FILMS
Where are we globally?
A documentary about facing the truth about climate change.
We live in a time where politicians, prioritizing growth and profit, are in denial of the science of climate change. Consequently we are caught in a system that creates and increases the damage we are causing to the planet and all its life forms. Living in the Time of Dying dives into an exploration of what it would mean to accept the science is true.
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Director and producer Michael Shaw goes on a journey to speak to those who have the courage to say what no one else is saying and who have found the strength to bring meaning to the conversation. Interviews with: Professor of Sustainability, Jem Bendell; Dharma teacher and author, Catherine Ingram; Award winning journalist and author, Dahr Jamail and Native American Elder, author and teacher Stan Rushworth.
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In this documentary Hedvika Michnová, dived deep into coffee-producing communities in
Tanzania and Costa Rica to meet smallholder families who are striving to keep coffee
farming alive. “It’s Bean Too Hot”, tells the story of coffee heroes – smallholder
farmers who are fighting climate change every day to save their livelihoods and your
daily cup of coffee.
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Showcasing footage from around the world after an unprecedented year, “The Year
Earth Changed” is a timely documentary special that takes a fresh new approach to
the global lockdown and the uplifting stories that have come out of it. From hearing
birdsong in deserted cities and seeing whales in Glacier Bay, to meeting capybara in
suburbs across South America, people worldwide have had the chance to engage with
nature like never before. In this documentary special, viewers will witness how
the smallest changes in human behaviour – reducing cruise ship traffic, closing beaches
a few days a year, identifying more harmonious ways for humans and wildlife to
coexist – can have a profound impact on nature. The documentary, narrated by David
Attenborough, is a love letter to planet Earth, highlighting the ways nature’s resiliency
and ability to bounce back can give us hope for the future.
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Earth Changed” is a timely documentary special that takes a fresh new approach to
the global lockdown and the uplifting stories that have come out of it. From hearing
birdsong in deserted cities and seeing whales in Glacier Bay, to meeting capybara in
suburbs across South America, people worldwide have had the chance to engage with
nature like never before. In this documentary special, viewers will witness how
the smallest changes in human behaviour – reducing cruise ship traffic, closing beaches
a few days a year, identifying more harmonious ways for humans and wildlife to
coexist – can have a profound impact on nature. The documentary, narrated by David
Attenborough, is a love letter to planet Earth, highlighting the ways nature’s resiliency
and ability to bounce back can give us hope for the future.
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Indigenous Knowledge
Follows five Native American Tribes across deserts, coastlines, forests, and prairies
as they restore their traditional land management practices. For millennia Native
Americans successfully stewarded and shaped their landscapes, but centuries of
colonization have disrupted their ability to maintain their traditional life ways. As the
climate crisis escalates these time-tested practices of North America's original
inhabitants are becoming increasingly essential in a rapidly changing world.
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A bold and provocative essay film by Warwick Thornton about the
deeply spiritual meaning of the Southern Cross constellation for
Aboriginal people. The Southern Cross is the most famous
constellation in the southern hemisphere. Ever since colonization, it's
been claimed, appropriated and hotly- contested for ownership by a
radical range of Australian groups.
But for Aboriginal people the meaning of this heavenly body is deeply spiritual. And just about completely unknown. For a start, the Southern Cross isn't even a cross - it's a totem that's deeply woven into the spiritual and practical lives of Aboriginal people.
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What Can We Do?
The 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry transforms Jacques Dubochet’s life. Passing
from the shadows to the light, he is solicited from all sides.
What can he do with this voice, which is now being heard by everyone? How to
define the struggles to be fought?
How to become a “Citizen Nobel”, with the objective of assuming responsibility as a
researcher and member of the human community?
A speech by Greta Thunberg turns everything upside down…
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The 2040 journey began with award-winning director Damon Gameau. Motivated
by concerns about the planet his 4-year-old daughter would inherit, Damon
embarked on a global journey to meet innovators and change-makers in the
areas of economics, technology, civil society, agriculture, education and
sustainability. Drawing on their expertise, he sought to identify the best solutions,
available to us now, that would help improve the health of our planet and the
societies that operate within it. This journey is the central premise for the
documentary ‘2040’, a story of hope that looks at the very real possibility that
humanity could reverse global warming and improve the lives of every living thing
in the process. It is a positive vision of what ‘could be’, instead of the dystopian
future we are so often presented.
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Macedonian directors Tamara Kotevska and Ljubo Stefanov were researching
in a remote mountainous area of the country for a short nature
documentary. They noticed beehives behind a rock on the mountain where
they were filming.
This led them to Hatidze Muratova, one of Europe's last wild beekeepers, who
uses ancient methods passed down through the generations for harvesting wild
honey.
This was the beginning of a "crazy adventure" of three years, filming through
scorching summers and freezing winters. After another year editing, their
first feature film was born.
Honeyland chronicles a period of Hatidze's life when her ancient methods of beekeeping came up against, and conflicted with, those of a newcomer to her remote home region.
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Call to Action
A vital investigation of the economic and environmental instability of America’s
food system, from the agricultural issues we face — soil loss, water depletion,
climate change, pesticide use — to the community of leaders who are
determined to fix it. Sustainable is a film about the land, the people who work it
and what must be done to sustain it for future generations.
The narrative of the film focuses on Marty Travis, a seventh-generation
farmer in central Illinois who watched his land and community fall victim to the
pressures of big agribusiness. Determined to create a proud legacy for his
son, Marty transforms his profitless wasteland and pioneers the sustainable
food movement in Chicago.
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