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Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction
The first feature documentary to fully investigate the growing threat posed by the unprecedented loss of biodiversity on the planet -- its causes, impact and what can be done. |
722 |
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Counting Sheep: Restoring the Sierra Nevada Bighorn
Counting Sheep chronicles the struggle for survival of the wild Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, a majestic emblem of American wilderness. Shot and produced over the course of twelve years, Counting Sheep captures the plight of the Sierra bighorn with dynamic interviews and exquisite footage the first film ever of one of the most endangered mammals of North America. |
374 |
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DYING GREEN: Natural Burial and Land Conservation
Set in the foothills of the Appalachians, this film explores one mans vision of using green burials to conserve land. Dr. Billy Campbell, the towns only physician, and his efforts have radically changed our understanding of burials in the United States. Dr. Campbells dream is to conserve one million acres of land. Dying Green focuses on the revolutionary idea of using our own death to fund land conservation and create wildlife preserves. |
846 |
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El Dorado
A story of a community in conflict in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The film takes an unusually unbiased look at four local residents, two timber workers and two environmentalists, as they try to balance the health of the forest with the jobs of the workers who depend on it. |
511 |
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FROM THE GROUND UP: Managing the Salmon River Basin
A 30-minute film that illustrates the challenges to protect one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems remaining in California. |
516 |
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GREEN a film by Patrick Rouxel
Multi award winning. Set in Indonesia. Meet GREEN, an orangutan and victim of human impact. Follow the devastating journey as her home is destroyed by logging, clearing for palm oil plantations, and the choking haze of rainforest fires. Hauntingly poetic and without narration, the film creatively depicts the effects of consumerism on tropical rainforests as we are faced with our personal accountability in the loss of the worlds treasures. |
682 |
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Resorting to Madness: Taking Back Our Mountain Communities
The Film Resorting to Madness: Taking Back Our Mountain Communities addresses the impacts of the modern ski resort industry on mountain communities and environments. Including footage and interviews from dozens of ski areas, experts and concerned community members throughout North America, Resorting to Madness reveals the negative side of an otherwise glamorous sport and offers up suggestions to protect and maintain mountain environments and communities. |
558 |
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The Carbon Connection
Two communities affected by one new global market the 'trade' in carbon dioxide. In Scotland, a town has been polluted by oil and chemical companies since the 1940s. In Brazil, local people's water and land is being swallowed up by destructive monoculture eucalyptus tree plantations. Both communities now share a new threat. |
524 |
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The Forest Through the Trees
Are timber companies allowed to do whatever they want with the trees on their land? The Forest Through the Trees asks both impassioned environmentalists and committed timber workers as they fight over the future of one of the most breathtaking landscapes in the country...Humboldt County, California. |
508 |
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The Good Fight: The Martin Litton Story
The Good Fight chronicles an extraordinary mans efforts in saving the Grand Canyon from being ruined with dams and his ongoing struggle to preserve the Giant Sequoias from the axe of the Forest Service. Martin Litton has been an active force for preservation since 1934. |
529 |
