JOIN OUR MAILING LIST
Environmental
|
|
 |
Beetle Queen Conquers TokyoDirected by: Jessica Oreck Sold live in vending machines and department stores, plastic replicas included as prizes in the equivalent of a McDonald’s Happy Meal and the subject of the No. 1 videogame, MushiKing, from the smallest backyard to the top of Mt. Fuji, insects inspire an enthusiasm in Japan seen nowhere else in this world. Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo discovers why Japan developed this rich and enriching social relationship with insects. Like a detective story, the film untangles the web of influences behind Japan’s captivation with insects. It opens in modern-day Tokyo where a single beetle recently sold for $90,000 then slips back to the early 1800s, to the first cricket-selling business and the development of haiku and other forms of insect literature and art. Through history and adventure, Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo travels all the way back in time to stories of the fabled first emperor who named Japan the "Isle of the Dragonflies." Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo is set to the rhythm of traditional Japanese values in its attention to detail, harmony, and the appreciation of the seemingly mundane. It quietly challenges the viewer to observe the world from an uncommon perspective that will shift the familiar to the fantastic and just might change not only the way we think about bugs, but the way we think about life.
* Public Performance Rights. See Licenses/Policy and Prices for more info. |
|||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||
 |
Carbon NationDirected by: Peter Byck Carbon Nation is a feature length documentary about climate change SOLUTIONS. Even if you doubt the severity of the impact of climate change or just don't buy it at all, this is a compelling and relevant film that illustrates how SOLUTIONS to climate change also address other social, economic and national security issues. 'Carbon Nation' is an optimistic discovery of what people are already doing, what we as a nation could be doing and what the world needs to do to prevent (or slow down) the impending climate crisis.
* Public Performance Rights. See Licenses/Policy and Prices for more info. |
||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
Children of the Amazon Directed by: Denise Zmekhol Produced by: Denise Zmekhol Journey with Brazilian filmmaker Denise Zmekhol to the heart of the Amazon rainforest in search of the indigenous children she photographed fifteen years ago. This film invites you to see through the eyes of these remarkably resilient people whose lives are transformed by a road carved through their forest home by an outside world. From Chief Amir Surui’s embattled efforts to stop illegal loggers to the assassination of legendary rubber tapper Chico Mendes, this poetic and visually stunning film engages our senses and sympathies as global issues take on a profound human perspective.
* Public Performance Rights. See Licenses/Policy and Prices for more info.COA |
|||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||
 |
 The Creek Runs Red Directed by: Bradley Beesley, Julianna Brannum, James Payne Produced by: Bradley Beesley, Julianna Brannum, James Payne “It gets in your blood,” says a resident of Picher, Oklahoma about his sense of hometown pride. His words, however, take on a powerful irony in this documentary about the toxic legacy of Picher’s lead mining industry. Since their town was declared a Superfund site in 1981, Picher’s residents have been forced to choose between preserving their image of the American dream and preserving their health. THE CREEK RUNS RED carries us into the heart of this sharply divided community to reveal with extraordinary intimacy and insight the full human tragedy of environmental catastrophe.
|
|
|
|
||
 |
Cultures of ResistanceDirected by: Iara Lee Does each gesture really make a difference? Can music and dance be weapons of peace? In 2003, on the eve of the Iraq war, director Iara Lee embarked on a journey to better understand a world increasingly embroiled in conflict and, as she saw it, heading for self-destruction. After several years, travelling over five continents, Iara encountered growing numbers of people who committed their lives to promoting change. This is their story. From IRAN, where graffiti and rap became tools in fighting government repression, to BURMA, where monks acting in the tradition of Gandhi take on a dictatorship, moving on to BRAZIL, where musicians reach out to slum kids and transform guns into guitars, and ending in PALESTINIAN refugee camps in LEBANON, where photography, music, and film have given a voice to those rarely heard, CULTURES OF RESISTANCE explores how art and creativity can be ammunition in the battle for peace and justice.
* Public Performance Rights. See Licenses/Policy and Prices for more info. |
||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
Disenchanted ForestDirected by: Sarita Siegel We call them o-rang-u-tans, which literally means "forest persons" in the Malay and Indonesian languages. They are the only great apes native to Asia. Of all the apes, they are the closest to man in genetic makeup. And they face extinction.
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||
 |
Food MattersDirected by: James Colquhoun & Laurentine Ten Bosch Let thy Food be thy Medicine and thy Medicine be thy Food Hippocrates. That is the message from the founding father of modern medicine echoed in the controversial new documentary film Food Matters from Producer-Directors James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch. With nutritionally-depleted foods, chemical additives and our tendency to rely upon pharmaceutical drugs to treat what s wrong with our malnourished bodies, it s no wonder that modern society is getting sicker. Food Matters sets about uncovering the trillion dollar worldwide sickness industry and gives people some scientifically verifiable solutions for curing disease naturally.
* Public Performance Rights. See Licenses/Policy and Prices for more info. |
|||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||
 |
Future of HopeDirected by: Henry Bateman FUTURE OF HOPE brings a unique insight into the positive side of the nation of Iceland. How are Icelanders adopting sustainable practices to grow and develop post financial crisis? How to protect and preserve Europe’s largest area of unspoilt nature to offer and enable Iceland to grow once more, but this time with sustainability at the core as an example to the rest of the world of what can be achieved. Future of Hope focuses on sustainable developments in organic farming, business, innovation, renewable energy and the environment - and is filled with positivity and emotion as we are taken on a story of struggle, determination and most importantly... hope.
* Public Performance Rights. See Licenses/Policy and Prices for more info. |
||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
 |
IngredientsDirected by: Robert Bates Inspiring and rich with information, INGREDIENTS tells the story of America's local food movement and the chefs, farmers and activists who are revitalizing our broken food system. From innovative farm-to-table programs in New York to picturesque sheep farms in Oregon, INGREDIENTS gets to the roots of an alternative food system - healthy and sustainable.
* Public Performance Rights. See Licenses/Policy and Prices for more info. |
|||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||
 |
Life and DebtDirected by: Stephanie Black Jamaica, a land of sea, sand and sun... and a prime example of the complexities of economic globalization on the world's developing countries. With a voice-over narration written by Jamaica Kincaid, adapted form her non-fiction book "A Small Place," LIFE AND DEBT is an unapolgetic look at the "new world order" from the point of view of Jamaican workers, farmers, government and policy officials, who see the reality of globalization from the ground up.
|
||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
 |
 One Man, One Cow, One Planet Directed by: Tom and Barbara Burstyn Produced by: Tom and Barbara Burstyn Modern industrial agriculture is destroying the earth: desertification, water scarcity, toxic cocktails of agricultural chemicals pervading our food chains, ocean ecosystem collapse, soil erosion and massive loss of soil fertility. Our ecosystems are overwhelmed. Humanity's increasing demands are exceeding the Earth's carrying capacity. A simple recipe to save the world? One man and a bucket of cow dung. Are you crazy?
|
|
|
|
||
 |
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
|
|
|
|
||
 |
Songs and Tears of Nature (Aux Guerriers du silence)Directed by: Marie-Clémence & Cesar Paes Shot in Lapland and Brazil, the film is about Man's relationship with Nature. We listen to the oral culture of the Saamis from the Arctic and Fulni-ôs from Brazil, then beyond ice fields, beyond trees, climates, skins, we discover the same idea: to preserve environment, we first need to preserve the diversity of culture, of language. An astonishing message of peace, dialogue and understanding.
* Public Performance Rights. See Licenses/Policy and Prices for more info. |
||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
 |
Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?Directed by: Taggart Siegel From Taggart Siegel, director of the award-winning documentary The Real Dirt on Farmer John, comes a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis. Taking us on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive, this engaging and ultimately uplifting film weaves an unusual and dramatic story of the heartfelt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world including Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk and Vandana Shiva. Together they reveal both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature. With closed captioning & German subtitles For more information visit:
|
||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||
