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become the leading US publisher of independently-
produced documentaries on environmental and related social justice issues that point
the way to living healthily, happily, and with greater
concern for the other inhabitants of this planet, and
for our descendants.
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THE TRUE COST
Groundbreaking investigation of fast fashion reveals that while the price of clothing has been decreasing for decades the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically.
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STANDING ON SACRED GROUND
In this 4-part series, indigenous people from eight different cultures stand up for their traditional sacred lands in defense of cultural survival, human rights and the environment. |
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THE HOMESTRETCH
Three homeless teens in Chicago fight to stay in school, graduate, and build a future. |
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JUST EAT IT
Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of food waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. |
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TREES IN TROUBLE
The first film to document how a city responds to the imminent tree crisis caused by invasive insects such as the emerald ash borer. |
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PLASTIC PARADISE
Angela Sun reveals the effects of our rabid plastic consumption as she investigates The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. |
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Earth Seasoned...#GapYear
Diagnosed with learning difficulties, Tori finds her greatest teacher in nature, spending a "gap year" living semi-primitively with four other young women in Oregon's Cascade Mountains.
A Quest for Meaning
Two childhood friends take an impromptu road trip attempting to uncover the causes of our current global crisis and discover a way to bring about change.
Open Bethlehem
The filmmaker comes home to Bethlehem to find the city being strangled by the wall and ongoing Israeli settlements, and starts a campaign to keep Bethlehem open to the world.
A Dangerous Idea
Examines the history of the US eugenics movement and its recent resurrection, which uses false scientific claims and holds that an all-powerful "gene" determines who is worthy and who is not.
Daughters of the Forest
A group of girls in a remote forest in Paraguay are transformed at an experimental high school where they learn to protect the threatened forest and build a future for themselves.
Evolution of Organic
The story of organic agriculture, told by those in California who built the movement.
Food Coop
Looks at the workings of a highly profitable supermarket, Brooklyn's Park Slope Food Coop, which for 44 years has been a shining example of a successful alternative economic system at work.
Triple Divide [REDACTED]
Exposes the mishandling and cover-up of drinking water contamination related to unconventional natural gas extraction - aka fracking - in Pennsylvania.
The Search for General Tso
A quest to understand the origins of this ubiquitous, spicy red chicken dish and to explore the history of Chinese-American food.
Cracking Cancer
A clinical research trial at the Personalized OncoGenomics Program is changing the way scientists think about the future of cancer care.
Cheshire, Ohio
Follows a community devastated by coal, starting with American Electric Power's buyout and bulldozing of this Ohio River town, after exposing them to years of harmful emissions.
Food For Change
The deep history of cooperatives in America -- the country's longest-surviving alternative economic system.
One Big Home
Trophy homes threaten Martha's Vineyard. When he feels he is complicit in wrecking the place he calls home, one carpenter takes off his tool belt and picks up a camera.
Tribal Justice
Documents an effective criminal justice reform movement in America: the efforts of tribal courts to return to traditional, community-healing concepts of justice.
From This Day Forward
Tells the story of a love, and family, that survived the most intimate of transformations.
AWAKE, A Dream from Standing Rock
Record of the massive peaceful resistance led by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to the Dakota Access Pipeline through their land and underneath the Missouri River.
Sacred Cod
Captures the collapse of the historic cod population in New England, delving into the effects of overfishing, climate change and government policies on fishermen and the fish.
Celling Your Soul
An examination of our love/hate relationships with our digital devices from the first digitally socialized generation, and what we can do about it.
Anthropocene - Short version
Examines whether human impact has tipped the planet into a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, with all of its political, social and behavioral implications.
A Bold Peace
Almost 70 years ago Costa Rica abolished its army and committed itself to fostering a peaceful society. It has been reaping the benefits ever since.
Denial
A unique film about the filmmaker's father, a utility executive and smart grid pioneer in a nation in denial about climate change, who battles his own denial about his true identity.
Company Town
A grassroots movement challenges Citizens United, corporate power, and moguls of the "sharing economy" to stop gentrification and wrest back control of San Francisco's future.
Death By Design
Debunks the notion that electronics is a 'clean' industry by revealing the human and environmental cost of electronic gadgets that are designed to die.
My Love Affair with the Brain
Meet Marian Diamond, one of the founders of modern neuroscience, and an inspirational teacher to thousands at UC Berkeley and to millions on YouTube.
The Coming War on China
John Pilger reveals that the United States and China, both nuclear-armed, may well be on the road to war. The film is both a warning and an inspiring story of resistance.
Rule of Law
A newly-disabled outlaw and country lawyer in Tennessee lead a class action lawsuit that affects the rights of 55 million people.
How to Let Go of the World
Oscar-nominated director Josh Fox contemplates our climate-change future by exploring the human qualities that global warming can't destroy.
The Activists
The story of activists who opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, including their lives, the tactics they used, and the historical context.
Cultivating Kids
On South Whidbey Island, WA, a school farm shows that a garden can be a valuable addition to the curriculum while encouraging a healthy diet.
Disturbing the Peace
A film about people born into conflict, sworn to be enemies, Palestinians and Israelis, who challenged their fate and joined together to say "enough."
Dr. Feelgood
The case of Dr. William Hurwitz educates audiences on the complexities involved in opioid painkiller prescriptions.
Bluespace
Contrasts sci-fi ideas about terraforming Mars with the state of NYC's waterways, and questions the viability of colonizing Mars before making our own planet sustainable.
The Return
After California's "Three Strikes" law was amended, thousands of lifers were suddenly freed, but re-entry presented problems for the lifers, their families and their communities.
After the Spill
The oil and gas industry has historically dominated Louisiana politics and is largely responsible for the state's rapidly disappearing coastline. Sequel to SoLa: Louisiana Water Stories
Stray Dog
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Debra Granik ("Winter's Bone") returns to SW Missouri for her first documentary, looking at the life of Vietnam vet, Ron "Stray Dog" Hall, and shattering some stereotypes.
Incarcerating US
Exposes America's prison problem and explores various criminal justice reforms.
Jumbo Wild
A 25-year battle in Canada's iconic Jumbo Valley pits developers of a large ski resort against conservationists, backcountry skiers and First Nations, who revere it as home of the grizzly bear spirit.
Planetary
A provocative and breathtaking wakeup call - a cross continental cinematic journey that explores our cosmic origins and our future as a species.
Love & Solidarity
An exploration of nonviolence and organizing through the life and teachings of Rev. James Lawson.
Our Mockingbird
Harper Lee's novel is used as a lens to examine race, gender and class then and now. Interwoven with a variety of interviews is the production of the adapted play performed by actors from two high schools - one black, one white.
East of Salinas
José is an excellent student with a bright future except that he is undocumented, the child of migrant farm laborers in California's Salinas Valley.
Anthropocene
Examines whether human impact has tipped the planet into a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, with all of its political, social and behavioral implications.
WECONOMICS: ITALY
The first in a new series from the makers of SHIFT CHANGE, WEconomics: Italy reports on the extensive and innovative cooperative economy in the region around Bologna.
DIVEST!
Chronicles 350.org's 'Do the Math' bus tour as it launched the fossil fuel divestment campaign onto the national and ultimately international stage.
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