2007 FESTIVAL 28 min. Monty Python alum John Cleese investigates an ongoing battle against invasive rats on Anacapa Island, a jewel in the Channel Island National Park, just 12 miles off the coast of Southern California. The rats are eating the eggs and chicks of nesting seabirds. Because rats are responsible for an estimated 60 […]
2007 FESTIVAL 85 min. This independent feature follows Olivia and two other hikers as she searches for life’s meaning through the lens of a grueling six-month walk along the Appalachian Trail. Not just a hiking flick – ultimately, it’s the restorative power of the natural world that helps bring clarity Olivia’s questions. And the film […]
2007 FESTIVAL 58 min. Under special arrangement with National Geographic, this futuristic film examines the most dangerous animals on the planet. Around the world, from the forests of Venezuela to Yellowstone’s majestic wilderness to the Caribbean’s coral reefs, researchers are discovering predators play a vital role in the health of our natural systems. Knowing this, […]
2007 FESTIVAL 85 min. Summercamp! follows the day-to-day drama of 90 kids let loose in the woods at Swift Nature Camp in northern Wisconsin. Amidst group activities, showy arguments, and secret conversations, filmmakers Bradley Beesley and Sarah Price submerge themselves into this curious camp subculture, capturing a diverse array of adolescents from all economic and […]
2007 FESTIVAL 53 min. A film about both peak oil theory (point at which the maximum global output of petroleum is reached) and how society can overcome seemingly insurmountable problems. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Cuban economy suffered at the loss of half its oil imports. The country focused its slow recovery […]
2007 FESTIVAL 58 min. Conservation is about more than open space – it’s about deep connections to the places where we live. In 1962, when a trash fire ignited a coal seam beneath Centralia, Pa., there were 1,600 people living in the thriving mining town. Four decades later, the fire still burns and there are […]
2007 FESTIVAL 60 min. This feature film tells the little known story the epic hunt for penguin eggs during Captain Scott’s polar expedition of 1910-1913. During their expedition the men underwent terrible privations; man-hauling sledges in total darkness for a full month and enduring extreme temperatures. This film is a quintessentially British tale of an […]
2007 FESTIVAL 62 min. This film pushes the boundaries of conservation filmmaking. After a disabling truck accident, Lory Yazurlo finds herself a quadriplegic, confined to a wheelchair and depressed. Legal battles over her insurance settlement adds further to her isolation. She finds renewed life and joy by creating a pig sanctuary, turning her 20-acre Central […]
2006 FESTIVAL 55 min. The biggest land grab in American history is occurring in the Rocky Mountain West as the oil and gas industry leases millions of acres of public land, with plans to drill hundreds of thousands of gas wells. The drilling blitz ranges from New Mexico to Montana and threatens some of America’s […]
2006 FESTIVAL 13 min. In this documentary film, Sharon Pieczenik explores the lives of polar bears in Churchhill, Manitoba. Viewers learn about Polar Bear International’s (PBI) dedication to the understanding of issues affecting polar bears throughout the world, and to their mission to communicate these issues to the public through a unique leadership program involving […]
