Entries by American Conservation Film Festival
Beneath Paradise
12 Minutes Filmmaker: Darlien Morales TRAILER The island of Culebra, located off the coast of Puerto Rico, is one of the richest ecosystems in the Caribbean. Abundant mangroves, coral reefs and world-renowned beaches, like Flamenco Beach, attract tourists from all over. Today, active munitions from WW2 pose a threat to people, wildlife, and the environment. Activists, fishermen, professors, and military personnel aim to […]
Bluebird Man
12 Minutes Filmmakers: Matthew Podolsky and Neil Paprocki TRAILER Bluebird Man is the story of 91-year-old Al Larson, a self-taught conservation hero who has committed the last 35 years of his life to saving North America’s bluebirds. Breathtaking scenery, intimate conversations, and stunning footage of all three species of bluebird create a powerful film with the […]
Canyon Song
14 Minutes Filmmakers: Amy Marquis and Dana Romanoff TRAILER A Navajo family balances modern life with the traditional “Navajo Way,” teaching their children their language, culture, and ceremony within the sacred walls of Canyon de Chelly National Monument. This is the second film in the NPX | Stories For a New Century film series. Screens […]
Catching the Sun
2016 ACFF GREEN SPARK AWARD– HIGHLIGHTING PATHWAYS TO SUSTAINABILITY 74 Minutes Filmmaker: Shalini Kantayya TRAILER Through the stories of workers and entrepreneurs in the U.S. and China, Catching the Sun captures the global race to lead the clean energy future. With countries like China investing in innovative technologies and capitalizing on this trillion-dollar opportunity, the film […]
Defined by the Line
8 Minutes Filmmakers: Fitz Cahall TRAILER Josh Ewing began visiting the Bears Ears region of southeastern Utah to climb at Indian Creek and explore the local archaeology. But when he moved to the town of Bluff, he saw degradation from oil drilling, looting, and careless visitors. Ewing knew simply loving a place was no longer enough. […]
EO Wilson: Of Ants and Men
2016 ACFF GREEN FIRE AWARD 92 Minutes Filmmaker: Graham Townsley TRAILER Follow the extraordinary scientific odyssey of one of America’s greatest living thinkers, E.O Wilson. Often dubbed “a Darwin for the modern day,” his lectures at Harvard were picketed and he was even physically attacked on stage at a scientific conference, all because he suggested that human […]
Forget Shorter Showers
11 Minutes Filmmaker: Jordan Brown Would any sane person think dumpster diving would have stopped Hitler? That composting would have ended slavery or brought about the eight-hour workday? That recycling would have helped put in place the Voting Rights Act of 1957 or the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Then why now, with the entire […]
Harbinger
10 Minutes Filmmaker: Sam Sheline TRAILER In the mid 2000s, the deadly chytrid fungus pushed many of Panama’s unique amphibians to the brink of extinction. Golden frogs are the country’s national animal, a talisman of good luck, and extinct in the wild. Biologist Edgardo Griffith saved the beloved frogs and then had to come to […]
How to Change the World
2016 ACFF GREEN SPARK AWARD – INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION110 Minutes Filmmaker: Jerry Rothwell TRAILER In 1971, a group of friends sail into a nuclear test zone and their protest captures the world’s imagination, giving birth to Greenpeace and defining the modern green movement. Media savvy from the beginning, these pioneers captured their activist adventures […]
