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Coast to Coast
An incredible flying journey from the east to the west coast of Africa. Flying low and slow Olivier and Mike experience something of what the early explorers. Their route follows the winding and sometimes turbulent paths of four great rivers - the Zambezi, Chobe, Okavango and Cunene Rivers. Today, as it was since the beginning of time, there are no roads from the one coast to the other. Traversing this route can still be undertaken on foot, part of the way by boat or by air. Many African ethnic groups and tribes live along the rivers - each with their unique culture, traditions, religion and ceremonies. Winner of 19 International Awards.(Olivier Aubert and Mike Blyth, France, 2007, 52 min.)watch video clip
Diary of a Flagger
Brad Moore is a philosophical highway flagger who turns to journaling to help him get through another boring day on the job. Grand Jury Award for Best Comedy Short Baltimore's MicroCineFest, (Barry Smith, US, 2003, 11 min.)
The Edge of Eden: Living with Grizzlies
Grizzly bears are considered by many to be the most dangerous animal in the world. But there is one man, Canadian Charlie Russell, who thinks differently. He believes that grizzlies are misunderstood animals and that our fear of them is not only unnecessary but driving them to extinction. His beliefs have taken him to Russia, where he has raised orphaned grizzly bear cubs for the past ten years in the wilderness of the Southern Kamchatka Peninsula. Multiple awards, including Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2008 (Jeff & Sue Turner, Canada, 1997, 89 min.)
Everything's Cool
EVERYTHING'S COOL is a "toxic comedy" about the most dangerous chasm ever to emerge between scientific understanding and political action - Global Warming. The good news: America finally gets global warming; the chasm is closing and the debate is over. The bad news: the United States, the country that will determine the fate of the globe, must transform its fossil fuel based economy fast, (like in a minute). While the industry funded naysayers sing what just might be their swan song of scientific doubt and deception, a group of self-appointed global warming messengers are on a life or death quest to find the iconic image, proper language, and points of leverage that will help the public go from understanding the urgency of the problem to creating the political will necessary to push for a new energy economy. Hold on -- this is bigger than changing your light bulbs.EVERYTHING'S COOL features a renowned cast of scientists, journalists and actiivists including Step It Up's Bill McKibben, Pulitzer Prize winner Ross Gelbspan, The Weather Channel's Dr. Heidi Cullen, the "bad boys of environmentalism" Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, and White House whistleblower Rick Piltz. Multiple Awards, including Sundance Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, Vermont International Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Ashland Independent Film Festival, Bergen International Film Festival (Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand, US, 2007, 89 minutes)
The Greening of Southie
The story of Boston's first LEED-certified residential green building, and the people who made it possible. In the traditionally Irish-American working-class neighborhood of South Boston, MA, a new kind of building has taken shape. From wheatboard cabinetry to recycled steel, bamboo flooring to dual-flush toilets, the Macallen building is some-thing different: a leader in the emerging field of environmentally friendly design. But Boston's steel-toed union workers aren't sure they like it. And when things on the building start to go wrong, the young developer has to keep the project from unraveling. Building Boston's first LEED Gold-certified building turns out to be harder than anyone thought. Yet among the I-beams and brickwork emerges a small cadre of unlikely environmentalists who come to connect their work with the future of their children. Earth Day Selection, "The Green", Sundance Channel, True/False Film Fest, Seattle International Film Festival, Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival, Independent Film Festival of Boston (Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, US, 2008, 72 min.)
Love Song to Glen Canyon
This beautiful film is a journey through the 10 magical years Katie Lee enjoyed running the Glen before this idyllic and beloved landscape was drowned. The viewer runs the emotional rapids of 140 largely unpublished photos set to Katie’s narrative and heartfelt music. The magnitude of what’s been lost is readily apparent, even to those who never knew Glen Canyon as it once was. We see the canyons through the eyes of her love—pre-dam—and then through the eyes of her loss—post-flood. (Katie Lee, USA, 2006, 30min)
Two kayakers embark on an endless summer-style 35,000 km road trip from Alaska to Argentina in a retro-outfitted Japanese fire truck without a single drop of petroleum. They converted their regular diesel engine to run on everything from pig lard to palm pulp and they traveled for 9 months in pursuit of the best whitewater in the Americas. The pair coordinated with schools, local governments, farmers, agricultural research centers and media to conduct demonstrations advocating for the use of alternative energy all along the way. Best Environmental Film, Taos MountainFilm, Everest Award Recipient for Advocacy, People’s Choice Award - Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2008 (Seth Warren, USA, 2007, 33min)
A few years ago, filmmaker/songwriter Ken Glaser witnessed nature putting on an unusual show for the residents of Diamond Bar, CA. For several balmy August days, thousands of birds descended like raindrops from cruising altitude at dusk and gathered near the Kmart. Floating on air currents like swimmers carried by waves, they played in the wind for an hour, at times acting like a single, pulsating organism, before finally settling on a large tree. Ken captured the two nights on film, and wrote the original score that complements the hypnotic activity of the flock. Although the images seem impossible at first glance, no special effects were applied. (Ken Glaser, USA, 2005, 8min)
Papalotzin: Flight of the Monarch Butterfly
Every year, fifty million tiny Monarch butterflies fly a mind-blowing 6,000 km route to their winter sanctuaries in the Oyamel forests of Central Mexico, only to be confronted by extreme dangers. This film chronicles the extraordinary adventure of pilot Vico Gutierrez, whose passion for the Monarchs consumes his entire existence. In his ultra-light plane camouflaged with the colors of this majestic butterfly, Vico embarks on an expedition from Canada that reveals the fragile life of the Monarchs and discovers butterfly fanatics who are protecting this migration for future generations. (Gregory Allen, 2006, 57min)
www.cactusfilm-mexico.com; www.papalotzin.com; www.themonarcheffect.org
Ride of the Mergansers
Hooded mergansers are fish-eating ducks found only in North America. Viewers get a rare view into a family of just-hatched ducklings and their perilous leap to the water below to begin life in the wild. A favorite of the 2005 Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival and the tour program, this delightful film has been re-released with narration. (Steve Furman, US, 2006, Documentary, 11min) www.rideofthemergansers.com
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever. (Louis Fox, U.S. 2008, 20 minutes)
A classic energy film that reveals our underlying dependence on fossil fuels. One of the most effective energy films ever made, TOAST illustrates our underlying dependence on fossil fuels, and takes as its example the production and distribution of a commonplace item, bread. Using only flowing images set to music, it documents all the fossil fuel inputs, from the oil well head (to make the fertilizer to grow the wheat, etc.) to the toaster. Judges' Award, North American Consumer Film Festival, Featured at U.S. Pavilion World's Fair, Knoxville (Daniel Hoffman, U.S. 1977, 12 minutes)
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