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- As more children are growing up in an urban environment, there is less connection to our natural world. Outdoor learning centers such as IslandWood on Bainbridge Island, WA provide exceptional learning experiences and to inspire lifelong environmental and community stewardship.
- Businesses and government agencies are more likely to respond to community concerns when they know people are organized and aware about the environmental hazards in their communities. While a group of citizens known as The Bucket Brigade keep check on the air they are breathing, Nicole Flint works with neighbors in keeping their yards lead safe.
- From educating neighbors on how to keep our lakes and rivers clean and safe, to trying to control the flow of water into Louisiana's bayou. Citizens all over the country are joining scientists and government to come up with innovative solutions to protect and manage one of our most precious resources.
- It's a comedy about tyranny when a team of western reporters take on the Middle East.
- Big Apples, Big Ideas - two short films: Broken Limbs: The future looks grim in "The Apple Capital of the World" in Washington state. Apple growers by the thousands are going out of business. What went wrong in this natural Garden of Eden? But there's also an entirely new breed of farmer, practitioners of a sustainable agriculture. These new American farmers define a path of renewal that could hold the answer for farmers across America. Worms in the Big Apple: All over New York City, tiny creatures are transforming residents' garbage into soil. Reveals the fascinating, fun, and sometimes stinky culture of urban composting.
- Blind Landing is a critically-acclaimed documentary podcast that goes behind the scenes in the world of elite sports. Named one of the Best Podcasts of 2021 by The Atlantic, the series gets up close and personal with some of the biggest Olympic athletes. Season one focused on women's gymnastics and the story of the vault controversy at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Season Two is an anthology about figure skating, looking at race, gender and identity in the sport through the stories of groundbreaking skaters that dared to challenge the norms. Blind Landing has been featured in dozens of publications around the world, including The New York Times, Elle, Vulture and Rolling Stone.
- Polish immigrants of different generations share their experience of their difficult start here and answer the question about their plans. It's interesting how they compare Poland and Australia. Some of them ponder over a return to the family country while the others don't even think about it. Film made by a well-known Polish filmmaker who has been residing in Australia where he is involved in film directing and teaching.
- Why are 25 million coffee farmers impoverished while we spend more and more for our coffee? What is the difference between Free Trade and Fair Trade? We hear from experts, students, coffee lovers, and from the coffee farmers themselves, and learn how their lives and ours are inextricably joined.
- Allied forces invade Normandy on June 6, 1944.
- A failed scientist abducts five drifters, mentally conditions them according to his own ideals, and passes them off as clones to the science community. Confined within the walls of an Orwellian type setting, the drifters slowly begin to remember. Memories of their pasts seep into their present lives and raise questions of identity, plaguing their minds and co-existence with one another. The clash between authentic identities and constructed identities is one that leaves the drifters and scientist in peril.
- EAST AND WEST - 3 short films: 1. WINNEMEM WAR DANCE- a proposal to raise the height of Shasta Dam near Redding CA, threatens to flood Winnemem Wintu sacred sites on the McCloud River. The Winnemem respond with a four-day war dance to unite the people spiritually in their struggle for sovereignty and religious freedom, and their efforts to protect the water, salmon and ceremonial sites. Features Julia Butterfly Hill. Film by Christopher McLeod. 2. DAMMING THE ANGRY RIVER- Chinese environmentalists fight the seemingly inevitable fate of the beautiful Nu River in China. Film by Xiaoli Zhou. 3. BUILDING ONE HOUSE- Redfeather Development Group helps Native American tribal members build each other's straw bale homes on their reservations: one small grassroots organization making a big difference. Narrated by Robert Redford, music by Pearl Jam. Directed by Christine Edwards.
- Follow Caskey, a 20-something gay actor from the Midwest as he navigates New York City, his fledgling career and his complicated love life. Season one finds Caskey with a big national advertising job with some disastrous results. Meanwhile, he begins dating a set-up from his friend, Kelly, who's carrying a particularly unique bit of baggage. Join Caskey as he deals with a national PR scandal and a psychotic ex along side his fashionista cohort Eva and his aggressive agent, Susan.
- A young Brazilian woman's dream vacation to California turns into a nightmare after an encounter with a seemingly friendly stranger.
- Traveling in veggie oil-powered caravan, 25 earth educators teach students about sustainable ecology through a day-long program that includes West African agricultural drumming and earth-conscious hip-hop, planting over 1000 fruit trees at urban schools.
- Shot in July 2012 at the Sugar Showdown, in Issaquah, WA, the film tells the story of progression in mountain biking from cross country riding to Gravity and Freeride through the eyes of women in the sport.
- Earth + Air + Fire + Water = Life. In a time when people are thirsty for honesty, inspiration, meaning, and global change, renowned scientist and visionary Dr. David Suzuki, delivers the most important message of his career: what it means to be fully human in our interconnected universe.
- Jennifer falls from her $250,000 LA job due to anger issues. She and her teenage daughter move in with her mom and she starts working in her brother's sports bar. She meets her old friends.
- More than 20 years after Union Carbide's industrial disaster in Bhopal (India), people still have to fight for the cleaning of contaminated zones, the supply of drinkable water, and medical research. Justice for Bhopal is a glimpse into the courage and tenacity of exceptional citizens of the world.
- FOREVER-LAND is a hidden dimension where strange characters, creatures, and lands exist under the iron harsh rule of Infinitus...destroyer of all things funky. Kounterclockwise has been transported to this dimension to retrieve "the glove", an item of cosmic importance, from the clutches of Infinitus. "Who shall wear the glove shall rule the funk of 40 thousand years". Can Kounterclockwise save the universe from the reign of Infinitus, restoring the order of the funk , and rock the crowd in the process?
- A pair of former brothers-in-law embark on a road trip through Iceland.
- Documents the Summer 2010 production of writer David Parr's play Slap&Tickle, which examines modern gay life at the renowned Provincetown Theater.
- Documentary Filmmaker Oren Rosenfeld was asked to travel to Goa, India to document a Chabad Rabbi visiting India for the first time and his quest to find a place in Goa suitable for a permanent Jewish Center, a Chabad House. However tragic events have turned this journey by Rabbi Simcha Kreindler and filmmaker Oren Rosenfeld in paradise into a search and rescue operation. (India/Israel/U.S 2018).
- Love, Land and Spirit is a podcast series about connection, community, culture, and Indigeneity. Written and hosted by a team of four Indigenous youth, Love, Land and Spirit aims to create discussion between youth and knowledge holders about interconnected topics in their lives - in conversation and celebration of Indigenous joy and excellence. Love, Land, and Spirit was produced on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. A production of the UBC Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre and Cited Media Productions.
- When six college kids in a sleepy Southern town are assigned a group project to rediscover a moment in history, one of them sets in motion a horrific fate when he proposes they head into the Georgia backwoods to tackle the legend of Emily Burt, the Talbot County werewolf. "Lycan" is a Hitchcockian tale of horror set in 1986 that delves into a hundred year old fable where our students are met with very real consequences that go beyond any classroom lessons.
- Another gloom and doom film? No! Quite the contrary, this film revels in innovation, invention and creativity. An inspiring road map of successful ways to achieve sustainability through reinventing old business methods and finding new paths to healthy communities, protecting natural resources and attaining a more profitable bottom line.
- People of Amazonian Ecuador have saved 82 square miles of rainforest by building an eco-tourism lodge. Reacting to the rampant deforestation in the region, these people realized the innate value of their intact lands and the importance of preserving their traditions and way of life.
- "NATURAL BALANCE"-3 short films. SWEET SOIL-Four family farms and a natural foods store show why fresh, local food is important. WISHING THE SALMON HOME-A young naturalist educates himself and others about salmon. ROCK ON-What's environmental art? Meet a balance artist who uses our natural surroundings to create art.
- After mishearing a pair of fishermen talking about the superior flood barriers in The Netherlands, Noah devises an escape plan to 'Never Land'.
- Florida's population is growing by nearly three residents every five minutes - the equivalent of a new city each year. Consequently, eighty thousand acres of rural lands are lost yearly, at great cost to Florida's sensitive wildlife. Find out how Florida could accommodate the needs of both its growing human population as well as its natural communities through a movement called the New Urbanism.
- Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna, and they plan to get rid of her older husband.
- Oceans of Conservation- Three Short Films: Titans of the Coral Sea: In the brilliant turquoise waters of Papua New Guinea, the Titan people have fished the same coral reefs for over 40,000 years. The emergence of the global marketplace is creating new economic pressures on both the people and the reefs. Now, for the first time ever, they are running out of fish. This film is about stewardship, and the hope of a community taking charge of their future. Whale Sharks of Holbox: The islanders of Holbox, Mexico, facing a dwindling supply of fish, have successfully converted their economy to eco-tourism. In doing so, they have helped protect the world's largest fish, the whale shark. Inter tidal Heroes: Marine reserves are home to a variety of seaweed, crabs, sponges, sea stars, mollusks, and starfish, all living together along the crashing surf and rocky tide pools. These sanctuaries rely on the efforts of a handful of dedicated rangers, volunteers and naturalists for survival. Meet the natural heroes, and the tide pool residents, of a marine reserve in Northern CA.
- This movie explores the history of electricity - from the first spark created by man's hand to today's industrial power plants. We meet scientists who changed the world, like Faraday, Franklin, and Tesla and we glimpse the future, as Solar Impulse becomes the first plane to complete a round-the-world flight powered only by the sun. With a mix of chalk animation, CGI, archival footage and spectacular aerials, the film also explores the challenges ahead: how to meet the growing energy needs of our industrialized world, while also protecting the health of our planet.
- Power Shift explores the abundant possibilities of clean, renewable energy. This inspiring program travels the world to discover how energy touches our daily lives. Power Shift offers specific action steps that viewers can take to create a sustainable future.
- In March of 2002, the top executives at the Fox Television Network met on a Monday morning, to exchange information about a new reality program rumored to be in production. The idea had all the makings of "the next big thing," and so a strategy was immediately hatched to acquire the show which was being produced by two young filmmakers, with the backing of a European financier. By April of 2002, production was halted on the show, with no finale in the can, and a police investigation pending. On the advice of counsel, the filmmakers refused to take any calls or answer any questions regarding their show. Since then, the story behind the show has become the stuff of Hollywood urban legend. Now, the producers behind TAKE MY WIFE...PLEASE!, are telling that story for the first time, in a film that goes behind the scenes, and recounts what took place during the making of the show. From the moment the initial seed was planted, through development, casting, and the tumultuous production, Ezra Landes takes filmgoers on a journey though the world of reality television, and demonstrates just how quickly two people can find themselves REELING IN REALITY.
- In 1986, a breeding colony of Common Murres on Devil's Slide Rock off the coast of San Francisco was devastated by an oil spill. Using innovative restoration techniques in a challenging location, dedicated scientists worked with local schools and government agencies to restore these diving seabirds to their ancestral home.
- Richard Nelson has spent years with the Inupiat and Koyukon Athabaskan Eskimo, learning how to subsist on the Arctic ice in Sitka, Alaska. Nelson will leave you more curious about our Earth and motivated to find your own way to participate in preserving America's wild places.
- The story of how Woody Guthrie came to write 30 songs in 30 days for the Bonneville Power Administration is a story of the historic convergence of an American folk music icon and a public works project. Guthrie's observations on the harsh realities of the depression and the promise of harnessing the power of the Columbia River have become some of the most enduring anthems of Pacific Northwest history. Today there's much controversy surrounding the cultural and environmental impacts of dams, but at its time, hydroelectric power was an innovative, seemingly non-damaging solution.
- Ruthless 'Ruth' Avery is a first-year law student at the competitive Port Ridge University. She is analytical, she keeps to herself, and she's used to being the best at what she does. But this year she's challenged by crowd favorite, Matthew Baxtor. When an internship opportunity arises with Matthew as the top choice, Ruth must decide what's more important to her; friendship or winning.
- A documentary about the state of our seas and the issues of disappearing fish. Scientists estimate that 70% of the world's commercially fished species have been fished to or beyond the brink of which their populations can sustain themselves. This program helps increase understanding about what's happening and why, as well as offers ideas on what you can do to stop the drastic decline in fish populations.
- Claire ends it with Paul - how can she be with someone when she is not sure who she is? She leaves all this behind and takes on her sister's identity, her flat, her clothes, even her boyfriend, until she sees this is false too. Claire goes into the forest and stares into the darkness: is there something behind it? Something beyond the immediate? But there is no comfort here. She sees that to become someone she must create herself from nothing, without reference to family or what she finds in the world at large.
- Covers the high profile controversy over the South Central Farm in Los Angeles, the largest urban garden in the country. The story includes the benefits of urban farms, celebrity tree sitters, citizen supporters, dramatic evictions of farmers, rarely told developer's defense and updates on farmers efforts to continue to sustain themselves, physically and spiritually. Celebrity activists include Daryl Hannah, Joan Baez, Julia Butterfly Hill, Martin Sheen, Willie Nelson.
- Diane Wilson - mother of five, fourth generation fisher-woman, and self-proclaimed "unreasonable woman" uses hunger strikes and civil disobedience to battle the giants of the petro-chemical industry in the most toxic place in America. Surviving imprisonment, surveillance and harassment, Diane believes that putting your life at risk is where change happens.
- The Journey tells the story of three trafficked and sexual assault survivors who were part of the first group of women to go through the ninety-day Amplify Voices Program. The film follows these courageous women as they take steps to heal, find sisterhood, and learn to give voice to their trauma in a series of powerful and inspiring stage talks.
- Covers the recent politics and players in the debate over preservation and development in one of the last remaining wetlands in Southern California. Even in the urban sprawl of Los Angeles, citizens band together to make a powerful difference.
- Meet the woodsman called the John Muir of the Ozarks. Living without modern amenities in the tradition of Thoreau and Muir, he spends his life observing and recording natural history. His example is a powerful antidote to the cynicism artifice of modern culture.
- After months of enduring the sneaking suspicion that his girlfriend, Maggie, is being unfaithful to him, the Pretender's suspicion begins to materialize when he secretly indulges his olfactory senses with a mysterious mango-scented thong that belongs to her. The Pretender deals with his problem by shifting in and out of reality, trying to merge the ordinary events of an average Friday with the extraordinary events of his Hollywood-style imagination.
- "The Soul Man" revolves around R&B superstar-turned-minister Reverend Boyce "The Voice" Ballentine, who was living the high life in Las Vegas at the top of the music charts when he got the calling to go from soul singer to soul saver. He relocated to St. Louis with his wife Lolli and his daughter Lyric to take over the preaching duties in his father's church, but his family is not exactly eager to give up the fabulous superstar life for a humble one.
- It's the last summer before college and two best friends, Adam and Jared, are out of luck. All of their efforts towards a summer job have not been fruitful. Their hope seems to be the summer camp they spent most of their childhood, Camp Deer Song. Through both triumphs and heartbreaks, this final free summer will test not only their friendship, but also their outlook on life itself.
- A stones throw from the wild jagged peaks of Cradle Mountain lies a serene hidden valley, the Vale of Belvoir. Nominated for Best Short Documentary, Aotearoa Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival 2009; Honourable Mention for Educational Value 32nd International Wildlife Film Festival, USA 2009.
- "TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS"-3 SHORT FILMS INCLUDE: SUV TAGGERS-Two bad-boy enviro-activists unleash a relentless bumper sticker campaign against SUVs in mall parking lots. FRENCH FRIES...TO GO - Daryl Hannah raises awareness about alternative fuels with the help of Charris Ford, an extremely energetic and quirky visionary/eco-rapper.