Climate & Environment
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Blame Game
Blame Game investigates the murky world of global electronic waste disposal, where legal grey areas, a lack of investment in recycling, unscrupulous businesses and politicised application of the existing laws lead to wasted opportunities, environmental degradation and for the people of Agbogblos...
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The River Between Us
The people of the Mashco Piro fled deep into the Peruvian Amazon to escape the cruelty of colonialist rubber companies. They cut all contact with the outside world and entered an isolation they haven't abandoned to this day. Carl Gierstorfee, the award-winning German filmmaker and biologist, turn...
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The Illusion of Abundance
Three women share a common goal: Carolina, Bertha and Maxima are leading today's fight against modern conquistadors. Whereas governments and corporations, trapped in a global race towards unlimited growth, need to get the cheapest raw materials, these three women tell us a story of tireless coura...
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Twisted Tales - The Butterfly
We uncover the hidden stories behind the butterfly's enchanting beauty. From their tough beginnings as caterpillars to the mysterious nocturnal lives of moths, discover how these creatures are more than just delicate beauties. Explore their fascinating transformation and cultural myths in this ca...
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Twisted Tales - The Fly
We delve into the world of flies, exploring their annoying habits, vast numbers, and surprising benefits. From spreading diseases like malaria to playing vital roles in nature, flies are more than just pests. Discover their fascinating behaviors, contributions to medical science, and unique adapt...
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Birdhill
Eva's home is a small hill called Birdhill on the outskirts of Bratislava. During her childhood, it was still covered with historic vineyards of Maria Theresa and forest; today's reality is cranes and excavators. In her film, she gets to know its current inhabitants and discovers that each of the...
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Up In Smoke
Slash and burn farming is one of the bigges contributors to deforestation, destroying biodiversity and sending huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. S & B sits at the crossroads of two of the greatest threats to global stability: accelerating climate change and diminishing food sec...
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All the World is Babylon
The documentary details the troubling political and economic realities underlying climate change by looking at the extraordinary exploitation of Arizona’s water by Saudi transnational corporations.
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The Last Surviving Cheetah
Centered around the Asiatic Cheetah, an endangered species, which was believed to have been extinct before 1996,. 'The Last Surviving Cheetahs" us a retracing of the director's journey to discover the Asiatic cheetahs in remote regions of Iran, and features footage gathered over 20 years of docum...
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Nano Worlds
Sheri Neva's day job leads here into an unexpected realm of artistic discovery at the nanoscale. Her work invites us to reexamine the world around us through the lens of an electron microscope. We follow Sheri as she purses the tiny water bear, or tardigrade as her next subject in microphotogra...
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Yakuqnan, Water Paths
The pre-Columbian civilizations of Peru grew on the basis of respect for water and land. How do the women and men of the Peruvian coast, highland and jungle relate to it today and what does water mean in their lives? A tour of spectacularly beautiful settings that star from sea, crossing snow-cap...
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Right To Harm
Through the riveting stories of five rural communities, Right To Harm exposes the devastating public health impact factory farming has on many disadvantaged citizens throughout the United States. Filmed across the country, the documentary chronicles the failures of state agencies to regulate indu...
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Sustainable
A vital investigation of the economic and environmental instability of America’s food system, from the agricultural issues we face — soil loss, water depletion, climate change, pesticide use — to the community of leaders who are determined to fix it. Sustainable is a film about the land, the peop...
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A Greenland Story
Intimate stories from locals along Greenland’s west coast reveal a people at a cross roads between tradition and modernity. Feeling the devastating impact of climate change, uncertain times lay ahead.
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The Boy From The Wild
Growing up on a Game Reserve meant to help wildlife get out of captivity, it shares how it began and how Peter Meyer survived some incredible moments in the wild.
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Aegean Marine Life Sanctuary
In a world where dolphins are living behind bars, a team of marine conservationists have a mission, to give these majestic mammals a home back in the wild.
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Empathy
Ed is commissioned to make a documentary intending to change the habits of society that are detrimental to animals. But completely alien to the animal-loving culture; he will realize that to carry out the project, he must first convince himself.
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The Silent Scream
Since thirty years the data on the glaciers melting are truly alarming. There are men who have dedicated most of their lives to glaciers, photographing, measuring and monitoring them. This documentary collects their testimonies, bringing more awareness about the current state of glaciers and our ...
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Messages From The End Of World
The documentary describes the dramatic consequences of the climate change in the Arctic zone. Thanks to the Swiss Arctic Project five young people have been navigating for three weeks through hostile and beautiful landscapes up to the North. They have documented the signs of global warming and ra...
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Life At 50 Degrees
One of the deadliest results of the climate crisis is extreme heat. How do the millions of people who have to live with increasingly high temperatures survive? This BBC Arabic investigation explores the impact of global warming on different communities across the globe and their struggle to adapt...
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Greenwashing
It's a term that's come to the fore in recent years, as the urgency of the climate crisis becomes increasingly apparent. "Greenwashing" is a troubling phenomenon in which companies which brand themselves as 'sustainable' - in hopes of attracting green investment - continue to cause massive pollut...
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Operation Wolf Patrol
Eco-activist Rod Coronado has made it his life's mission to advocate for the planet and the rights of animals. In 2014 he formed Wolf Patrol, an activist group which fights to end hunting of the grey wolves that roam Wisconsin’s forests. After 30 years of radical environmental action, which earne...
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Yasuni Man
A desperate struggle between conservationists and oil interests plays out, as the indigenous people living in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon struggle to preserve their way of life against encroaching modernity. Filmmaker and biologist Ryan Patrick Killackey documents the staggering biodiversi...