2014 FESTIVAL 99 min. Filmmaker: Rachel Boynton Big Men takes us on a journey deep into the African oil industry in Nigeria and Ghana, delivering an exposé on the ambition, corruption and greed of oil companies. This film profiles citizens of Ghana and Nigeria whose lives are held hostage as corporations try to maximize profits and […]
2014 FESTIVAL 52 min. Filmmaker: Charlotte Engel North America is under attack by a relentless aquatic invader. Accidentally released into the Mississippi River 30 years ago, the Asian Carp have been heading north ever since. Famous for their insatiable hunger and their jumping, Asian Carp are now only 100 kilometers south of Lake Michigan. Can […]
2014 FESTIVAL 56 min. Filmmaker: Leah Mahan This film follows the journey of Derrick Evans, a Boston teacher who moves home to coastal Mississippi when the graves of his ancestors are bulldozed to make way for the sprawling city of Gulfport. Over the course of a decade, Derrick and his neighbors stand up to powerful […]
2014 FESTIVAL 46 min. Filmmaker: EarthTouch When it comes to the world’s biggest and most bizarre frogs, prepare for sheer weirdness. Cold-blooded predatory instinct has transformed some frogs into snake-repelling toxic killers. Others defy gravity, return from the dead, or even fly. Hop into the world of crazy monster frogs—a real-life amphibian freak show. WEBSITE
2014 FESTIVAL 94 min. Filmmakers: Ben Knight, Travis Rummel, Matt Stoecker Dam removal has gone beyond the Monkey Wrench Gang and gone mainstream. Where obsolete dams come down, rivers bound back to life, giving salmon and other fish the right to return to spawning grounds. DamNation’s majestic cinematography moves through rivers and landscapes altered by […]
2014 FESTIVAL 23 min. Filmmakers: Sarah Feinbloom, Alexandra Swati Guild Earth, Water, Woman spotlights the Fondes Amandes Community Re-Forestation Project in Trinidad and Tobago, and its charismatic leader Akilah Jaramogi, in their ongoing efforts to transform barren hillsides into a vibrant, healthy ecosystem. A micro solution for the macro problem of climate change, this documentary […]
2014 FESTIVAL 75 min. Filmmakers: Douglas Kass, Roger Kass Songbird populations have been drastically declining for several decades, and a number of species face extinction. Based on Jonathan Franzen’s article in The New Yorker, Emptying the Skies chronicles the rampant poaching of migratory songbirds in southern Europe. This film follows an intrepid group of bird-lovers […]
2014 FESTIVAL 57 min. Filmmaker: David Mrazek From Billions to None reveals how the passenger pigeon, once numbering in the billions in North America, was hunted to extinction in a matter of decades. On September 1, 1914, Martha, the last passenger pigeon in captivity, died in the Cincinnati Zoo, marking the centenary of the extinction. […]
2014 FESTIVAL 4 min. Filmmaker: Steve Droter From the coastal marshes of the Chesapeake Bay to the wetlands of northern Maine, scientists are collaborating across multiple disciplines to conserve, create, and improve vital habitat for the reclusive American Black Duck. Hosted by Mike Slattery, Chesapeake Coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. FULL FILM
2014 FESTIVAL 40 min. Filmmakers: Dulanie Ellis, Raymond Singer Ground Operations: Battlefields to Farmfields champions combat vets who are rebuilding their own lives as organic farmers & ranchers and revitalizing their communities with access to local, affordable, fresh, healthy food. These heroes blow the lid off stereotypes and you’ll be rooting for them all the […]
