with the National Coat of Arms sent by the Ministry of Social Development. It contains a satellite television system. The first image that radiates from the television will cause him to experience a change that will affect his way of seeing the world.</p>

Picture The Leviathan (2012)

Hal Clifford Jason Houston

<p>World-renowned artist James Prosek is on a quest to see, and to paint from life and life-size, the 40 most iconic fish species of the North Atlantic. No one has ever tried this before. The journey takes him from Nova Scotia to Africa to the Caribbean and follows the development of his monumental works. Behind the beautiful paintings, though, lies a discomforting violence that enriches and complicates James&#39;s extraordinary art. This is a conservation film that never actually talks about conservation.</p>

Rebels With A Cause (2012)

Nancy Kelly Kenji Yamamoto

<p>Spotlighting the rebels, a group of citizens from many walks of life who fought to preserve open space and protect agriculture and wildlife, this film celebrates the people and passion that saved the coastal wonders that would become the Point Reyes National Seashore and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Establishing public parks next to a densely populated urban center, these people pioneered a conservation ethos that today is more the norm than the exception in Marin County. With California&rsquo;s rapid population rise in the 1950s, the coast seemed destined to follow the prevalent pattern of suburban development, but these rebels changed the fate of the land. Their efforts set new precedents for protecting open space and shaped the environmental movement as we know it today.</p>

Design Is One: Lella And Massimo Vignelli

Kathy Brew Roberto Guerra

<p>A documentary on two of the world&#39;s most influential designers -- Lella and Massimo Vignelli.</p>

The Lost Bird Project

Deborah Dickson

<p>Sculptor Todd McGrain believes that forgetting is a type of cultural extinction. He aims to keep memories alive for five extinct North American birds by placing his large, bronze sculptures of them in the places where these creatures were last seen alive in the wild. The film follows the road-trip that McGrain and his brother-in-law, Andy, take as they search for the locations where the birds were last seen in the wild and negotiate for permission to install McGrain&rsquo;s large bronze sculptures there. Traveling from the tropical swamps of Florida to Martha&rsquo;s Vineyard to the rocky coasts of Newfoundland, they scout locations, talk to park rangers, speak at town meetings and battle bureaucracy in their effort to gather support for the project.</p>

Market Imaginary (2012)

Joanna Grabski

<p>According to a popular saying in Dakar, Senegal, &ldquo;You can find anything in the world at Colobane Market.&rdquo; The objects in market stalls &ndash; colorful new and used clothing, shoes, journals, watches, radios and cell phones &ndash; force the eye and imagination to travel to all corners of the globe. The film explores the imagination around Dakar&rsquo;s Colobane Market and its surrounding neighborhood, considering the many ways the market is embedded in its neighborhood and the broader imagination of Dakar&rsquo;s residents.</p>

A Falconer’s Memoir

Dan O’Brien

<p>&quot;A Falconer&#39;s Memoir&quot; follows author, environmentalist, and falconer Dan O&#39;Brien as he endeavors to restore peregrine falcons to the Bear Butte region in South Dakota. The documentary captures his experiences training a falcon named Thelma Louise, reflecting on the challenges posed by environmental changes, and exploring the deep connection between humans and nature. Set against the backdrop of the Northern Plains, the film offers insights into the life of a modern falconer and the intricate bond shared with these majestic birds.</p>

Look Up And Wave Your Glove

Matthew Huston

<p>This documentary follows three falconers from their homes in Wyoming up to the remote Montana flats to fly their birds of prey. Falconry is an ancient and somewhat unknown sport steeped in tradition, dating back over 4000 years. It requires considerable dedication on the part of the handler. This obsession and commitment to falconry has in some indirect way affected the most profound life choices the three men have been forced to make in order to quench their thirst for this strange, archaic sport. Han&#39;s Gabler was a professor working on the east coast of America before traveling inland in search of better hunting ground. Kenny Sterner was married and had a company before falconry &quot;got in the way&quot; and Tony Huston, the director&#39;s father, lived and worked in Hollywood as a successful Oscar nominated screenwriter before giving it up to pursue his passion. Each of the three men&#39;s strong personalities are articulated through the rigorous training and flying of these amazing birds of prey.</p>

Amazon Gold (2011)

Reuben Aaronson

<p>Narrated by Academy Award winners Sissy Spacek and Herbie Hancock, Amazon Gold is the disturbing account of a clandestine journey that bears witness to the apocalyptic destruction of the rainforest in the pursuit of illegally mined gold. Guided by a Peruvian environmental activist, journalists Ron Haviv and Donovan Webster travel along Peru&rsquo;s Madre de Dios River to reveal the savage unraveling of pristine rainforest. The valuable Amazon rainforest is not only being stripped of life, but also forever poisoned with mercury, a by-product of the illegal mining practices. With surreal images of once extraordinary beauty turned into hellish wasteland, Amazon Gold reaffirms the importance of the rainforest as a repository of priceless biodiversity and the global implications of its destruction.</p>

Bidder 70 (2012)

Beth and George Gage

<p>Tim DeChristopher is Bidder 70, a young man who derailed an illegal BLM oil and gas auction in a courageous act of civil disobedience.</p>

The Roots Of Heaven (1958)

John Huston

<p>In French Equatorial Africa, an idealist ecologist starts a campaign of public awareness to help save the African elephants from extinction.</p>

The African Queen (1951)

John Huston

<p>In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.</p>

White Hunter Black Heart

Clint Eastwood

<p>A thinly fictionalized account of a legendary movie director, whose desire to hunt down an animal turns into a grim situation with his movie crew in Africa.</p>

Meerkats 3d (2012)

Andrew Graham-Brown

<p>An inspiring look at how one family&#39;s connection to each other and their surroundings is a model of resilience and fortitude. Meet Kolo and his growing up story in the Kalahari desert.</p>

Le Dernier Océan

Peter Young

<p>The Ross Sea is the last ocean preserved from human activity. Scientists are studying it to understand marine ecosystem functions. However, the Antarctic toothfish fishing, highly prized by gourmets, threatens this wild sea.</p>

Ocean Frontiers: The Dawn Of A New Era In Ocean Stewardship

Karen Anspacher-Meyer Ralf Meyer

<p>Tainted waters, dying reefs, and failing fisheries - the myth of the boundless ocean is no more. With Earth&#39;s burgeoning populace facing an uncertain future on our beleaguered blue planet, never before have the world&#39;s oceans been called upon to serve so many, while suffering so much. From the troubled waters now rises a new wave of hope, a blossoming brand of stewardship from those who are doing right by the sea. OCEAN FRONTIERS takes us on an inspiring voyage to seaports and watersheds across the country to meet unlikely allies, of industrial shippers and whale biologists, pig farmers and wetland ecologists, sport fishers and reef snorkelers and many more, all are embarking on a new course of collaboration, in defense of the seas that sustain them.</p>

Planet Ocean (2012)

Yann Arthus-Bertrand Michael Pitiot

<p>Source of life, evolution of species, migration, predation&mdash; from the exuberance of coral reefs to the mysteries of the abyss, Planet Ocean first shows us the oceans&rsquo; secrets.Then everything changes. Humankind appears and takes over Planet Ocean&mdash; inventing fishing, conquering the seas, discovering oil and globalizing the world. Nothing will ever be the same.The film&rsquo;s narration explores human fragility and the consequences of our way of life on the oceans. With a humanistic view, Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Michael Pitiot invite us to preserve the planet&rsquo;s oceans and engage in respecting their beauty and life.</p>

Peace Out (2011)

Charles Wilkinson

<p>Peace Out seeks to engage those of us who do not connect our daily decisions with global land use issues. It focuses on the North Western Canadian wilderness, however the issues are universal. The film engages hydro and natural gas energy executives, oil company reps, nuclear spokesmen, scientists, academics and activists in an intelligent debate that leaves the viewer to decide. The film presents a beautiful, thought provoking look at a rapidly transforming landscape.</p>

Marseille Sans Soleil (Marseille Without Sun)

Paul Carpita

<p>Three young people shoot a film celebrating their city, the largest port on the Mediterranean and a muse for filmmakers since the birth of cinema, with dramatic, open-air cinematography reminiscent of the French new wave. The filmmaker is Marseille&rsquo;s self-taught cin&eacute;aste Paul Carpita, son of a dockworker and fishmonger, who was passionate about recording the daily life of the working classes.</p>

Coeur Fidele (Faithful Heart)

Jean Epstein

<p>Marie wants to escape from her job and also from her lover, Paul, an unemployed drunk. She dreams of going off with Jean, a dockworker. The two men quarrel and fight over Marie on two occasions, but Paul retains a hold over her. Marie has a baby who falls ill and as time goes on Jean and a crippled neighbor try to help the child. Paul nearly causes the death of the child whilst in a drunken stupor and in a final struggle that occurs, the crippled woman seizes Paul&#39;s gun and shoots him dead.</p>

The Dubuffet Case (L’affaire Dubuffet)

Cécile Déroudille

<p>The Dubuffet Case telles the story of art critic Ren&eacute; Deroudille&#39;s struggle to convince the Lyon Fine Arts Museum (France) to buy a Jean Dubuffet painting 1956. Although known around the world, no french museum had yet dared to acquire any of Dubuffet&#39;s work. The twisting suspensful drama is told through the fascinating correspondance between Jean Dubuffet, Ren&eacute; Deroudille and collage artist Philippe Dereux, intermediary between the painter and the art critic at the time. If the painting by Dubuffet, the &quot;Blond Landscape&quot;, is at the center of the story, it shares the role of the hero with the three other protagonists.</p>

My Louisiana Love

Sharon Linezo Hong

<p>A modern-day story of love, loss and resilience, the film follows Monique Verdin&rsquo;s quest to find a place in her Native American community, the Houma Nation, in the Mississippi Delta. As Monique struggles to overcome the loss of her father and partner and her house during Hurricane Katrina, she must redefine the meaning of home and the meaning of life on her own. Reeling from decades of environmental degradation from big oil interests and disasters, both natural and man-made, My Louisiana Love reveals the complex and uneven relationship between the oil industry and the indigenous community of the Mississippi Delta.</p>

Mother Nature’s Child (2011)

Camilla Rockwell

<p>Nature&rsquo;s powerful role in children&rsquo;s health and development is explored through the experience of toddlers, children in middle childhood and adolescents, from Vermont to Washington, D.C. The film marks a moment in time when a living generation can still recall childhoods of free play outdoors; this will not be true for most children growing up today. The effects of &ldquo;nature deficit disorder&rdquo; are now being noted across the country in epidemics of child obesity, attention disorders and depression. Mother Nature&rsquo;s Child asks the questions: Why do children need unstructured time outside? What is the place of risk-taking in healthy child development? How is play a form of learning? How can city kids connect with nature?</p>

Cinderella Moon (2011)

Richard Bowen

<p>In a mythical kingdom, Mei Mei is born to a doting mother, second wife of a village notable whose first wife (Wang Caiping) already has a daughter.</p>

Idle Threat (2012)

George Pakenham

<p>Since 1971, the City of New York has had laws restricting curbside engine idling. One man, determined to reduce air pollution in his neighborhood and combat global climate change, confronted the city&#39;s lax enforcement efforts. This film chronicles the challenges and triumphs of his campaign.</p>

Jane’s Journey (2010)

Lorenz Knauer

<p>More than 20 years ago, Dr. Jane Goodall, now 75, decided to give up her career as a primatologist, as well as her private life, in order to devote all her energy to saving our endangered planet. Since then she&#39;s been spending 300 days a year scouring the globe on her mission to spread hope for future generations. She has taken on the responsibilities of a UN Messenger of Peace, and has been honored with countless awards. In Jane&#39;s Journey, we accompany her on her travels across several continents, and receive unprecedented access to her intense and exciting past. From her childhood home in Bournemouth, England, we embark to Gombe National Park on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Tanzania, her second home. It&#39;s where she began her groundbreaking research nearly half a century ago, and she still returns every year to enjoy the company of the chimpanzees that made her the internationally recognized activist so loved and deeply respected.This documentary offers an intimate portrait of the private person behind the world-famous icon, possibly the most fascinating woman of our time, whose scientific breakthroughs are considered to be among the most important of the past 100 years.</p>

Beny, Back To The Wild

Alain Tixier

<p>The critically important work by renowned naturalist Claudine Andre to save the endangered bonobo apes of the Congo is presented in this visually stunning feature film.</p>

For The Best And For The Onion

Elhadj Magori Sani

<p>&ldquo;I am singing about onion farming, bringing both suffering and joy.&rdquo; So sings an onion farmer as he works his field in Galmi, Niger. Beside him stands Yaro, a fellow farmer who knows all too well the hope and sorrow his livelihood can bring. Agriculture is key to the local economy, with Galmi onions prized throughout West Africa. Shot over the course of one growing season, the film captures the rhythms of life in Galmi, showing a family&rsquo;s dependence on their onion crop and how market price and harvest can affect the most intimate personal decisions.</p>

Rock The Boat (2011)

Thea Mercouffer

<p>In the artificial landscape that is Los Angeles, where even palm trees are imported, nothing epitomizes man&#39;s short-sighted efforts to reshape the face of the earth more than the LA River: modified beyond recognition, its flow tapped before it even reached the surface, the river was used, abused and essentially forgotten. But when an unassuming boater insists on seeing it as a river again, a local controversy takes on national dimensions, and the once-derided eyesore turns into a source of hope for the City of Dreams. &#39;Rock the Boat&#39; is a fun, high-energy and, ultimately, moving film that tells this every-man&#39;s adventure and looks at the price nature has to pay for our urban lifestyle.</p>

Urban Wildlife On The Anacostia River

Daryl Wallace

<p>&quot;Urban Wildlife on the Anacostia River&quot; is a 2013 short film that showcases the diverse wildlife inhabiting the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. Filmed entirely on iPhones by Daryl Wallace, Environmental Education Coordinator at the Earth Conservation Corps, the documentary captures the often-overlooked fauna in local parks and picnic areas, encouraging viewers to pause and observe the natural world around them.</p>

Restorying The Anacostia River

Emma Boorboor Danny Peters Rasheda Kahn

<p>&quot;Restorying the Anacostia River&quot; is a 2011 short documentary that explores the power of narrative in environmental restoration. The film posits that transforming public perception of the Anacostia River&mdash;from a polluted waterway to a cherished natural asset&mdash;can galvanize community involvement in its cleanup and preservation. By reframing the river&#39;s story, the documentary aims to inspire collective action toward environmental stewardship.</p>

The Secret Life of Trees

Albert Maysles

<p>What do trees know that we don&#39;t? 13-year-old inventor Aidan realized that trees use a mathematical formula to gather sunlight in crowded forests. Then he wondered why we don&rsquo;t collect solar energy in the same way.</p>

Grow Dat Youth Farm

Johanna Gilligan

<p>A site at New Orleans City Park has been transformed by Tulane City Center and the Tulane School of Architecture to a diversified organic farm cultivated by youth and a farm campus featuring green building innovations for outdoor classrooms, a teaching kitchen, administrative offices and post-harvest handling areas.</p>

Where We Live: The Changing Face Of Climate Activism

Mark Decena

<p>This 9-minute film documents one of the fastest-growing and most effective forces combating climate change: organized grassroots movements. Centering around efforts to overturn California&rsquo;s historic global warming legislation, the film highlights how community organizations and networks throughout the state played a crucial role in mobilizing the vote in immigrant and low income communities to defeat Proposition 23, making the case that equity-based and community-driven solutions are essential in bringing about the deeper restructuring of societies to confront the climate crisis.</p>

Mumbai – The Rubber Band Ball

Mohit Chhabra

<p>A boy looks for open space to play as the city encroaches.</p>

Johannesburg - Growing Hope

Wiseman Mabusela

<p>Hope grows in a community garden in an abandoned school in Soweto.</p>

Rio – This Film Is About...

Eduardo Hunter Moura

<p>Creating energy from waste in Rio.</p>

Sustainable Sydney 2030: A City With Two Voices

Daniel Jameison

<p>The mayor of Sydney and a radio talk-show host debate the city&rsquo;s sustainability initiative.</p>

Wild Things (2012)

Daniel Hinerfeld Molly O’Brien

<p>Wolves, coyotes and other native carnivores balance ecosystems and keep wilderness healthy. But they are also seen as a threat to livestock, and for over a hundred years ranchers and federal government trappers have slaughtered them in a battle against nature that is costly, brutal, and not very effective. Wild Things introduces audiences to progressive ranchers who are learning to coexist with these animals successfully. They are using new technology, and rediscovering old methods of animal husbandry to create a better future for livestock, wildlife and wilderness. Wild Things also features scientists, conservationists and even former Wildlife Services trappers, who believe it is time for a major change in the way we treat our magnificent native carnivores.</p>

The Ends Of The Earth

John Grabowska

<p>Take an Odyssean voyage of outward adventure and inner reflection to the Alaska Peninsula, a narrow frontier between warm and cold latitudes extending 500 miles from the Alaskan mainland. Separating the Bering Sea from the Pacific, the Alaska Peninsula is a cloud-cloaked land of active volcanoes, rolling tundra and the greatest concentration of the largest bears on earth. The writings of naturalist Loren Eiseley frame this landscape where bears outnumber people and the sockeye salmon run is the most prolific in the world. At the base of the peninsula lies Katmai National Park, a wilderness larger than Yellowstone and Yosemite combined. Farther down the peninsula a giant volcanic caldera emerges on the horizon, so remote that more people climb Everest than visit Aniakchak. Alaska is warming at more than twice the rate of the rest of the planet. This visually breathtaking documentary also explores the effects of climate change on this land of wilderness and wildlife.</p>

Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters

Ben Shapiro

<p>A documentary shot over a decade with unprecedented access to photographer Gregory Crewdson that bares the artist&#39;s process.</p>

Des Abeilles Et Des Hommes (More Than Honey)

Markus Imhoof

<p>Across the world, let&rsquo;s dive into the heart of the hives to discover the world of bees and their relationship with humans. A similar phenomenon repeats everywhere: their abnormal death. What are the causes? Can we imagine a world without bees?</p>

Old Man And The Moose

Joosep Matjus

<p>&quot;Old Man and the Moose&quot; is a 2009 Estonian documentary that follows Harri, who has dedicated over 30 years to studying moose and understanding their behaviors. Immersing himself in wetlands, Harri communicates with these majestic animals using &quot;moose language,&quot; mimicking their sounds and gestures. His deep connection leads him to dream of embodying a moose. The film captures rare wildlife moments, including an eight-member wolf pack and moose mating rituals, offering viewers an intimate glimpse into Estonia&#39;s natural world.</p>

A Journey To The Source Of The Lena

Vasiliy Sarana

<p>Russian filmmaker Vasili Sarana and Estonian filmmaker Riho V&auml;strik explore the source of the Lena River in Siberia.</p>

The Return Of The Musk Ox

Vasiliy Sarana

<p>About 3 thousand years ago, apparently due to climate change, musk oxen in Eurasia became completely extinct. They remained only in hard-to-reach places in North America and Greenland. To return the musk oxen to their historical homeland, scientists decided to conduct an experiment and brought 30 musk oxen to Taimyr. To find out how the experiment went, 35 years later we set off on a long trip to Taimyr and there we try to meet musk oxen.</p>

Now, Forager

Jason Cortlund Julia Halperin

<p dir="ltr">Lucien and Regina gather wild mushrooms and sell them to New York restaurants. Their lifestyle&nbsp;is simple, their income unstable. As Regina seeks more stability and Lucien wants to devote&nbsp;himself to full-time nomadic foraging, their individual desires put the marriage to a test.</p>

Stealing From The Poor

Yorgos Avgeropoulos

<p>If you have ever asked yourself where the fish you eat comes from, you are about to learn first-hand about the huge pirate fishing industry that is committing a crime on your plate every day! The rising demand for fish in the international market has driven European and Asian fishing fleets toward the coast of West Africa. Hundreds of industrial pirate ships are fishing illegally in the territorial waters of these African nations, devastating ocean life and condemning millions of Africans to poverty and hunger. In Senegal, pirate fishing by huge industrial vessels from developed countries is depriving the inhabitants of their main source of livelihood. According to the United Nations International Food and Agricultural Organization, 75 percent of the international fish stocks are being overfished, are on the verge of collapse or have already disappeared.</p>

Peak (2011)

Hannes Lang

<p>The Alps are an ancient region of natural beauty that is changing as a result of global warming. Since the turn of the 21st century, we may no longer assume that there will be thick snow cover on every peak at every ski resort. This film shows how the tourist industry is dealing with the problem. Tens of millions of euros are being invested to create high-altitude water reservoirs to replace the melting glaciers. Capturing atmospheric, observational shots, breathtaking landscapes and detached recordings of work underway, the film includes the explanations and speculations of contractors and local residents. Older residents have witnessed the shift from agriculture to tourism and the exodus of young people from the picturesque villages where only aging populations remain. The film&rsquo;s theme is that human arrogance is leading us to destroy a natural balance that cannot be recovered. What is taking place in the Alps parallels what is occurring worldwide.</p>

Nothing Like Chocolate

Kum-Kum Bhavnani

<p>From currency to candy, chocolate reflects a rich history of sacred ritual, endorphin highs, hip anti-oxidants, exotic sensuality, high quality luxury and enslaved children. The film tells the compelling story of Mott Green, founder of the Grenada Chocolate Company Cooperative, as he pursues his unique vision to create the best chocolate in the world, ethically and taste-wise. Also featuring Nelice Stewart, an independent cocoa farmer in Grenada, the documentary shows how the Caribbean island of Grenada has become home to this revolutionary venture. In a world of mass-produced chocolate &ndash; often made with cocoa harvested by trafficked child labor &ndash; and bean prices that have fueled civil war in Africa, this artisanal small chocolate factory is fast becoming a serious competitor to industrial chocolate. The Grenada Chocolate Factory, a worker-owned cooperative, draws on solar power, employee shareholding and small-scale antique equipment to make delicious, organic, and socially conscious chocolate.</p>

Potomac: The River Runs Through Us

Peggy Fleming.

<p>Each of us is connected to rivers in our everyday lives. Most of the six million people living in the Potomac River watershed do not realize that their drinking water comes from the Potomac. This film follows the flow of the Potomac water from its origin, into our homes and businesses and back into the river. We become aware of the need to protect this essential resource and its connection to our wellbeing and that of future generations</p>

Chattahoochee: From Water War To Water Vision

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<p>From Water War to Water Vision explores the ongoing conflict over water resources in the Southeastern United States, particularly among Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. Once known for abundant rainfall and freely flowing rivers, the region has faced intense disputes over water usage for nearly two decades. This documentary delves into the historical and political origins of the conflict, the environmental and economic stakes involved, and potential solutions for sustainable water management. Through expert interviews and compelling visuals, the film highlights the challenges of balancing human needs, industry demands, and environmental preservation in a rapidly changing landscape.</p>

Where The Yellowstone Goes

Hunter Weeks

<p>Where the Yellowstone Goes follows a 30-day drift boat journey down the longest undammed river in the contiguous United States. Intimate portraits of locals in both booming cities and dusty, dwindling towns along the Yellowstone River, illustrate the history and controversies surrounding this enigmatic watershed leading to questions about its future. Connect with colorful characters, get lost in the hypnotic cast of a fly rod, and experience silhouetted moments of fireside stories on this heartfelt river adventure.</p>

Shark Loves The Amazon

Cidney Hue Adrian Vasquez de Velasco

<p>The Amazon is generally portrayed as a land of mystery populated by indigenous people surrounded by exotic fauna and flora in an environment threatened by encroaching mining and farming. Author and lawyer Mark London offers a decidedly less romantic, and more realistic, perspective in this documentary produced after three decades of extensive travels and two books on the Amazon written with journalist Brian Kelly. The film depicts the hard realities of a region seeking a sustainable model of development that promotes economic activity while preserving Earth&rsquo;s last great forest and its unparalleled concentration of biodiversity. Adapted from the book, &ldquo;The Last Forest&rdquo; written by Mark London and Brian Kelly.</p>

Lunarcy! (2012)

Simon Ennis

<p>With wry humor and affection, Simon Ennis&#39; &quot;Lunarcy!&quot; follows a disparate group of dreamers and schemers who all have one thing in common: they&#39;ve devoted their lives to the Moon. From the young man who&#39;s resolved to depart for Luna (permanently) to the ex-ventriloquist who&#39;s made millions selling Moon lots.</p>

Margaret Mee And The Moonflower

Malu de Martino

<p>Margaret Mee and the Moonflower is a documentary about the life and work of the botanical illustrator, Margaret Mee, a pioneer and a visionary, one of the most important artists of the twentieth century. Through her diaries, interviews and narratives, the film reveals a tireless advocate for the preservation of Brazilian flora, whose love of nature and whose art provide a constant reminder of the need to preserve our environment.</p>

Greedy Lying Bastards

Craig Rosebraugh

<p>Melting sea ice, glacier loss and rising sea levels. Severe droughts and wildfires. Increasingly severe tornadoes, hurricanes, and flooding. Record heat waves. Climate change is no longer a prediction for the future, but a startling reality of today. Yet, as evidence of our changing climate mounts and the scientific consensus proves human causation, there continues to be little political action to thwart the warming of our planet. &quot;Greedy Lying Bastards&quot; investigates the reason behind stalled efforts to tackle climate change despite consensus in the scientific community that it is not only a reality but also a growing problem placing us on the brink of disaster. The film details the people and organizations casting doubt on climate science and claims that greenhouse gases are not affected by human behavior. From the Koch Brothers to ExxonMobil, to oil industry front groups, to prominent politicians and Justices, this provocative expos&eacute; unravels the layers of deceit threatening democracy and the ability for future generations to survive on planet earth.</p>

Hot Tuna (2012)

Rick Rosenthal

<p>The Atlantic bluefin tuna, one of the largest, fastest, most prized fish in the sea, is now being fished to the brink of extinction. Revealing the secrets of this legendary, warm-blooded animal, this film seeks to find the tuna&rsquo;s place in the vast marine ecosystem. Marine biologist and wildlife cameraman Rick Rosenthal&rsquo;s passion for bluefin was sparked years ago when he witnessed an extraordinary underwater spectacle in the pristine blue waters of the Azores: large numbers of dolphins, seabirds and tunas working together in a ferocious three-dimensional attack. But today the waters of the Azores are quiet. What&rsquo;s become of the bluefin and their feeding frenzies? Venturing across the north Atlantic, up the restless Gulf Stream, and to the depths of the tuna&rsquo;s sprawling range, Rosenthal spends 13 years in pursuit of the bluefin.</p>

Integrated Development In Tanzania: Healthy People, Healthy Environment

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<p>Along the northern coast of Tanzania, a series of innovative development projects organized by community members, the Tanzania Coastal Management Partnership, the BALANCED Project and USAID are combining conservation efforts with health and livelihood interventions. These integrated &ldquo;population, health and environment&rdquo; (PHE) projects start from the basis that healthy people require a healthy environment and vice versa. Community members are some of the most important tools of the PHE approach &ndash; local villagers become peer educators who can discuss the linkages of conservation and health with their neighbors. In the film, we meet Rukia, Mahija and Fidea from the Pangani and Bagamoyo districts, whose lives reflect how these dynamic development projects are improving their health, their environment and their community. The development projects include Clean Cookstoves, Seaweed Generation and Reproductive Health.</p>

Transcending Boundaries: Perspectives From The Central Albertine Rift Transfrontier Protected Area Network

Cory Wilson Elaine Hsiao

<p>Straddling the border between the United States and Canada, Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is a critical ecosystem within The Crown of the Continent, one of the premier mountain regions of the world. The park is the focus of this episode of &ldquo;Transcending Boundaries,&rdquo; a series of documentaries exploring trans-boundary issues in and around International Peace Parks. Exploring a variety of geographic, cultural and ecological issues with a diverse range of people engaged in conserving this ecosystem, including National Park Rangers, Blackfeet Native American professors and Rotary presidents, the film presents a complex web of stakeholders and issues.</p>

Emptying The World’s Aquarium

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<p>World Premiere Jacques Cousteau called it &ldquo;the world&rsquo;s aquarium.&rdquo; A vast and lush underwater paradise surrounded by arid desert and thick mangrove, the Sea of Cortez has captivated explorers from Francisco de Ulloa to John Steinbeck. With half a million tons of seafood taken per year, 6,000 cataloged species and perhaps 6,000 yet to be found, few places on earth boast such diversity of life. But today industrial fishing operations are decimating the sea&#39;s bounty</p>

Dolphin Slaughter (2013)

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<p>Dolphin Slaughter is a 2013 short documentary that exposes the illegal hunting of dolphins off the coast of Peru. Despite legal protections, thousands of dolphins are killed annually to serve as bait in the lucrative long-line shark fishing industry. The film provides a rare and disturbing glimpse into this practice, highlighting the urgent need for enforcement of wildlife conservation laws.</p>

Warm Period (Warmzeit)

Knut Karger

<p>Warm period connects people in different places of this world whose every-day lives are affected by global-warming. From Greenland to Namibia it portrays individuals experiencing the impact of climatic change, as well as scientists and engineers of alternative energy technologies. In Africa, mere two degrees of warming are going to destroy the foundation of people&#39;s lives. In Greenland today, farmers can grow vegetables in areas where the ground was permanently frozen just decades ago. Major contributors to global climate warming are the industrialized, Western countries and the Co2 emissions they produce. Human actions have become a decisive global parameter and are going to change the face of the world, if we don&#39;t reconsider our choices.</p>

Raising Resistance (2011)

Bettina Borgfeld David Benet

<p>Paraguay&#39;s lush soy farms are battlegrounds between huge agri-business and small farmers. The GMO beans fatten up cattle in rich countries so steaks remain cheap. But the pesticides used are destroying the crops of the campesinos and harming their kids.</p>

Keep On Rolling–the Dream Of The Automobile (Sobre Ruedasel Sueño Del Automóvil)

Óscar Clemente

<p>Keep on Rolling: The Dream of the Automobile is a 2011 Spanish documentary directed by &Oacute;scar Clemente. The film examines the profound impact of automobiles on urban life, highlighting how cars have transformed societies and questioning their suitability in modern cities. Through interviews with urban designers, engineers, and philosophers, complemented by archival footage and animations, the documentary explores the social, economic, and environmental consequences of car-centric cultures. It urges viewers to reconsider personal mobility and advocates for sustainable alternatives. ​</p>

Shooting In The Wild (2013)

Ed Beimfohr

<p>The new documentary for public television Shooting in the Wild reveals how the production of wildlife films sometimes involves deception and sensationalism. Host Alexandra Cousteau and veteran film producer Chris Palmer take a behind-the-scenes look at wildlife filmmaking.</p>

Bending Sticks: The Sculpture Of Patrick Dougherty

Penelope Maunsell Kenny Dalsheimer

<p>The Sculpture of Patrick Dougherty is a 2012 documentary that celebrates the 25-year career of environmental artist Patrick Dougherty, known for his monumental site-specific sculptures crafted from saplings. The film follows Dougherty&#39;s creative process across various locations, offering insight into his inspirations and the collaborative nature of his work.</p>

The Innside Story: The Green River From The Alps

Franz Hafner

<p>Central Europe&rsquo;s largest tributary of the Danube, the 323-mile Inn River flows through Switzerland, the Austrian Tyrol and Bavaria. Through the ages, the Inn&rsquo;s legendary natural beauty has generated unique cultural regions. Called the green river from the Alps, the Inn has many faces: picturesque sandy islets, extensive wetlands, riparian forests and gravel banks. The source of the Inn lies in the Engadin Valley, in the Swiss canton of Graub&uuml;nden, a famously gorgeous landscape with local populations of ibex and ptarmigans. In Tyrol and Bavaria, where the river finally empties into the Danube, beavers and European otters take advantage of the Inn as a habitat. The film also addresses the serious threats the river faces today: signs of massive human intervention are clearly apparent all along the Inn&rsquo;s course, with consequences suffered by animal and plant life alike.</p>

A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle For A Living Planet

Mark Kitchell

<p>An exploration of the environmental movement - grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change.</p>

Trashed

Candida Brady

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:#000000">Jeremy Irons sets out to discover the extent and effects of the global waste problem, as he travels around the world to beautiful destinations tainted by pollution. This is a meticulous, brave investigative journey that takes Irons (and us) from skepticism to sorrow and from horror to hope.</span></span></span></p>

Blue Alchemy: Stories Of Indigo

Mary Lance

<p>BLUE ALCHEMY: STORIES OF INDIGO is a feature-length documentary about indigo, a blue dye that has captured the human imagination for millennia. It is also about remarkable people around the globe who are reviving indigo in projects that are intended to improve life in their communities, preserve cultural integrity, improve the environment, and bring beauty to the world.</p>

Tale Of A Forest (Metsän Tarina)

Ville Suhonen Kim Saarniluoto

<p>A documentary that unveils the primeval forests of Northern Finland, some of Europe&#39;s sole remaining, old-growth forests.</p>

Coastguards: A Waterlust Film About Sharks

Austin Gallagher

<p>An illustration of humanity&rsquo;s obsession and mixture of fear and fascination for sharks, while bringing their ecological importance &ndash; and plight &ndash; into the spot light. Told through the perspective of biologist Austin Gallagher with footage compiled from expeditions and research trips from the last 3 years, &ldquo;Coastguards&rdquo; is a metaphor for the role sharks play in maintaining the health and stability of our precious blue planet.</p>

Echoes Of Exxon

Lauren Lindberg

<p>Filmmaker Lauren Lindberg compares the the BP Gulf Oil Spill of 2010 with the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill of 1989. She issues a timely warning and a call to action.</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>

America’s Wilderness

Sarah Gulick Sylvia Johnson Erin Finicane

<p>America&#39;s Wilderness is a web based video series that mixes education, entertainment, and new media to engage the public on the topic of designated Wilderness and its relevance to a wide spectrum of communities nation wide. In a series of short three to five minute webisodes, America&#39;s Wilderness celebrates the beauty and the value of America&#39;s wild places while striving to increase public awareness of and political support for additional wilderness designations, the highest level of land protection recognized by the Wilderness Act of 1964. Collectively, these stories remind us that wilderness is part of the American identity and that its existence impacts our daily lives in a number of ways, ranging from health and recreation to artistic inspiration and scientific research.</p>

Guardian Of Guano

Ana Sotelo

<p>The Guardian of Guano follows Ricardo Moreno, caretaker of the Punta San Juan Reserve in southern Peru as he strives to protect the guano-producing birds that live on the Reserve. Farmers depend on guards like Moreno to keep the birds safe, as they use the bird guano for farming. While performing his tasks, Moreno has been composing music lyrics, poetry about his life with his winged neighbors the guanay birds.</p>

The Age Of Aluminum (2013)

Bert Ehgartner

<p>Aluminum is booming and found its way into every facet of our lives: But what do we actually know about the side effects of our daily companions?</p>

A Thirsty World (La Soif Du Monde)

Yann Arthus-Bertrand Thierry Piantanida Baptiste Rouget-Luchaire

<p>Today, against a backdrop of sharply increasing demand, growth in the world population and the growing impact of an unsettled climate, water has become one of the most precious natural resources of our planet.</p>

Starboard Light (2013)

Nick Fitzhugh

<p>Sometimes the greatest adventure is the journey home. A love letter to loss spanning five generations, Starboard Light shows us how to hold on. In Starboard Light, a family must witness the disappearance of a century of family memories when they sell their 210 year old summer home on Cape Cod. Whether it&#39;s a small cabin deep in the woods, a primary residence that&#39;s been handed down generation after generation or a waterfront summer getaway, there is a Starboard Light in many of our lives that we&#39;ve struggled to keep or had to painfully let go. Vicariously through this American family, Starboard Light helps us all to immortalize the generations of memories and values baked into these shared family homes so that we may pass them on to our own children and grandchildren and begs the question: Does a family make a house? Or does a house make a family?</p>

Sand Fishers (Hamou-beya)

Andrey Samouté Diarra

<p>The Bozos of Mali have fished the Niger River better than anyone else for generations. Now, climate change and drought are depleting fish stocks and forcing men to look for alternative livelihoods. Gala fills his boat with sand and gravel and heads to the capital as a &ldquo;sand fisher&rdquo; to sell his commodities to the construction industry. Facing another foe, capitalist competition, is the Bozo&rsquo;s traditional way of life destined to disappear?</p>

Bay Of All Saints (Baía De Todos Os Santos)

Annie Eastman

<p>In Bahia, Brazil, generations of impoverished families live in palafitas, a vast network of shacks built on stilts above a rising tide of garbage over the ocean bay. When the government threatens to reclaim the bay in the name of ecological restoration, hundreds of families are about to lose their homes. Filmed over 6 years, BAY OF ALL SAINTS is a lyrical portrait of three single-mothers living in the water slums during this crisis. Geni, AKA &#39;Miss Mayor,&#39; a pizza parlor manager rapidly becomes a community organizer; Jesus, a laundry-washer, starts to look beyond her dreams of a Prince Charming who never comes; Dona Maria, a trash-picker, once freed from domestic servitude, ventures outside the palafitas as she raises her 16 children and grandchildren on the ocean bay. Their individual stories of poverty unfold through visits from Norato, their big-hearted refrigerator repairman, born and raised in the palafitas. He bears witness, as each family is promised a new home in governmental housing, without knowing when, or if this promise will ever be kept. BAY OF ALL SAINTS offers a glimpse at the complexities of urban poverty; the sacrifices these women make for their children&#39;s survival and the demands of life on the bay. Ultimately, the State&#39;s urban development project-through its tumult and blunders-compels these women to rise up to fight for their future.</p>

The People The Rain Forgot

Sophia Tewa

<p>The People the Rain Forgot is the story of how climate change and drought has ravaged the livelihoods of millions in Kenya. The documentary follows the country&#39;s farmers and nomads as they grapple with land that will no longer feed their families. It&#39;s been four years since northern Kenyans haven&#39;t had sufficient rain to sustain their livestock and crops. Some wonder whether God is punishing them for their failure to properly steward the land. This film shows that the results of climate change are manifest right now from the border of Ethiopia to the margins of Somalia. But many are fighting back against a force they did not create and find the courage to try and make the rain fall again.</p>

Bottled Life (Nestlés Geschäfte Mit Dem Wasser)

Urs Schnell

<p>Do you know how to turn ordinary water into a billion-dollar business? In Switzerland there&#39;s a company which has developed the art to perfection - Nestl&eacute;. This company dominates the global business in bottled water. Swiss journalist Res Gehringer has investigated this money-making phenomena. Nestl&eacute; refused to cooperate, on the pretext that it was &quot;the wrong film at the wrong time&quot;. So Gehringer went on a journey of exploration, researching the story in the USA, Nigeria and Pakistan. His journey into the world of bottled water reveals the schemes and strategies of the most powerful food and beverage company on our planet.</p>

The Future Of Mud: A Tale Of Houses And Lives In Djenné

Susan Vogel

<p>Through the story of Komusa Tanapo, a mason in Djenne, and his family, this documentary examines an African tradition of mud architecture in Mali. The environmental genius of these ancient construction techniques, using thick walls with tiny windows that keep the interiors cool despite the stifling heat, is expressed in beautiful designs that have won the town of Djenne designation as a World Heritage site. The Future of Mud reveals Komusa&rsquo;s hand building methods, utilizing sun-dried bricks made from the flood plain mud containing decayed fish and cattle manure and mixed with organic materials such as straw and rice chaff. He goes to work on two building sites and at the annual repair of the Great Mosque, employing thousand-year-old construction techniques and the secrets he inherited from his family of masons, including religious rituals to protect homes and workers from evil spirits.</p>

Seeking The Greatest Good: The Conservation Legacy Of Gifford Pinchot (2012)

Kristin Doran

<p>A biography of the first Chief of the US Forest Service, Gifford Pinchot. The film shows the germination and evolution of Gifford Pinchot&#39;s conservation ethos, his public service in the Forest Service and as Governor of Pennsylvania, and the contribution of his family estate, Grey Towers, to the federal government. Pinchot discovered his passion for conservation at Grey Towers, which is today a leader in the conservation community. The film investigates the conservation legacy of Gifford Pinchot, in work done in his lifetime and continuing today at Grey Towers National Historic Site and the Pinchot Institute for Conservation.</p>

Grand Threat (2012)

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<p>This is the story of the new rush to mine for uranium around the Grand Canyon and the advocates who are fighting against it, including a tribal leader whose sacred lands are threatened by increased mining activity and a former park supervisor who warns of the risks of water contamination in the canyon&#39;s fragile ecosystem.</p>

Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West

Mark Decena

<p>Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting is a well-worn saying when it comes to water politics, but in the Colorado River Basin, where the most dammed, dibbed, and diverted river in the world struggles to flow, some think fighting may be the only way left to reclaim this valuable resource. Robert Redford&rsquo;s voice hones the narrative of the threats to the once-mighty Colorado River, but Watershed is not all doom and gloom. It renders light moments that illuminate how letting go of the ways of old can lead to a convincing new water ethic &ndash; where, again, there can be enough for all.</p>

Solar Eclipse (2011)

Martin Mareˇcek

<p>In 2006, Milan and Tomas electrified a school campus and a hospital in a detached Zambian village. After four years, they return for the last time to find out about their system&#39;s failures, repair it and hand it over at last.</p>

Made In Mexico (Hecho En México)

Duncan Bridgeman

<p>A documentary on some of contemporary Mexico&#39;s most iconic artists and performers.</p>

Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Re-imagining Lincoln Center And The High Line

Muffie Dunn Tom Piper

<p>This documentary looks at architecture and design team Diller Scofidio + Renfro through the lens of two important urban projects - the High Line and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.</p>

The Storm (De Storm)

Ben Sombogaart

<p>During the devastating North Sea flood of 1953, a young woman and a naval officer search for her lost infant son.</p>

Earth Days (2009)

Robert Stone

<p>The story of our growing awareness and understanding of the environmental crisis and emergence, during the 1960&#39;s and &#39;70&#39;s, of popular movement to confront it.</p>

Titans Of The Ice Age 3d

David Clark

<p>Explore the Pleistocene through archaeological discoveries, reenactments, and CGI.</p>

Harmony (2012)

Stuart Sender

<p>Growing out of three decades of work by the Prince of Wales to combat climate change and find innovative solutions to the global environmental crisis, Harmony is an urgent, accessible and practical call to action. It offers the audience a new and inspiring perspective on how the world can meet the challenges of climate change globally, locally and personally.</p>

Voices Of Transition (2011)

Nils Aguilar

<p>Voices of the Transition is an enthusiastic documentary on farmers- and community-led responses to food insecurity in a scenario of climate change and peak oil. How to create local resilience? How to create a production system that enhances life? What role could the trees play? Different &#39;voices from the Transition&#39;, from Cuba, France and the UK, tell us of a future society where our deserts will once again be living soil, where fields will be introduced into our cities, and where independence from oil will help us to live a richer, more fulfilling life.</p>

The River (1937)

Pare Lorentz

<p>This documentary short film looks at the devastating and costly problems, including seasonal flooding and erosion of precious topsoil, associated with the Mississippi River system and promotes more Federal projects to remedy the situation.</p>

Mekong The Mother

Peter Degen

<p>The importance of the Mekong to the inhabitants of the river basin is demonstrated as fishermen, boat captains and other ordinary people tell of their livelihoods, their beliefs and their love for the river. The film stresses the need for cooperation to ensure the health of the river and the economic well-being of people in the river basin.</p>

Mekong (2012)

Douglas Varchol

<p>Stories of Mekong citizens upstream and down, from fishermen on the Tonle Sap to activists still fighting against the Pak Mun Dam in Thailand, are told in this far-reaching film that also features a vice minister from Laos convinced he can build the region&rsquo;s most &ldquo;river-transparent&rdquo; dam. Filmed in four countries and four languages, Mekong captures footage of China&rsquo;s Mekong (Lancang) dams, as well as the controversial Xayaburi Dam in Laos.</p>

Julio Solis, A Moveshake Story (2012)

Allie Bombach

<p>Julio Solis, a sea turtle conservationist in Puerto San Carlos, Baja California, Mexico, was, in his youth, a poacher of sea turtles until a life-changing mentor shifted his perspective about his relationship with the ocean. Julio is now working to protect the sea turtles by running a nonprofit dedicated to preserving Magdalena Bay&rsquo;s natural resources. His story is one of perseverance and personal growth as he works to change the tide for the future of his community</p>

The Growth Of Lake Enriquillo: Environment, Social And Scientific Implications (Crecidade Los Lagos Enriquillo Y Azuei)

Braudin Eusebio Jesus Frias

<p>United States Premiere Lake Enriquillo is located in a rift valley that extends from Port-au-Prince Bay in Haiti to near Neiba Bay in the Dominican Republic. This documentary investigates the reasons behind the recent growth of Lake Enriquillo from 164 km&sup2; to 350 km&sup2; in the last seven years. These include increased rainfall, sediment run-off from deforestation and other environmental occurrences, all of which are having a negative effect on nearby towns and residents</p>

Our Backs To The Sea (De Espaldas Al Mar)

Armando Larrauri

<p>This short film looks at major threats facing our coasts and oceans: overfishing, especially the parrotfish and sea turtles, and the negative role of invasive predators, like the lionfish, that inhabit coral reefs. One solution lies in catching and consuming the lionfish, which have no natural predators and reducing their population &ndash; a good option for fishermen and consumers seeking a delicious source of nutrition. Testimony from fishermen and marine biologists as well as film footage from around the Dominican Republic will shed light on the state of our oceans.</p>

Heart Of Sky, Heart Of Earth

Frauke Sandig Eric Black

<p>Clouds pass before the sun and away again while a gentle voice speaking in the splendid tones of the Mayan language explains how the Earth came to be. There were no humans or animals; there was only sky... This poetic atmosphere sets the tone for a weighty story demonstrating how globalization is wiping out this benign approach to life in a narrow-minded, crude, and criminal way. According to the ancient Maya, this great cycle of their calendar will end in 2012. But for the source of our demise, there is no need to look to the esoteric. The remote homelands of some nine million present day Maya in Chiapas and Guatemala present a perfect microcosm for witnessing how greed is already ravaging the Earth and indigenous cultures.</p>

La Source (2012)

Patrick Shen

<p>A documentary that follows Haiti-born Josue Lajeunesse as he works to bring bacteria-free water to his native village.</p>

Fold Crumple Crush: The Art Of El Anatsui

Susan Vogel

<p>A look into the life of contemporary African artist El Anatsui as he creates a piece for the Venice Biennale.</p>

An Original Duckumentary

Ann Johnson Prum

<p>There are some 120 species of duck, representing a wide variety of shapes, sizes and behaviors. Some are noisy and gregarious, others shy and elusive. They are familiar animals we think we know. But most of us don&#39;t really know these phenomenal, sophisticated creatures at all. This program follows a wood duck family as a male and female create a bond, migrate together across thousands of miles, nurture and protect a brood of chicks, then come full circle as they head to their wintering grounds</p>

Birders: The Central Park Effect

Jeffrey Kimball

<p>A diverse group of full-of-attitude New Yorkers reveals how a hidden world of beautiful wild birds in the middle of Manhattan has upended and magically transformed their lives.</p>

Otter 501 (2012)

Bob Talbot

<p>A storm grows, a sea otter pup is separated from her mother, and a young woman bound for adventure blows in to town. On a wild and windswept beach these lives collide and an entire species&#39; survival gets personal. Through Katie&#39;s eyes you will see our playful pup, otter number 501, get an amazing second chance at life in the wild. As the two learn to navigate the opportunities and risks of life without anchor we see the incredible efforts people have undertaken to save sea otters from the brink of existence. Framed against the strikingly beautiful Monterey Bay coastline, the last stronghold of these iconic animals, Katie discovers just how serious this threat remains. Their adventure, unexpected as it was, illustrates what we can do to contribute to the growing movement to protect the southern sea otter...and ourselves.</p>

Trash Dance (2012)

Andrew Garrison

<p>Sometimes inspiration can be found in unexpected places. Choreographer Allison Orr finds beauty and grace in garbage trucks, and in the men and women who pick up our trash. Filmmaker Andrew Garrison follows Orr as she joins city sanitation workers on their daily routes to listen, learn, and ultimately to convince them to collaborate in a unique dance performance. Hard working, often carrying a second job, their lives are already full with work, family and dreams of their own. But some step forward, and after months of rehearsal, two dozen trash collectors and their trucks perform an extraordinary spectacle. On an abandoned airport runway, thousands of people show up to see how in the world a garbage truck can &quot;dance.&quot;</p>

Drought (2011)

Everardo González

<p>Metaphor of a small town that hides from death.</p>

Daughters of the Dust

Julie Dash

<p>At the dawn of the 20th century, a multi-generational family in the Gullah community on the Sea Islands off of South Carolina struggle to maintain their cultural heritage and folklore while contemplating a migration to the mainland, even further from their roots.</p>

Leviathan (2013)

Lucien Castaing-Taylor Verena Paravel

<p>One of the most highly acclaimed and groundbreaking films of recent years, Leviathan is a thrilling, immersive documentary that takes you deep inside the dangerous world of commercial fishing. Set aboard a hulking fishing vessel as it navigates the treacherous waves off the New England coast&ndash;the very waters that once inspired Moby Dick&ndash; the film captures the harsh, unforgiving world of the fishermen in starkly haunting, yet beautiful detail. Employing an arsenal of cameras that pass freely from film crew to ship crew, and swoop from below sea level to astonishing bird&rsquo;s-eye views, Leviathan is unlike anything you have ever seen; a purely visceral, cinematic experience.</p>

True Wolf (2012)

Rob Whitehair

<p>This is the story of a wolf called Koani, who, with the help of her human companions, became an ambassador for her species, traveling the country to help raise awareness about wolves and challenge both the age-old perception of the Big Bad Wolf and the New Age portrayal of the wolf as a noble savage. True Wolf follows Koani&rsquo;s life and journey; it is also the tale of a wolf and the way she changed lives, most of all those of Pat Tucker and Bruce Weide.</p>

To The Wonder (2013)

Terrence Malick

<p>After falling in love in Paris, Marina and Neil come to Oklahoma, where problems arise. Their church&#39;s Spanish-born pastor struggles with his faith, while Neil encounters a woman from his childhood.</p>

Saving Rhino Phila (2012)

Richard Slater-Jones

<p>A new breed of poachers has declared war on South Africa&#39;s rhino population. Armed with helicopters, night-vision goggles, and firepower that would put any army to shame, these men will stop at nothing to get their highly coveted and very valuable rhino horns. Only one rhino has survived their bullets, and Phila&#39;s story is one of courage, strength, and the will to survive. She and her rescuers have become symbols of hope in South Africa&#39;s new war on poaching against these strong and magnificent creatures.</p>

Colibris, Joyaux De La Nature (Hummingbirds, Jewels of Nature)

Paul Reddish

<p>With exceptional footage and slow-motion images, we discover the hummingbird and its evolution. We are captivated by this unique aerial acrobat with an incredible metabolism that changes color depending on its environment!</p>

Hippos: Nature’s Wild Feast

Jonny Young

<p>Hippo: Nature&#39;s Wild Feast is a high-tech natural history event that presents the most comprehensive illustration to date of nature&#39;s food chain in action. Filmed over a week in Zambia&#39;s Luangwa Valley, Afterlife reveals an ecological system in action as Africa&#39;s most iconic animals - including lions, leopards, crocodiles, hyenas and vultures - fight for survival at the height of the dry season. The hippo is one of Africa&#39;s deadliest animals. But when one of these massive animals dies, an astonishing chain of events begins. A hippo carcass is a cache of two million calories just waiting to be recycled back into the food chain. A network of state of the art remote control cameras are set up around the carcass to capture the action night and day as one ton of flesh and bone is reduced to scraps. An international team of scientists and researchers watch from a studio tent just metres from the carcass, analysing the action. With fierce showdowns between rivals for these vital calories, the experts explain the different eating mechanisms of the animals: from crocodiles, who use each other as leverage for a &#39;death roll&#39; to twist off the meat, to marabou storks, who gulp down pounds of flesh, which they store in their gullets and hyenas that can consume 30 pounds of flesh I just 15 minutes. Hippo: Nature&#39;s Wild Feast tells the story of how the death of one of Africa&#39;s most iconic animals sustains life for countless other species.</p>

Within The Rivers Among The Trees (No Meio Do Rio, Entre As Árvores)

Jorge Bodanzky

<p>The film is the result of an expedition to the upper Solim&otilde;es River, in which video, circus and photography workshops were offered to riverside communities in conservation areas. The film was made by the people of the community using the technology they had recently learned, &quot;from within,&quot; without any interpreters. From the heart of the Amazon to the world, we are introduced not only to the daily lives of people in the most distant hinterlands of Brazil, but also to what they think, what are their dreams and what they do to overcome the difficulties of living within the river, among the trees.</p>

The Carbon Rush (2012)

Amy Miller

<p>Incinerators burning garbage in India. Hundreds of hydroelectric dams in Panama. Biogas extracted from palm oil in Honduras. Eucalyptus forests harvested for charcoal in Brazil. What do these projects have in common? They are all receiving carbon credits for offsetting pollution created somewhere else. But what impact are these offsets having? Are they actually reducing emissions? And how are they affecting the people who live in these countries? THE CARBON RUSH takes us around the world to meet the men and women on the front lines of carbon trading. So far their voices have gone unheard in the cacophony surrounding this multi-billion carbon industry, nicknamed &quot;green gold&quot; by its beneficiaries. Indigenous rain forest dwellers are losing their way of life. Waste pickers at landfills can no longer support themselves. Dozens of Campesinos have been assassinated. THE CARBON RUSH travels across four continents and shows the connection between these tragedies and the United Nations&#39; Clean Development Mechanism. This groundbreaking documentary feature reveals the true cost of carbon trading and shows who stands to gain and who stands to lose.</p>

Eel • Water • Rock • Man

Hal Clifford

<p>A philosophical journey with a dying breed of fisherman.</p>

The King’s River

Matthew Pickett

<p>On a sleepy river near Covington Virginia, anywhere you stand can and will be used against you.</p>

Bangladesh: Land Of Rivers

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<p>In Bangladesh, more than 80% of the population survive on less than $2 a day. The &quot;multiplier effect&quot; of climate change stands to push people deeper into poverty, undermining progress on development and even threatening regional stability.</p>

A River Runs Through Us

Carla Pataky Lori Pottinger

<p>Rivers are life&#39; is the unifying theme motivating activists in the global movement to protect rivers from the ravages of big dams - one of the biggest threats facing many rivers today. This documentary touches on issues such as how climate change will affect rivers and dams; what happens to communities displaced by large dams; and what kinds of solutions exist that both preserve our life-giving waterways while meeting our needs for energy and water.</p>

The Water Tower (2012)

Pete McBride

<p>Mt. Kenya, the second tallest peak in Africa, is home to Ngai, the local water god that is said to created the rains. As a result, Ngai and the mountain provide 70% of the nation&#39;s water supply, fed by glaciers and annual storms that eddy around this looming rock island. Pete McBride climbed its false summit with his family when he was 9 years old. Returning in 2012 with a group of climbers, he noticed something frightening. It wasn&#39;t the same mountain he climbed as a boy. From the slums of Nairobi to the arid landscapes of Samburu National Reserve and the vast rose farms on Mt. Kenya&#39;s foot hills, The Water Tower, is equal parts travel, advocacy and adventure film.</p>

Jiseul (2012)

Muel O

<p>In 1950&#39;s, a populace of a South Korean island rebels against police brutality. The protesters are labeled as communists and the army is dispatched. One small village will be hit especially hard that day. Based on historical events.</p>

The Land Of Hope

Sion Sono

<p>An earth-quake causes a nuclear crisis in a fictive Japanese prefecture. In wake of the disaster, the members of the Ono family who reside just outside the border of the mandatory evacuation zone face uncertainty.</p>

Standing On Sacred Ground: Profit And Loss

Christopher (Toby) McLeod

<p>Profit and Loss&#39; tells the stories of two indigenous groups and their resistance to the modern gold rush - our insatiable thirst for mineral resources that threatens their lands. In Papua New Guinea, villagers resist forced relocation by a nickel mine and try to stop its plan to dump mining waste into the sea. In Canada, First Nations people protest the destruction of traditional hunting and fishing grounds by the tar sands industry, which brings jobs, but also may be causing cancer. Rare verite scenes of tribal life allow indigenous people to tell their own stories - and confront us with the ethical consequences of our culture of consumption. Narrated by Graham Greene, this film is part of the &#39;Standing on Sacred Ground&#39; documentary series.</p>

Hidden Rivers (2019)

Jeremy Monroe David Herasimtschuk

<p>A mother grizzly raises what could be her last pair of cubs. A desperate lone wolf searches for a new family to call his own. An elusive mountain lion waits for the cover of night to catch her prey. Years ago, stories of carnivores in Yellowstone were few and far between, but recently the predators have made a huge comeback. They play a critical role in keeping Yellowstone in balance, but what does it take to survive, protect your turf, and raise young, all while trying to stay at the top of the food chain?</p>

The Lost Fish: Fighting To Save Pacific Lamprey In The Columbia River

Jeremy Monroe

<p>The Lost Fish chronicles the efforts of Columbia River Tribes to protect and restore the ancient Pacific Lamprey, a little-known and often misunderstood fish that carries great ecological, spiritual, and medicinal importance. Their struggle illustrates the challenges that come with making the modern, heavily dammed Columbia River system work for even its most resilient inhabitants.</p>

Willamette Futures (Or How To Restore A Big River)

Jeremy Monroe

<p>The story of an unprecedented effort to restore the rivers and watersheds of Oregon&rsquo;s largest river system with filmmaker Jeremy Monroe with previews of his upcoming film Willamette Futures. Many rivers in the United States are far from clean and healthy. Oregon&rsquo;s Willamette, which runs through the State&rsquo;s major cities and farmlands, has big problems that are far from solved, but the effort to revitalize the watershed here may be among the most creative and ambitious anywhere in the world. Produced in collaboration with the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation&rsquo;s Capital.</p>

The Fifth Season (La Cinquième Saison)

Jessica Woodworth Peter Brosens

<p>In a scenic Belgian village, nature is turning its back on man. How will the locals cope with this new reality?</p>

The Fruit Hunters (2012)

Yung Chang

<p>Adventurers, exotic fruits fanatics and even movie star Bill Pullman, are the subjects of The Fruit Hunters, the new film from acclaimed director Yung Chang. A thrilling journey through nature, commerce and adventure, The Fruit Hunters is a cinematic odyssey that takes viewers from the dawn of humanity to the cutting of edge of modern agriculture - a film that will change not just the way we look at what we eat, but what it means to be human.</p>