2013 FESTIVAL 77 min. Filmmakers: Phelim McAleer, Ann McElhinney and Magdalena Segieda. In FrackNation journalist Phelim McAleer faces threats, cops and bogus lawsuits questioning green extremists for the truth about fracking. McAleer uncovers fracking facts suppressed by environmental activists, and he talks with rural Americans whose livelihoods are at risk if fracking is banned. Emotions […]
2013 FESTIVAL 3 min. Filmmaker: Steve Droter. In the Chesapeake Bay watershed, no species connects healthy land and water resources like the cherished Eastern brook trout. To help save the species from decline due to habitat loss, conservations agencies and organizations are striving to implement ‘Best Management Practices’ for protecting the cool, clean streams that […]
2013 FESTIVAL 18 min. Filmmaker: Kirsi Jansa. Shale gas drilling is being advertised as a bridge towards a renewable energy future. But renewable energy experts say that’s not true. Feldheim, one of the first 100 percent renewable energy villages in Germany, demonstrates that a modern community can thrive without fossil fuels. WEBSITE FULL FILM
2013 FESTIVAL 70 min. Filmmakers: Beth Stephens with Annie Sprinkle. While big corporations blow the tops off mountains using mountain top removal, (MTR), two ecosexuals, Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle, return to Beth’s childhood home near Gauley Mountain. There they put their bodies on the line to demonstrate how the fight against environmental injustice can […]
2013 FESTIVAL 9 min. Filmmaker: Austin Humphries. In East Africa, along the coast of Kenya, communities are highly dependent upon coral reefs for food and livelihood, and as a result, fishing is one of the main activities. This has resulted in increasingly degraded coral reefs, where very few fish remain and sea urchins take over. […]
2013 FESTIVAL 112 min. Filmmaker: Robert E. Frye. Directed by a former ABC network news executive producer, In My Lifetime provides a comprehensive look at the full scope and impact of the nuclear age from its beginnings to the present day, including the international efforts by citizens, scientists and political leaders to reduce or eliminate the nuclear […]
2013 FESTIVAL 24 min. Filmmaker: Alison Barrat. Hurricanes, disease, and pollution have all taken their toll on Jamaica’s coral reefs, but the main culprit was overfishing. This film follows a team of scientists as they work with the fisherman to create the first ever fish sanctuary in a remote part of Jamaica. FULL FILM
2013 FESTIVAL 7 min. Filmmaker: Jeremy R. Roberts. Ranchers struggling to coexist with large predators are finding new hope in Old World dog breeds. Despite having successfully defended livestock from predators for thousands of years in Europe and Asia, they remain relatively unknown in the American West. Could they help maintain predators like wolves on […]
2013 FESTIVAL 18 min. Filmmaker: KM Taj-Biul Hasan. This is a film on global warming. In this film, it has been tried to face the issues through some innovative ways to ensure education and basic human needs as well as preserve the environment. It would be an astonishing effort to face the global warming of […]
2013 FESTIVAL 45 min. Filmmaker: Melissa Thompson. “I was raised to believe in David and Goliath,” says Chicago resident and cancer survivor Leila Mendez. “That you can slay the giant.” Follow one woman’s journey into activism and her community’s fight against the biggest monster of all, one of the country’s oldest and dirtiest coal-fired power […]
