The Idd and the Odd
2010 FESTIVAL Filmmakers: Tanner Haid and Michael Whitaker. A humorous look at the nature deficit disorder and one possibly extreme solution to it. [Student Filmmakers]
Entries by American Conservation Film Festival
Toxic Soup
2010 FESTIVAL 88 min. Filmmaker: Rory Owen Delany. Subtitled “The Politics of Pollution,” this film shares the stories of West Virginians fighting to keep their blood, water, and air safe from pollution. The audacious filmmakers risk arrest or worse as they challenge suspected polluters, pull a political prank on Hillary Clinton, and buttonhole President Clinton […]
Undersea Edens: Coral Kingdoms
2010 FESTIVAL 47 min. Off the coast of Australia’s Heron Island lies the Great Barrier Reef, a 1,200-mile natural wonder visible from outer space. This underwater empire hosts myriad species of coral and holds some of the world’s most iconic animals like clownfish, green sea turtles, and barracuda. Manmade conditions have damaged one reef but […]
Wasting the Day Away
2010 FESTIVAL Filmmaker: Sara Davis. How much trash does the average Shepherd University student create on a typical day? [Student Filmmaker]
What’s On Your Plate?
2010 FESTIVAL 76 min. Filmmaker: Catherine Gund. Witty and provocative, this film follows two middle schoolers as they explore their place in the food chain. Through visits to local food sources in and around NYC, the two girls explore the food stream from origin to leftovers, and offer hope and solutions for linking sustainable food […]
Where Do We Go From Here?
2010 FESTIVAL Filmmaker: Jennifer Edmonds. What does the future hold for the Eastern Panhandle environment? Will we continue to despoil our natural environment, or choose a different path? [Student Filmmaker]
A Sea Change
2009 FESTIVAL 86 min. Filmmaker: Barbara Ettinger. Imagine a world without fish. Combining personal odyssey with a journey of scientific discovery, this documentary explores the threat of ocean acidification, the flip side of climate change, and what it means for our children.
A Snowmobile for George
2009 FESTIVAL 94 min. Director: Todd Darling. Natural allies or unnatural acts? A rambunctious road trip collects the stories of fishermen, cowboys, and firemen who had to face the consequences of environmental deregulation by the Bush Administration.
A Tale of the Sundarbans
2009 FESTIVAL 57 min. Filmmaker: Moynul Huda. The Sundarbans is the biggest mangrove forest in the world, located in the southwestern coastal area of Bangladesh. The presence of animals, birds, and vegetation of numerous species has made this forest a unique repository of biodiversity. The forest is extremely important in our lives but some natural […]
Big River
2009 FESTIVAL 30 min. Filmmakers: Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis. In this follow-up to King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis take to to Iowa’s rivers , determined to find out what their little acre of corn has done to the big river downstream. What they find rises troubling questions about America’s embrace of industrial […]
