Desplazada
2013 FESTIVAL 10 min. Filmmaker: Patrick Riggs. Two indigenous communities grapple with tradition, religion and modernization in response to rising sea levels in Panama. [Student Filmmaker] [World Premiere]
Entries by American Conservation Film Festival
Everglades of the North: The Story of the Grand Kankakee Marsh
2013 FESTIVAL 57 min. Filmmakers: Pat Wisniewski, Jeff Manes, Brian Kallies, and Tom Desch. Everglades of the North explores the diverse ecology, unveils the astonishing history, and illustrates the controversial saga of the Grand Kankakee Marsh in how people have used and perceived this once massive wetland for more than 10,000 years. This missing piece […]
FrackNation
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 […]
From the Field: Linking land and water in brook trout conservation
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 […]
Gas Rush Stories: Renewable Energy Experts
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
Goodbye Gauley Mountain: An Ecosexual Love Story
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 […]
In Fishermen’s Hands [Mikono ya Wavuvi]
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. […]
In My Lifetime
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 […]
Jamaica Reef Rescue
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
Livestock Guardian Dogs – Working on Common Ground
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 […]
