2009 FESTIVAL 65 min. Filmmaker: Seth Kramer. David and Greg are “The Linguists”: scientists racing to document languages on the verge of extinction. In Siberia, India, and Bolivia, the linguists’ resolve is tested by the very forces stifling languages: institutionalized racism and violent economic unrest. David and Greg must overcome their own fears and pre-conceived […]
2009 FESTIVAL 44 min. Filmmaker: Ken Burns. National Parks are one of America’s greatest innovations, now copied by nations around the world. This film explores the national park idea by weaving together stories of extraordinary people from a wide variety of backgrounds who devoted their lives to the national park ideal–to preserve and protect these […]
2009 FESTIVAL 10 min.
2009 FESTIVAL 12 min. Filmmaker: Hannah Smith Walker. Have you every wondered why we only domesticate some kinds of animals? This clever film combines animation and live action to explain the process of domestication, and answers the question “Why don’t we ride zebras?”
2009 FESTIVAL 30 min. Filmmaker: Mathieu Le Ley. A marsh, a citadel, a raptor. This visually stunning film with no dialogue enchants with the drama of life among birds in a French marsh. [Student Filmmaker]
2008 FESTIVAL. A visually impressive film from New Zealand student Sarah Cowley and Louise Davidson, this first person natural history account chronicals the rat population of New Zealand, all from the perspective of the rat. [Student Filmmakers]
2008 FESTIVAL 30 min. American University student Lauren DeAngelis examines the difficulties of owning pet parrots by exploring parrot rescue groups, including Virginia-based Phoenix Landing. [Student Filmmaker]
2008 FESTIVAL 56 min. Two grandmothers, Carrie Dann and Mary Dann, have been at the forefront of the Western Shoshone Nation’s struggle for land rights and sovereignty for nearly 40 years. American Outrage documents their fight against the U.S. government’s unlawful attempts to take over traditional Shoshone land in Nevada, part of 60 millions acres […]
2008 FESTIVAL 8 min. A sensational world premiere exploring the magic of underwater fluorescence and the ability of marine animals to transform themselves from one color to another. Some of the most breathtaking underwater cinematography ever seen.
2008 FESTIVAL 89 min. Writer/director David Novack examines the troubling forces behind the conflict between the coal industry and residents of West Virginia. Confronted by a U.S. energy policy and West Virginia government that critics say genuflects to the coal industry, local activists watch the nation praise coal without regard to the devastation caused by […]
