Chickens of the Sea
2009 FESTIVAL 7 min. Filmmaker: Steve Furman. …a sea of grass that is! Most of the native prairie in North America is gone and prairie chickens are rare. But if you’re lucky enough to find them they are fun to watch.
Entries by American Conservation Film Festival
Climate Change: Wildlife and Wildlands
2009 FESTIVAL 12 min. Filmmakers: Doug Canfield and Ryan Hagerty. NCTC-based filmmaker Doug Canfield, and photographer, Ryan Hagerty, explain climate change and provides ways for children to help the environment.
Coal Country
2009 FESTIVAL 84 min. Director: Phyllis Gellar. The director of The Appalachians, brings us an inside look at the modern coal mining technique known as mountain top removal (MTR). Both sides in this conflict claim that history is on their side. Families have lived in the region for generations and most have ancestors who worked […]
Disturbance
2009 FESTIVAL 19 min. Filmmaker: Jeremy Roberts. Disturbance explores the natural history and politics of burned forest in the northern Rocky Mountains. [Student Filmmaker]
Division Street
2009 FESTIVAL 53 min. Filmmaker: Erick Bendick. Roads are the largest human artifact on the planet; they have fragmented wild landscapes, ushered in the ‘age of urban sprawl,’ and challenged our bedrock sense of community. From pristine roadless areas to concrete jungles, follow filmmaker Eric Bendick on the ‘green adventure of a lifetime’–a quest to […]
Eating Alaska
2009 FESTIVAL 57 min. Director: Ellen Frankenstein. A vegetarian moves to Alaska, marries a fisherman and hunter, and sets off on a journey for the “right” thing to eat. This wry look at what’s on your plate explores ideas about eating healthy sustainable food from one’s own backyard, either urban or wild, versus industrially produced […]
Extreme Commuting
2009 FESTIVAL 29 min. Filmmaker: Andrea Bloom. A driver, train rider, and bicyclist each ride 90 minutes to get to work in Washington DC. Extreme Commuting follows the daily paths of three professionals as they negotiate their way through one of the most congested cities in the nation. [Student Filmmaker]
Feral Peril
2009 FESTIVAL 53 min. Producer: Gina Twyble. In this film noir, Australia’s island state, Tasmania, is one of the world’s last great wildlife havens, but its struggling native species are under threat from a feral fox invasion. Or are they?
Food, Inc.
2009 FESTIVAL 93 min. Filmmaker: Robert Kenner. Dinner will never be the same again. This exposé lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, and exposes the highly mechanized underbelly that’s been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA, and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled […]
Fresh
2009 FESTIVAL 72 min. Filmmaker: Ana Sofia Joanes. A celebration of farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Fresh’s focus on these inspiring individuals and their initiatives around the US provides the audience with actionable solutions and provides an antidote to concerns about corporate control. Fresh is indeed a […]
