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 | "The Unchained Goddess" TV movie [NBC-TV Feb 1958] Hour-long partly-animated color TV show; a scientist and a writer explain the various meteorological phenomena to Meteora, the goddess of weather, while giving an insight into the technology involved in predicting them and warning about the threat of global climate change Co-produced & co-written by Frank Capra; directed by Richard Carlson; co-written by Jonathan Latimer; featuring Richard Carlson, Dr. Frank C. Baxter (of U.S.C.), Bernard C. Hunt; and voices of Mel Blanc, Hans Conried, Jay Novello, Franklin Pangborn, Ken Peters, and Lurene Tuttle {as Meteora} full credits at IMDb Image Ent. double feature color DVD [9/2003] out of prodn/used with "Hemo The Magnificent" [1957] Bell Telephone Science Series color VHS [11/91] out of prodn/used |
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"The Lorax" [1971] by Dr. Seuss A heartfelt ecological warning, a morality play for adults as well as children. animated cartoon on DVD [10/2003] for $13.03 animated cartoon on VHS [10/2003] for $9.98 Random House [8/71] hardcover [8/71] for $8.22 Random House pb & audio combo [3/92] out of prodn/used Lectorum Publons Spanish-language library hardcover [1/93] for $10.94 |
 | "Planet Earth" 7-episode documentary TV series [Canada & PBS 1986] seven episodes: 1. The Living Machine; 2. The Blue Planet; 3. Climate Puzzle; 4. Tales From Other Worlds; 5. The Solar Sea; 6. Gifts From The Earth; and 7. The Fate of The Earth Narrated by Richard Kiley; won Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series series credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia Allumination Filmworks Episode 1 on VHS [3/96] 1 hour - out of prodn/used Allumination Filmworks Episode 2 on VHS [3/96] out of prodn/used Annenberg CPB Collection Episode 3 on VHS [3/96] 2 hours for $18.49 Allumination Filmworks Episode 4 on VHS [3/96] 2 hours for $17.95 Allumination Filmworks Episode 4 on VHS [3/96] for $17.95 Allumination Filmworks Episode 5 on VHS [3/96] 1 hour for $14.79 Allumination Filmworks Episode 6 on VHS [3/96] 1 hour for $19.89 Allumination Filmworks Episode 7 on VHS [3/96] 1 hour for $19.89 |
 | "Thirst" episode of P.O.V. [aired on P.B.S. in 2004]
video/DVD not available at Amazon program credits at IMDb P.B.S. program page producer's movie site "Thirst: Fighting The Corporate Theft of Our Water" [2007] by Alan Snitow & Deborah Kaufman, with Michael Fox Kindle Edition from Jossey-Bass [3/2007 edition] for $19.56 Jossey-Bass 9x6 hardcover [3/2007] for $27.95 |
 | "Planet Earth" TV series [B.B.C./Discovery April-Dec 2006] each set contains all 11 episodes: From Pole To Pole, Mountains, Fresh Water, Caves, Deserts, Ice Worlds, Great Plains, Jungles, Shallow Seas, Seasonal Forests, and Ocean Deep Directed by Alastair Fothergill; co-written & narrated by David Attenborough (Sigourney Weaver on Discovery Channel) series credits at IMDb BBC official series site series entry at Wikipedia BBC Worldwide widescreen color Blu-ray [4/2007] 4 disks for $39.99 BBC Worldwide widescreen color Blu-ray [10/2011] 6 disks for $51.99 BBC Worldwide widescreen color Blu-ray/DVD combo [4/2007] 5 disks for $35.99 BBC Worldwide widescreen color Special Edition DVD [10/2011] 6 disks for $41.99 BBC Worldwide widescreen color Limited Edition DVD [10/2011] 6 disks for $56.49 |
 | "An Inconvenient Truth" documentary feature film [Paramount Classics May 2006] Directed by Davis Guggenheim "I did a funny thing when I came home after seeing 'An Inconvenient Truth'. I went around the house turning off the lights." — movie reviewer Roger Ebert Paramount color DVD with update [11/2006] for $16.87 full credits at IMDb official movie site M.T.V. 1/2-hr special [air-date 26 May 2006] based on "An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming & What We Can Do About It" [2006] by Al Gore, Jr. Rodale 9x8 pb [5/2006] for $13.17 |
 | "Earth" documentary from DisneyNature [Europe 2007, USA April 2009] 90-minute documentary film co-produced, co-written & co-directed by Alastair Fothergill; co-written & co-directed by Mark Linfield; co-written by Leslie Megahey; narration by James Earl Jones or Patrick Stewart Disney Studios Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [9/2009] for $20.99 Disney Studios Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [9/2009] for $13.99 full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia official movie site |
 | "The 11th Hour" documentary [Warner Independent Aug 2007] Co-written & co-directed by Nadia Conners & Leila Conners Petersen; co-produced, co-written & hosted by Leonardo DiCaprio; footage includes Mikhail Gorbachev, radio host Thom Hartmann, Stephen Hawking & Bill McKibben Warner Home Video color DVD [4/2008] for $4.99 full credits from IMDb official movie site 11th Hour Action community forum site |
 | "The Great Global Warming Swindle" [Channel 4 U.K. March 2007] The 2-hour film was designed to mislead (and filmmakers misled & misrepresented several interviewees, including Sir David King), to such an extent that Britain's media regulator OfCcom ruled that such errors were significant, but that no sanctions be levied because "the link between human activity and global warming ... became settled [before the broadcast]" and thus no harm was done! Unethically written & directed by Martin Durkin WAGtv color DVD [7/2007] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Planet In Peril" TV documentary [C.N.N. special 2007] Hosted by Anderson Cooper, with Jeff Corwin & Sanjay Gupta CNN widescreen color DVD [11/2007] 2 disks for $19.98 full credits at IMDb |
 | "Red Gold: An Environmental Documentary" [indep 2008] Proposed open-pit mines at the headwaters of two rivers that run to Bristol Bay in southwest Alaska threaten the sockeye salmon that is a major basis of the livelihood of Anglo & Native communities. A film by Ben Knight & Travis Rummel Felt Soul Media color DVD [2008] out of prodn/scarce via Amazon color DVD also available from producer's website for $25 {home viewing only} credits at IMDb official movie site |
 | "B.B.C. Natural History Collection" Blu-ray Box Set [2008] contains 23 {roughly) hour-long B.B.C. programs totalling 1350 minutes (22½ hours): 11-episode "Planet Earth" [2006]; "Elephant Nomads of The Namib Desert"; 3-episode "The Future"; "Galapagos"; "Ganges"; "Into The Wilderness"; "Living Together"; "Saving Species"; "Secrets of The Maya Under-world"; "Snow Leopards: Beyond The Myth"; and "Wild China" B.B.C. Warner widescreen color Blu-ray box set [3/2012] 10 disks for $62.99 B.B.C. Worldwide HD widescreen color Blu-ray box set [9/2008] 8 disks for $109.99 |
 | "Flow: How Did A Handful of Corporations Steal Our Water?" [Oscilloscope Pictures Sept 2008] Filmmaker Salina realized that although there is a wide range of water problems spread all across the globe, they are all connected, and it's important to look at the big picture. 93-minute color documentary film directed by Irena Salina; featuring author Maude Barlow, Bolivian activist Oscar Olivera, Penn & Teller, T. Boone Pickens, and many others Oscilloscope widescreen color DVD [12/2008] for $23.49 full credits at IMDb official movie site |
 | "Oceans: Exploring The Secrets of Our Underwater World" TV documentary [BBC2-TV/Discovery Nov-Dec 2008] 8-episode documentary TV series; narrated by Mark Halliley; featuring Lucy Blue, Philippe Cousteau Jr., Tooni Mahto & Paul Rose B.B.C. Warner color DVD [6/2010] 3 disks for $35.99 series credits at IMDb series entry at Wikipedia B.B.C. official series site |
 | "The Last Stand: Heroes At Ballona Wetlands" [indep 2004; rev 2008]
24-minute color documentary film about the folks who saved much wetlands acreage in Los Angeles and Orange counties bare credits at IMDb Produced, written & co-directed by Sheila A. Laffey; co-directed by Todd Brunelle Echo Mountain Prodns color DVD [12/2008] for $19.95 For an alternate view, see the Working Minds ezine Issue #41 essay "Playa Vista" from March 2004 |
 | "Plastic Planet" documentary film [Austria Sept 2009, USA Jan 2011] Filmmaker Boote takes us on a journey around the globe, showing that plastics have become a threat for both environmental and human health. Written & directed by Werner Boote; featuring Werner Boote & many others First Run Features widescreen color DVD [4/2011] for $18.99 full credits at IMDb official movie site {German-language} |
 | "Blue Gold: World Water Wars" [Purple Turtle Films 2009 video release] Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments are already competing for control of our dwindling fresh water supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and even revolutionary movements from citizens forced to fight for the right to survive. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Sam Bozzo; based on the 2002 book by Maude Barlow & Tony Clarke; narrated by Malcolm McDowell; won CINE Golden Eagle, won awards at Fort Collins, Newport Beach & Vancouver Intl. film festivals P.B.S. Home Video color DVD [4/2009] for $19.99 full credits at IMDb official movie site |
 | "Tapped" feature documentary [Atlas Films July 2009] An unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water, a commodity that is bought and sold like any other article of commerce. Or is access to clean drinking water a basic human right? Co-produced, co-written & co-directed by Stephanie Soechtig; co-written & co-directed by Jason Lindsey; co-written by Josh David Disinformation Films color DVD [8/2010] for $13.99 full credits at IMDb official movie site |
 | "Oceans" TV documentary [France/Disneynature April 2010] Co-written & co-directed by Jacques Perrin & Jacques Cluzaud; narrated by Jacques Perrin (French) or Pierce Brosnan (English) Walt Disney Video widescreen color Blu-ray/DVD combo [10/2010] 2 disks for $24.99 Walt Disney Video widescreen color DVD [10/2010] for $18.49 full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia official movie site |
"GasLand" documentary film [H.B.O. broadcast June 2010]
 | Halliburton developed a way to get rock-bound natural gas out of the ground, a hydraulic drilling process called 'fracking', and suddenly America finds itself becoming an energy superpower. The downside? The drilling companies are polluting underground water aquifers, some of which deliver so much pollution into homes that you can light a flame to the water coming out of the kitchen tap. Co-produced, written & directed by Josh Fox; featuring energy exec Aubrey K. McClendon and archive footage of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Richard Nixon, T. Boone Pickens & Pete Seeger; nominated for Best Documentary Feature Oscar and for W.G.A. Best Documentary Screenplay, won Emmy Award for Nonfiction Programming, won Special Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival, won Special Jury Prize at Sarasota Film Festival, won Environmental Media Award
Docurama color DVD [12/2010] for $13.99 full credits at IMDb official movie site |
 | "Water Wars: When Drought, Flood, and Greed Collide" [Cinema Libre 2010] Hour-long documentary film examines the world water crisis as it is currently affecting Bangladesh: rising seas, drought, floods, downriver pollution from India, and groundwater poisoned with arsenic. Co-produced, written & directed by Jim Burroughs; narrated by Martin Sheen Cinema Libre color DVD [8/2010] for $19.95 credits at IMDb official movie site |
| | "B.B.C. Natural History Collection 2" DVD & Blu-ray Box Sets [2010] contains 1250 minutes (almost 21 hours) of BBC nature programs: 10-part "Life" on 4 disks; 2-disk "Natures Most Amazing Events"; 2-disk "South Pacific"; and 3-part "Yellowstone" BBC Worldwide HD widescreen color Blu-ray box set [10/2010] 9 disks for $107.99 the DVD box set has different content: still 1250 minutes (almost 21 hours) of BBC nature pro-grams: 10-part "Life" on 4 disks; "Gallapagos"; "Ganges"; "Life In Cold Blood"; and "Wild China" BBC Worldwide widescreen color DVD box set [10/2010] 10 disks for $93.99 |
 | "Carbon Nation" documentary film [indep Feb 2011] An optimistic (and witty) look at what people are already doing, what we as a nation could be doing, and what the world needs to do to prevent - or at least to slow down - the looming climate crisis. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Peter Byck; co-produced & co-written by Karen Weigert; co-written by Eric Driscoll & Matt Weinhold; narrated by Bill Kurtis; featuring Richard Branson, Lester R. Brown, Tom Friedman, Van Jones, Gary Hirshberg, Amory Lovins, Col. Dan Nolan, John Rowe, Jim Rogers, R. James Woolsey, and many more clean energy pioneers Team Marketing color DVD [8/2011] for $17.99 ClayWay Media color DVD [8/2011] for $19.99 full credits at IMDb official movie site |
 | "Queen of The Sun: What Are The Bees Telling Us?" [indep March 2011] Philosopher Rudolf Steiner predicted in 1923 that bees would disappear in 80 to 100 years; the recent worldwide 'colony collapse disorder' events seem to have fulfilled that prediction. The danger? Bees pollinate four out of ten foods eaten by humans. Co-produced & directed by Taggart Siegel; featuring Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk, Vandana Shiva, Raj Patel & Rudolf Steiner [1861-1925] DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb official movie site official trailer on YouTube |
 | "The Last Mountain: A Fight For Our Future" [Dada Films June 2011] A record of the clash between a small West Virginia community and a giant coal company engaging in mountaintop coal removal. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Bill Haney; featuring Robert Kennedy, Jr. Docurama widescreen color DVD [11/2011] for $16.99 credits at IMDb official movie site |
 | "If A Tree Falls: A Story of The Earth Liberation Front" [BBC/ITVS/PBS June 2011] The F.B.I. calls the Earth Liberation Front "America's number one domestic terrorist threat"; film follows the story of eco-activist Daniel McGowan to examine larger questions about environment-alism, activism, and terrorism. Co-produced, co-written & co-directed by Marshall Curry; co-produced & co-directed by Sam Cullman; co-written by Matthew Hamachek; Oscar & WGA noms for Best Feature Documentary; won awards at Dallas, Miami, Nashville, Santa Cruz & Sundance film festivals Oscilloscope Laboratories color DVD [8/2011] for $20.52 full credits at IMDb official movie site |
 | "Bag It: Is Your Life Too Plastic?" documentary film [Reel Thing/A.P.T. Worldwide Sept 2011] An 'average guy' makes a resolution at the grocery store to stop using plastic bags. Wanting to learn more, he embarks on a global tour to unravel the complexities of our plastic-infused world – an average American's plastic waste per year is 800 pounds. Directed by Suzan Beraza; written by Michelle Curry Wright; featuring Jeb Berrier, Peter Coyote & Anne Reeser full credits at IMDb Docurama color DVD [3/2012] for $17.89 |
 | "Surviving Progress" [Canada Nov 2011, First Run Features USA April 2012] Exec produced by Martin Scorsese; co-written & co-directed by Mathieu Roy & Harold Crooks; 'inspired by' Ronald Wright's bestselling non-fiction book "A Short History of Progress"; featuring Margaret Atwood, Jane Goodall, Stephen Hawking, David Suzuki, Robert Wright & Ronald Wright First Run Features widescreen color DVD [9/2012] for $24.99 full credits at IMDb official movie site |
 | "The Island President" [Samuel Goldwyn Films March 2012] After dissident Mohamed Nasheed helped restore democracy in the Maldives Islands (a country south and west of India's southern tip) and was elected President, his biggest problem became the survival of his country, as rising Indian Ocean sea levels were flooding low-lying islands into non-existence. (Nasheed was sworn into office in November 2008 and removed from office in February 2012.) Directed by Jon Shenk; featuring Mohamed Nasheed; film won the People's Choice Documentary Award at Toronto Intl Film Festival & the I.D.A. Pare Lorentz Award First Run Features widescreen color DVD [11/2012] for $20.03 credits at IMDb official movie site movie entry at Wikipedia watch 2/2012 official trailer [2:18] at Vimeo |
 | "The Lorax" [Universal/Illumination Studios March 2012] Twelve-year-old Ted lives in Sneedville, where everything is artificial; he begins a search for a live tree to impress a cute girl down the street. Animated feature film co-written & co-directed by Ken Daurio & Cinco Paul, co-directed by Chris Renaud; Animated feature film co-produced by Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul, Audrey Geisel & others; co-directed by Chris Renaud & Kyle Balda; co-written by Ken Daurio & Cinco Paul, based on the 1971 book by Dr. Seuss; voices of Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Danny DeVito, Taylor Swift, Rob Riggle, Betty White & Jenny Slate Universal widescreen color DVD/Blu-ray/3-D combo pack [8/2012] 3 disks for $27.99 Universal Studios widescreen color DVD/Blu-ray combo pack [8/2012] 2 disks for $24.96 Universal Studios widescreen color DVD [8/2012] for $19.99 latest info at IMDb official movie site |
 | "Last Call At The Oasis" documentary [Participant Media / A.T.O. May 2012] Illuminates the vital role that water plays in our lives, exposing the defects in the current system and depicting communities already struggling with its ill-effects. Co-produced, written & directed by Jessica Yu; featuring Jay Famiglietti, Peter H. Gleick, Tyrone Hayes, Alex Prudhomme, Robert Glennon & eco-activist Erin Brockovich-Ellis; DVD extras include interview with Brockovich, four other docushorts Docurama color DVD [11/2012] for $25.99 full credits at IMDb official movie site official trailer {Quicktime} |
 | "Chasing Ice" documentary [National Geographic/Oscilloscope Nov 2012] A National Geographic photojournalist set out to disprove 'global warming' by using time-lapse cameras in the Arctic, but the resulting footage is startling proof that glaciers and sea ice are disappearing at a breathtaking rate. Co-produced & directed by Jeff Orlowski; featuring James Balog, Svavar Jonatansson, Adam LeWinter, Louie Psihoyos, Kitty Boone & Jeff Orlowski; won Documentary Cinematography Award at Sundance Film Festival New Video Group color DVD [9/2013] for $19.99 full credits at IMDb official movie site |
"Exploring Ethics: The Silent Spring Series" [UC-TV 2012-13]
lectures at University of California San Diego
watch all six hour-long lecture/slide show programs [8/2013 upload] online at YouTube
"Alternatives To Insecticides - The Silent Spring Series #1"
"Rachel Carson's Legacy - The Silent Spring Series #2" [UC-TV Dec 2012] with Dr. Mitchell Thomashow
"Silent Spring + 50: Lessons From San Diego's Bees and Bays - The Silent Spring Series #3"
"Global Climate Change and Emerging Infectious Disease - The Silent Spring Series #4" with Stanley Maloy
"Elephants or People? Ethical Dilemmas In Recovering Endangered Species - The Silent Spring Series #5"
"Women In Science: 50 Years After Silent Spring - The Silent Spring Series #6"
"Turn Here Sweet Corn" [PBS July 1991, DVD 2012]
 | Award-winning 57-minute documentary by filmmaker Helen De Michiel about the loss of Martin & Atina Diffley's 136-year-old family farm in Minnesota to speculative suburban real estate developers. (The later book tells that story and also of the successful fight to protect their second farm property from a Koch Brothers pipeline). Film was broadcast as an episode of the "P.O.V." TV series. featuring Martin & Atina Diffley and daughter Liza
purchase DVD [2012] at Media Work Group website for $29.95 + s/h no credits at IMDb PBS-TV movie page |
 | "Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works" [2012] by Atina Diffley Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [4/2012] for $13.99 Univ Minnesota Press 9x6 pb [8/2013] for $15.22 Univ Minnesota Press 9x6 hardcover [4/2012] for $19.05 |
"Trashed: No Place For Waste" [Blenheim Films Dec 2012]
 | The problem of waste disposal has not been solved; even recycling in developed countries hardly makes a dent, and the Zero Waste movement goes unreported.
Co-produced, written & directed by Candida Brady; co-produced & hosted by Jeremy Irons Blenheim Films color DVD [4/2013] for $18.00 credits at IMDb official movie site |
"Promised Land" [Participant Media/Focus Features Dec 2012]
 | Fictional drama about a powerful natural gas company that infiltrates a small rural town to tap into subterranean resources and the effect on the residents lives. Co-written by & starring Matt Damon & John Krasinski; directed by Gus Van Sant; also starring Frances McDormand, Rosemarie DeWitt, Hal Holbrook, Titus Welliver; won Special Mention Award at Berlin Intl. Film Festival, won 2 awards from National Board of Review
Universal Studios widescreen color Blu-ray/DVD/digital combo [4/2013] 2 disks for $24.96 Universal Studios widescreen color DVD [4/2013] for $19.96 full credits at IMDb official movie site |
"More Than Honey" [Germany 2012, Kino Lorber USA June 2013]
 | 90-minute examination of the plight of endangered honeybees around the planet and the potential effects of their pending extinction. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Markus Imhoof; co-written by Kerstin Hoppenhaus; official entry to Oscars Best Foreign-Language Film category from Switzerland Kino Lorber widescreen color Blu-ray [12/2013] for $31.46 Kino Lorber widescreen color DVD [12/2013] for $26.96 full credits at IMDb official movie site |
"A Fierce Green Fire" [First Run Features 2013?]
 | "The Battle For A Living Planet" - stories of grassroots and global environmental activism: people trying to save the planet, their homes, and the future Co-produced & directed by Mark Kitchell; narrated by Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Isabel Allende, Van Jones & Ashley Judd DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb official movie site |
"Leviathan" documentary [indep March 2013]
 | Groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed documentary portrait of the contemporary commercial fishing industry, an experimental visual and auditory work of art Produced, written & directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Vιrιna Paravel non-theatrical license available thru distributor The Cinema Guild full credits at IMDb official movie site movie entry at Wikipedia watch 2/2013 official trailer [2:35] on Vimeo HD |
"GasLand Part II" documentary sequel
[H.B.O. broadcast July 2013]
 | "The issues have reached new depths" Shown at Tribeca Film Festival in April 2013, oil industry-hired 'protesters' got upset at being turned away; broadcast on HBO July 9th; the gas industry's portrayal of natural gas as a clean & safe alternative to crude oil is a myth: 'fracked' wells inevitably leak over time, which will inevitably contaminate water and air - hurting families and the economy, and endangering the earth's climate with the potent greenhouse gas methane Co-produced & directed by Josh Fox
New Video Group widescreen color DVD [1/2014] for $25.46 credits at IMDb HBO-TV 6/2013 official trailer [0:49] at YouTube |
"People of A Feather"
[festival circuit 2011, First Run Features USA Nov 2013]
 | Filmed over seven winters in Canada's Arctic regions; both the eider duck and the Inuit people are protected by the down of the bird, but development of hydroelectric dams to power New York is messing with the salt water of Hudson Bay. Produced, co-written & directed by Joel Heath, with the participation of the people of Sanikiluaq; won awards at film festivals in San Francisco, Vancouver BC, Korea, New Zealand & Germany
First Run Features widescreen color DVD [2/2014] for $19.49 full credits at IMDb official movie site watch official trailer [2:28] at YouTube |
"Chloe & Theo" [Spotlight/ARC Ent. June 2015]
 | Theatrical & VOD release in U.K June 2015, in U.S. 9/2015; an Inuit fisherman from The North arrives in New York City to ask 'the elders' of The South to save his people from the impact of global warming. Looks real nice, but lousy reviews included 'simplistic preaching to the choir'. Co-produced by Richard Branson, Cassian Elwes, Monica Ord & others; written & directed by Ezna Sands; music by The Newton Brothers; starring Theo Ikummaq, Dakota Johnson, Mira Sorvino, Andre DeShields, Ashley Springer, Eric Oram, Lawrence Ballard, Elizabeth Masucci, Haas Manning, Peter Henry Arnatsiaq, Brandon Boyd, Christopher Backus, Michelle Campbell & Larry King
ARC Ent. widescreen color DVD [10/2015] for $13.99 full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia watch 8/2015 official trailer [2:01] at YouTube |
"The Colorado" [Vision Into Art April 2016]
 | 91-minute documentary film set to music, divided into nine chapters Co-produced, co-written & directed by Murat Eyuboglu; co-written by William deBuys; narrated by Mark Rylance
DVD/Blu-ray not available credits at IMDb official moviesite VisionIntoArt Records soundtrack CD [5/2016] for $18.99 watch 2/2016 official trailer [2:08] online at Vimeo 'inspired by' "Salt Dreams: Land and Water In Low-Down California" [1999] by William deBuys, Photographs by Joan Myers Kindle Edition from VisionIntoArt [4/2017] for $9.99 Univ New Mexico Press 10x8½ pb [3/2001] for $29.95 Univ New Mexico Press 10½x9 hardcover [10/99] for $34.50 |
"The Anthropologist" [Ironbound/Gravitas Ventures Nov 2016]
 | Docufilm considers the fate of the planet from the perspective of an American teenager whose mother is studying the impact of climate change on indigenous communities Co-produced by Graham Wright; co-produced, written & directed by Daniel A. Miller; co-produced & directed by Seth Kramer & Jeremy Newberger; featuring Susan Crate, Kathryn 'Katie' Yegorov-Crate, Mary Catherine Bateson {grandaughter of Mead}, with archive footage of Margaret Mead [1901-78]
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available Amazon Instant Video [11/2016] rental $4.99, purchase $12.99 full credits at IMDb official producer website movie entry at Wikipedia watch 11/2015 official trailer [1:42] online at YouTube |
"An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power" documentary
[Participant/Paramount July 2017]
 | Working title 'An Inconvenient Truth II'; announced 12/2016: Paramount will debut "An Inconvenient Truth 2" at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival's opening night before a regular theatrical release later in the year; received two standing ovations at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival Directed by Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk, featuring Al Gore Jr., Barack Obama, Donald J. Trump Paramount widescreen color Blu-ray [10/2017] for $17.99 Paramount widescreen color DVD [10/2017] for $13.99 full credits at IMDb official movie site movie entry at Wikipedia watch 3/2017 official trailer [2:31] at YouTube companion book by Al Gore, Jr. [2017] Kindle Edition from Rodale Books [7/2017] for $2.99 Rodale Books 9x7½ pb [7/2017] for $17.64 Simon & Schuster Audio CD w/multiple readers [7/2017] for $11.38 |
"Company Town" [First Run Features Sept 2017]
 | Families in Crossett, Arkansas have what they call 'door to door' cancer; they say that the air and the water and the soil are contaminated and that the source is the Georgia-Pacific Chemical plant north of town, which is owned by Koch Industries Co-produced, co-written & co-directed by Natalie Kottke & Erica Sardarian; featuring David Bouie, Cheryl Slavant & Wilma Subra
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb official movie website watch 5/2016 official trailer [2:09] online at YouTube |
"Fire in Paradise" [aired 29 October 2019]
episode of the PBS TV series "Frontline" [since 1983]
 | "California's Deadliest Fire" Survivors and first responders provide insight into the 2018 Camp Fire, the most destructive wildfire in California's history Co-produced & directed by Jane McMullen; narrated by Will Lyman; featuring reporters Priyanka Boghani, Sarah Childress, Rahima Nasa, and Katie Worth
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb watch full movie [54:17] online at YouTube |
"Fire In Paradise" documentary featurette [Netflix streaming Nov 2019]
 | documentary about the November 2018 Camp wildfire in California, where 85 souls lost their lives Co-produced & directed by Zackary Canepari & Drea Cooper DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb watch 10/2019 official trailer [1:36] online at YouTube |
"Dark Waters" docudrama [Participant/Focus Features Nov 2019]
 | A corporate defense attorney in Cincinnati is confronted in 1998 by a farmer from his rural hometown in West Virginia with evidence that the local DuPont Chemical plant is poisoning residents and livestock by dumping toxic waste into the river . . . Co-produced by & starring Mark Ruffalo; directed by Todd Haynes; written by Matthew Michael Carnahan & Mario Correa, based on a June 2016 magazine article by Nathaniel Rich; also starring Anne Hathaway, William Jackson Harper, Tim Robbins, Bill Camp, Bill Pullman, Mare Winningham, Victor Garber, Louisa Krause, Scarlett Hicks, Ming Wang, Sydney Miles, Kevin Crowley, Daniel R. Hill, John Newberg, Brian Gallagher, Chaney Morrow, Tera Smith, Marc Hockl, Lyman Chen, Lea Hutton Beasmore, Abi Van Andel, Lisa DeRoberts, Barry Mulholland, Bella Falcone, Denise Dal Vera, Graham Caldwell, Bruce Cromer, Jeffrey Grover, Andrew Van Camp, Teri Clark, Keating P. Sharp, Barry G. Bernson, Geoff Falk, Dennis Craig Hensley, Amy Morse, Caleb Dwayne Tucker, Trenton Hudson, Kelly Mengelkoch, William Cross, Angel Kerns, Jon Osbeck, Harrison Sheckler, Wynn Reichert, Karen Koester, Courtney DeCosky, Reese Foster, Greg Violand, Jim Kirsch, Viktoria Leskiv, Mike Seely, Trent Rowland, Michael Joseph Thomas Ward, Michael King, Michelle Peter, Braden, Judy McQueen Bauer, Karen Olchovy, Damian Tanenbaum, Richard Doone, Matt Hudson, John Moll, Paul Kulis, Bret Aaron Knower, Michael Haney, Sue Hopkins, Joanne Popolin, Tyler Craig, Jason M. Griggs, Steven Brittingham, Annie Fitzpatrick, David Myers Gregory, Robert Gerding, Laura Dejean, Steven Terry Walker, Denise Barone, John E. Brownlee, Derek Polen, Mark Angel, Jim Azelvandre, Josh Roden, Missy Piper, Michael Lineman, Elaine Marie Smith, Kenny Lykins, Conner P. Kelley, Ramona Schwalbach, Corey Dolan, David Pittinger, Steven Hudson, Andy Parker, Steven Schraub, Mikel Furlow, Chris Stutz, Ronald Jenkins, Bradley Wier, Julie Leskiv, Noah Jonson, Kevin W. Shiveley II, Trina Hayes, Kevin W. Shiveley, Keith Gavigan, David Fultz, John W. Harden
full credits at IMDb official movie site movie entry at Wikipedia watch 9/2019 official trailer [2:45] online at YouTube |
"Michael Moore Presents: Planet of The Humans" 
[Huron Mountain Films/Rumble Media 4/2020]
"The takeover of the environmental movement by capitalism is now complete." ~~~ filmmaker Jeff Gibbs
 | This film is a wake-up call, a harsh look at how the environmental movement has lost the battle to stop climate change through well-meaning but disastrous choices - because we are following leaders who have taken us down the wrong road by selling out the green movement to wealthy interests and corporate America CAVEAT: While the intention of the film is a pro-environment warning, the methods used include false information and even 'downright lies' – see annotated reviews at 'Get Energy Smart NOW!' blogsite Exec produced by gadfly filmmaker Michael Moore; co-produced by Valorie Gibbs, Christopher Henze, David Paxson, Ozzie Zehner; co-produced, written & directed by Jeff Gibbs; featuring Al Gore, Jr., Denis Hayes (founder of Earth Day), activist Van Jones, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., eco-activist Bill McKibben, Vandana Shiva, Ozzie Zehner, Kristin Zimmerman (General Motors), Jeff Gibbs; with archive footage of Michael Bloomberg, Richard Branson, Rachel L. Carson, Vinod Khosla & Elon Musk (Tesla Motors)
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb official movie site watch full movie [4/2020 upload; 1:40:01] FREE for 30 days online at YouTube - still there 9/2021! watch next-day Stephen Colbert interview of Michael Moore [7:29] online at YouTube |
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Earth's Biosphere Class War & Economics
Energy Global Warming Education Healthcare
International Politics Corporations vs. America
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