Environmental Documentaries Series
This semester's documentary series will be again in the asynchronous remote format: you can watch any film anytime during this semester. SHU students, staff, and guests are welcome and can watch the films online for a small fee or free. Please contact me at [email protected] if you have any questions or comments about a film, and I will get back to you ASAP.
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Film |
Running
Time (min) |
Topics |
Sources
and Costs |
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Far Away Islands |
65 |
This documentary explores the Faroe
Islands' complex ties to wildlife, from traditions like the
"Grindadráp" dolphin hunt, or the treament of sheep and young bids,
to issues like salmon farming, industrial fishing, and pollution. Each year,
Captain Paul Watson's team document these practices in this autonomous Danish
territory. Featuring unseen footage, the film brings together voices from
activists, hunters, scientists, industry leaders, and locals, fostering
dialogue between opposing perspectives. |
Free on Waterbear |
|
93 |
A riveting tale of geopolitical, corporate, and scientific
intrigue, the film exposes the inner workings of the International Seabed
Authority (ISA): a secretive United Nations instrument that oversees nearly
half our planet's surface on the ocean floor. The ISA is empowered to
greenlight the massive extraction of metals from the seabed, which some deem
essential to fulfill the demand for current electric battery technology. |
$4.99 to rent on YouTube |
|
|
79 |
From the most remote mountaintops to
forests, grasslands, and deserts, from river headwaters to the deepest seas,
reports from around the globe tell the same story: wild places that have been
stable for millions of years are in turmoil. Weather patterns and water
sources are being disrupted. Plant and animal species are vanishing faster
than ever before. Our cities and farms, our parks, and even our backyards are
changing in ways we are only beginning to notice but that are already
affecting the health and well-being of our planet, and us |
Free on CultureUnplugged |
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Harmful
Algal Blooms and Dead Zones |
105:28 |
Poisonous algal blooms and dead zones in Lake Erie, Florida,
Louisiana, and the West Coast. |
Free on Youtube |
|
75 |
Based on Isabella Tree's best-selling book
by the same title, Wilding tells the incredible story of a young couple that
bets on nature for the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old estate.
They set to work with their groundbreaking vision, battling entrenched
tradition and major forces along the way, daring to place the fate of their
farm in the hands of nature. Ripping down the fences, they set the land back
to the wild and entrust its recovery to a motley mix of tame and wild
animals. |
Provided upon request free of charge |
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|
68 |
The documentary film captures the joint dream of a material
physicist and his artist daughter for an effective solution to save the
planet. Together and with humor, they venture into many different platforms
where no one expects or welcomes them. On their journey, they try to navigate
their way around the world of climate politics and the powers behind it and
with each other. |
$ 3.50 on dafilms.com |
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|
92 |
Award-winning director Damon Gameau (That
Sugar Film) embarks on a journey to explore what the future could look like
by 2040 if we embrace the solutions already available to us to improve our
planet. Structured as a letter to his daughter, Damon blends documentary with
dramatized sequences and high-end visual effects to create a vision of how
these solutions could regenerate the world. |
Free on YouTube |
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|
? |
A solutions-oriented climate documentary that follows people in
six U.S. locations leading solar and wind power projects. |
Screening
requested |
|
|
86 |
A free feature-length documentary that
explores solutions to the global crises we face today – solutions any one of
us can be part of – through the inspiring stories of people pioneering change
in their own lives and communities to live sustainably and regeneratively. |
Free on YouTube |
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|
74 |
Rockies Repeat, The mud on their hands, and Dear President
Biden. |
Two free, one $1.99 |
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|
80 |
The Drawdown Roadmap is a science-based
strategy for accelerating climate solutions. It points to which climate
actions governments, businesses, investors, philanthropists, community
organizations, and others should prioritize to make the most of our efforts
to stop climate change. |
Five Free Shorts on Project
Drawdown |
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Climate Adaptation and Natural Climate Solutions |
115 |
Short
videos explaining how trees, landscape architecture, and agrivoltaic can help
us adapt to climate change and how nature-based climate solutions like
reforestation and soil care can mitigate climate change. |
Links to Free shorts here |
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Videos of the
presentations of previous Issa Speakers · Mark Jacobson
(Stanford University) |
95 76 118 |
100% Wind, Water, and Solar (WWS)
All-Sector Energy Roadmaps for Countries and States
The Juliana v U.S. lawsuit, what we are
trying to accomplish, and why all of this matters and how you can participate |
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This semester's documentary series will be again in the asynchronous remote format: you can watch any film anytime during this semester. SHU students, staff, and guests are welcome and can watch the films online for a small fee or free. Please contact me at [email protected] if you have any questions or comments about a film, and I will get back to you ASAP.
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Film |
Running Time (min) |
Topics |
Sources and Costs |
|
84 |
A
century after her grandfather claimed his freedom from slavery, Elsie Herring
and her rural North Carolina community fight the world's largest pork
corporation for their freedom to enjoy fresh air, clean water, and a life
without the stench of manure. |
$3.99
to rent on Google Play |
|
|
100 |
Follows
Amy Powney, a daughter of environmental activists, during her trajectory from
outsider to industry leader as she sets out to create a fashion collection
that's ethical and sustainable at every level. |
$3.99
to rent on Amazon Prime Video |
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|
82 |
Rebellion
is the first feature-length documentary to tell the behind-the-scenes story
of Extinction Rebellion, following a group of unlikely allies as they come
together to confront the climate and ecological emergency. |
$4.99
to rent on Amazon
Prime Video |
|
95 |
From
Executive Producer Martin Sheen, the Map to Paradise is an adventure-filled
and spectacularly gorgeous tale about the birth of the global movement to
protect the sea. Filmed across six continents, the filmmakers have set out to
challenge the mainstream "doom and gloom" narrative of hard-hitting
environmental documentaries and replace it with one of hope and courage. |
Free on Waterbear |
|
|
68 |
Be immersed
in a captivating journey of resilience and hope amidst a looming climate
crisis. Delve into the profound wisdom of Indigenous communities, whose
age-old value systems hold the key to healing our planet. |
Free on Waterbear |
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|
50 |
No
matter how small, any one voice can make a world of difference. Follow Greta
Thunberg's incredible true story as she went from lone teenage rebel to
international revolutionary icon. |
$3.99 on Amazon |
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|
88 |
Through
regenerative agricultural practices, reforestation of abandoned land,
protection/restoration of carbon-rich wetlands and keystone species, Dirt
Rich illustrates how implementing these strategies will return our atmosphere
to safe levels of carbon while growing soil, our most precious resource. |
$3.99 on Vimeo |
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|
109 |
This
documentary follows the journey of 21 young plaintiffs suing the US
government for its actions in creating the climate crisis. |
On Netflix |
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|
75 |
A young
Navajo filmmaker investigates displacement of Indigenous people and
devastation of the environment caused by the same chemical companies that
have exploited the land where she was born. On this personal and political
journey she learns from Indigenous activists across three continents. |
Watch
with Fuse+ (Free trial on Amazon) |
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|
76 |
A
resonant story about a battle of wills, hubris, and energy – atomic,
maternal, moral, and feminist. At the prompting of an ecofeminism professor
turned visual journalist, the four original "concerned" mothers, a
two-woman legal team and a reporter, now all much older, wiser, and bolder,
break open years of corporate silencing and nuclear industry doublespeak, and
tell their stories about the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident,
the worst commercial nuclear reactor meltdown in U.S. history. |
$0.99 on Amazon |
This semester's documentary series will be again in the asynchronous remote format: you can watch any film anytime during this semester. SHU students, staff, and guests are welcome and can watch the films online for a small fee or free. Please contact my email [email protected], if you have any questions or comments about a film, and I will get back to you ASAP.
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Film |
Running Time (min) |
Topics |
Sources and Costs |
|
78 |
Climate change, ocean acidification, depletion of aquifers, toxic air pollution, deforestation - those are just the symptoms. The cause is overpopulation. If we band together by pursuing smaller families we will unequivocally restore the environment. |
$3.79 to rent or $7.99 to buy on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, iTunes, and Google Play |
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Several Shorts about the Climate Emergency |
94 |
Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops (5 films), 3 shorts about the 6th synthesis report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (1, 2, 3), and Eve: The 9-year-old climate activist |
Sources under "Topics", all free |
|
94 |
Filmed over four years of hope and crisis, To the End captures the emergence of a new generation of leaders and the movement behind the most sweeping climate change legislation in U.S. history. |
$3.99 to rent and $9.99 to buy on hulu, Apple TV, Amazon Prime, YouTube and Google Play |
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|
97 |
Trashed follows actor Jeremy Irons as he investigates the global scale and impact of humanity's modern wasteful consumerism and pollution. The film calls for urgent action towards sustainable levels and zero waste, but it also demonstrates how this is already being achieved successfully in many communities worldwide. |
Free on YouTube |
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|
97 |
Water will erase Newtok, Alaska. Built on a delta at the edge of the Bering Sea, the tiny Yup’ik village has been dealing with melting permafrost, river erosion, and decaying infrastructure for decades. This film is about a village seeking justice in the face of climate disaster. |
Free on the Patagonia website |
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|
74 |
Mossville, Louisiana: A once-thriving community founded by formerly enslaved and free people of color. Today it’s a breeding ground for petrochemical plants and their toxic black clouds. Amid this chaos and injustice, one man refuses to abandon his family’s land and his community. |
iTunes, Google Play; $3.99 56 min. version on PBS |
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|
85 |
Narrated and featuring Woody Harrelson, Kiss the Ground is an inspiring and groundbreaking film that reveals the first viable solution to our climate crisis. The film illustrates how, by drawing down atmospheric carbon, the soil is the missing piece of the climate puzzle. |
Vimeo, $1 |
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|
94 |
In 1975, Peter Singer published a book arguing that no justifications exist for considering humans more important than members of other species. As a result, bioethicists rank animal factories among the greatest evils in our history. The Movie portrays the leaders of this developing movement. |
Vimeo $3 |
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|
116 |
Across the United States, nearly 2.2 million people lack safe or affordable water in their homes. Another 1.7 million lack proper sanitation systems. The film examines the industrial and governmental systems that prevent so many people from accessing this basic necessity of life and offers concrete solutions to address this unprecedented human rights crisis. |
available upon request |
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The Rise of the Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else and Wealth Inequality in America |
54 |
The world of the 1% has arrived, and the wealth gap is now greater in many countries than during the Gilded Age, the era of the Rockefellers, Carnegies, and Vanderbilts. Can our stressed democracies deal with the fallout? |
Free on YouTube – Links in Film column |
This semester’s documentary series will be once again in asynchronous remote format: you can watch any film any time during this semester. SHU students, staff and guests are welcome and will be able to watch the films online for a small fee or for free. Please reach out to my email [email protected] if you have any questions or comments about a film and I will get back to you ASAP.
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Film |
Running Time (min) |
Topics |
Sources and Costs |
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57 |
reveals how fire suppression and climate change have exposed our forests and wildland-urban landscapes to large, high severity wildfires, while greenhouse gases released from these fires contribute to global warming. Along the way, we learn how to restore and manage the lands we love and depend on. |
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92 |
Engrossing and eye-opening, King Corn is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast food nation where one ultra-industrial, pesticide-laden, heavily-subsidized commodity dominates the food pyramid from top to bottom – corn. |
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88 |
Bikes vs Cars depicts a global crisis that we all deep down know we need to talk about: Climate, earth’s resources, cities where the entire surface is consumed by the car. An ever-growing, dirty, noisy traffic chaos. The bike is a great tool for change, but the powerful interests who gain from the private car invest billions each year on lobbying and advertising to protect their business. In the film we meet activists and thinkers who are fighting for better cities, who refuse to stop riding despite the increasing number killed in traffic. |
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108 |
This film follows five friends on an immersive adventure through the unknown wilds of the Texas borderlands. They travel 1,200 miles, from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico, on horses, mountain bikes, and canoes. Realizing the urgency of documenting the last remaining wilderness in Texas as the threat of new border wall construction looms, they set out to document the borderlands and explore the potential impacts of a wall on the natural environment. |
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77 |
intimate portrait of climate activist Ken Ward. Ken breaks the law as a last resort and with great trepidation, to fulfill what he sees as his personal obligation to future generations. The film follows Ken through a series of civil disobedience direct actions, culminating with his participation in the coordinated action that shut down all the U.S. tar sands oil pipelines on October 11, 2016. |
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119 |
Climate is changing. Instead of showing all the worst that can happen, this documentary focuses on the people suggesting solutions and their actions. |
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60 |
The state of our oceans and seas is the main focus in “Sea the Truth”. Leading scientists such as Daniel Pauly suggest that if we continue to catch and eat fish at the current rate, the oceans and seas will be empty within 40 years. The hunt for fish is an economic monster on the run: large bottom trawlers are scraping the bottoms of the seas empty, taking with them all living things with destructive force. |
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ThuleTuvalu |
93 |
Whereas for us the warming of the planet occurs almost solely in the media, it is changing the entire existence for the inhabitants of Thule and Tuvalu. The film portrays how they are forced to abandon their traditional way of life as they move towards an unknown future. |
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|
54 |
unveils the groundbreaking science behind “super corals” and a radical new plan to save the Earth’s imperiled coral reefs. Weaving together exquisite underwater expeditions, a soaring, A.I.-powered, global reef mapping mission, and cutting-edge assisted evolution research in Australia, Hawaii, Florida, and the South Pacific |
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Wasted! |
85 |
An informative and entertaining documentary produced by celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, "Wasted!" takes you around the world, showing the 1.3 billion tons of food that gets thrown out each year and the people fighting hardest to prevent it. |
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Stink! |
90 |
opens with a foul smell and a pair of kids pajamas. And a single father trying to find out what that smell could possibly be. But instead of getting a straight answer, director Jon Whelan stumbles on an even bigger issue in America, which is that some products on our store shelves are not safe — by design |
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DamNation |
89 |
. To some, dams are beneficial, playing a critical role in the development of the United States by providing hydropower and urban water supplies. To others, damming has damaged river ecosystems, decreased wild salmon breeding, and impacted Native American heritage. |
I plan to run the 14th Environmental Documentary Series in person. SHU Students can enroll for a 3-credit hour LAS 441 course (section AC), Instructor: Tom Wassmer, [email protected]). All films will start Wednesdays 6:30 PM in the Science Building, Room SCI 131 and are free and open for everybody. This faculty-led program and any related discussion is for educational benefit only. A campus map can be found at: https://www.sienaheights.edu/About/Campus-Map-Parking. If you cannot make it in person, you can use the provided sources to watch the films online for a small fee. If there are several sources for a film at the same rate, I provide the Vimeo source as Vimeo provides most of the money to the filmmakers. Please reach out to my email [email protected] if you have any questions or comments about a film and I will get back to you ASAP.
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Date |
Film |
Running Time (min) |
Topics |
Source and Cost |
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21-Sep |
92 |
This is a story about clothing. It’s about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact the industry is having on our world. The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. The True Cost is a groundbreaking documentary film that pulls back the curtain on the untold story and asks us to consider, who really pays the price for our clothing? |
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28-Sep |
70 |
Before starting a family, Soozie Eastman, daughter of an industrial chemical distributor, embarks on a journey to find out the levels of toxins in her body and explores if there is anything she or anyone else can do to change them. Soozie has just learned that hundreds of synthetic toxins are now found in every baby born in America and the government and chemical corporations are doing little to protect citizens and consumers. With guidance from world-renowned physicians and environmental leaders, interviews with scientists and politicians, and stories of everyday Americans, Soozie uncovers how we got to be so overloaded with chemicals and if there is anything we can do to take control of our exposure. |
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5-Oct |
81 |
In 1995 Chicago was hit by a record-breaking heat wave, so hot that the lives of 739 residents were lost in a single week; mostly poor, African-American, and elderly residents. This searing, offbeat documentary connects the dots to more recent natural disasters, provocatively exploring the ways in which class, race and zip code predetermine our chances of survival during environmental crises. |
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12-Oct Note: different time – 7 pm instead of 6:30 PM |
75 |
Anita Chitaya has a gift; she can help bring abundant food from dead soil, she can make men fight for gender equality, and she can end child hunger in her village. Now, to save her home from extreme weather, she faces her greatest challenge: persuading Americans that climate change is real. Traveling from Malawi to California to the White House, she meets climate sceptics and despairing farmers. Her journey takes her across all the divisions shaping the US, from the rural-urban divide, to schisms of race, class and gender, to the thinking that allows Americans to believe they live on a different planet from everyone else. It will take all her skill and experience to help Americans recognize, and free themselves from, a logic that is already destroying the Earth. |
Amazon, $3.99 | |
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19-Oct |
84 |
Burning, Eva Orner’s new documentary, is about the climate crisis, and the Australian government’s decision to (metaphorically) let the fires burn. It is quite explicit in its claims, and this makes it effective as a kind of cinematic essay. It carefully presents – via the words of interviewee Greg Mullins, former New South Wales fire commissioner – the history of bushfires in Australia. |
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26-Oct |
87 |
They call it ’blue gold.’ Around the world, demand for water is exploding. By 2050, at least one in four will live in a country suffering from water shortages – creating ideal conditions for a new market… Goldman Sachs, HSBC, UBS, Allianz, Deutsche Bank, BNP. Banks, investment funds and hedge funds are all rushing to invest billions of euros in anything related to water. A real monopoly of water has begun. |
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2-Nov |
88 |
The Devil We Know is a 2018 investigative documentary film by director Stephanie Soechtig regarding allegations of health hazards from perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, also known as C8), a key ingredient used in manufacturing Teflon, and DuPont's potential responsibility. PFAS are commonly found in every household, and in products as diverse as non-stick cookware, stain resistant furniture and carpets, wrinkle free and water repellant clothing, cosmetics, lubricants, paint, pizza boxes, popcorn bags, and many other everyday products. |
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9-Nov |
81 |
EATING OUR WAY TO EXTINCTION takes audiences on a cinematic journey around the world, from the depths of the Amazon rainforests to the Taiwanese Mountains, the Mongolian desert, the US Dust Bowl, the Norwegian Fjords and the Scottish coastlines, telling the story of our planet through shocking testimonials, poignant accounts from indigenous people most affected by our ever-changing planet, globally renowned figures and leading scientists. This powerful documentary sends a simple but impactful message by uncovering hard truths and addressing, on the big screen, the most pressing issue of our generation – ecological collapse. |
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Tuesday, |
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The Ministry for the Future: Dire Warning and Hopeful Predictions |
Via Zoom, TBA |
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16-Nov |
90 |
Imagine a future where we mimic the genius of nature—to re-calibrate the way humankind lives, breathes, builds—respecting the limits of our resources and transforming the modern world. Going Circular unlocks the secrets to circularity, an innovative concept that could save our collective future on Earth. Sometimes the best solutions come from surprising places. |
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23-Nov |
Thanksgiving |
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30-Nov |
89 |
A film 11 years in the making, Youth Unstoppable documents the struggles and events of the largely unseen and misunderstood Global Youth Climate Movement. At age 15, filmmaker Slater Jewell-Kemker began attending environmental summits, camera in hand, wide-eyed and ready to make a difference. From flood ravaged villages in Nepal to luxury hotels in Cancun, from the tailings ponds of the Alberta Tar Sands to the riots of Copenhagen, culminating with the intense and defining events at the 21st UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, Youth Unstoppable shows us a powerful vision for the future of our planet and the young people who will lead us there. |
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the documentary series will be once again in asynchronous remote format: you can watch any film any time during this semester. SHU students, staff and guests are welcome and will be able to watch the films online for a small fee or for free. Some films will be provided for free for the SHU community, but guests will have to pay-per-view (details in column “Sources and Costs”. If there are several sources for a film at the same rate, I provide the Vimeo source as Vimeo provides most of the money to the filmmakers. Please reach out to my email [email protected] if you have any questions or comments about a film and I will get back to you ASAP.
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Film |
Running Time (min) |
Topics |
Sources and Costs |
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81 |
Narrated by a young journalist from India, the movie follows 5 connected stories of young people who against all odds are transforming their lives and the lives of those around them. |
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66 |
Paths towards a new model of human existence: one which is fair, environmentally sound and fulfilling, with soil and people supporting each other in a balanced and sustainable way. |
$4.99 on VHX |
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66 |
In Honduras, the most dangerous place in the world to be a land defender, the Lenca and Garífuna people are not backing down fighting against state backed megaprojects and narco-traffickers. |
Free on Vimeo |
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97 |
Follow actor Jeremy Irons as he investigates the global scale and impact of humanity's modern wasteful consumerism and pollution. A call for urgent action to resolve the issue and drastically reduce our consumption towards sustainable levels and zero waste |
Free on Youtube |
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44 |
The Third Harmony tells the story of nonviolence, humanity’s greatest (and most overlooked) resource |
$4.99 on Vimeo |
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69 |
A personal and global look at human population growth, its impact on the Earth, and its connection to human rights. |
$2.99 on Google Play |
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77 |
The Pacific Island nation Kiribati is one of the most remote places on the planet and one of the first countries that must confront annihilation from sea-level rise. |
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#Powerplant: Plants could save the planet and With My Own Eyes |
61+8=69 |
#Powerplant provides added insight into the link between climate change and meat consumption. Pigs and chickens were crammed by the thousands into the farms investigated by Animal Equality and Rooney Mara. |
Both free #Powerplant on Vimeo and With my own eyes on YouTube |
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88 |
Dirt Rich takes the viewer on a journey through a multiplicity of carbon draw down strategies that focus on natural solutions that simultaneously address the revitalization of soil and stabilization of atmospheric carbon levels. |
$3.99 on Vimeo |
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93 |
The passing of the monkey wrench from the pioneers of eco-activism to the new generation carrying Edward Abbey's legacy into the 21st century. |
$3.99 on many platforms |
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62 |
Oceans are a sonic symphony. Sound is essential to the survival and prosperity of marine life. But man-made ocean noise is threatening this fragile world. |
$2.99 on Vimeo |
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89 |
A visually thrilling ode to the beauty and importance of the imperiled songbird, and what it will mean to all of us on both a global and human level if we lose them. |
$3.99 on iTunes or GooglePlay |
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72 |
Antibiotics ability to fight and kill bacteria revolutionized medicine. After less than 80 years, however, these miracle drugs are failing. Resistant infections kill hundreds of thousands of people around the world each year. |
$5 on VHX |
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90 |
How and why native plants are critical to the survival and vitality of local ecosystems with a goal to inspire people to plant native plants, providing a call to action to change our garden choices to include native plants. |
Permitted by the filmmaker to show to the SHU community. For free: Restricted link on Microsoft Stream |
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64 |
In places around the world, supplies of groundwater are rapidly vanishing. As aquifers decline and wells begin to go dry, people are being forced to confront a growing crisis. |
Free on YouTube |
12th Environmental Documentary Series at SHU in the Fall Semester of 2021
SHU Students can enroll for the 3-credit hour LAS441-AA course (Justice and Peace), coordinated by me, Tom Wassmer, [email protected]. Streaming fees for course attendees will be covered.
Guests are welcome and will be able to watch the films online for free or a small fee (details in column “Sources and Costs”. Please reach out to my email if you have any questions or comments about a film and I will forward it to my class for discussion and get back to you. If you start watching the films at the same time my class will (at about 6:45 PM on the specified days), you could meet us for the student-led discussion after the films. Just email and express interest and I will send you a Zoom invitation.
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Date |
Film |
Running Time (min) |
Topics |
Sources and Costs |
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8-Sep |
The Sacrifice Zone, After the Storm: Pollution in the Potomac and The PFAS Problem |
32+27+16=75 |
Pollution, environmental justice |
TSZ on Vimeo $4, others free (see links under “Film”) |
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Unbreathable: The Fight for Healthy Air and Something in the Air – The Nature of Things |
29+45=74 |
Pollution, climate change |
Films currently not publicly available but will be available for the class |
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22-Sep |
Stolen Fish, The Outlaw Ocean: Trouble In West Africa, and Fishing Wars and Overfishing |
30+10+26=76 |
Overfishing, globalization, environmental justice, |
SF not publicly available, others free (see links under “Film” |
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29-Sep |
78 |
Population, climate change |
$5.99 on BigMarker |
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6-Oct |
Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops and Eve: The 9-year-old climate activist |
13+14+11+9+11 |
Climate change, lifestyle changes |
Both free (see links under “Film”) |
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13-Oct |
93 |
Wildfires, climate change |
$2.40 on Vimeo |
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20-Oct |
53+30=83 |
Seal level rise, climate change |
66 Meters not publicly available but available for the class. NASA Science free (see links under “Film”) |
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27-Oct |
40+43=83 |
Climate change, migration |
Both free (see links under “Film”) |
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3-Nov |
UNDERSTORY - A Journey Into The Tongass, Guardians of the Amazon |
81 |
Habitat destruction, indigenous people, environmental justice |
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9-Nov |
Issa Speaker Stan Cox: The Path to a Livable Future: Forging a New Politics to Fight Climate Change, Racism, and the Next Pandemic |
60 |
Solutions, Green New Deal |
Microsoft Teams Meeting Tuesday Nov-9, 12:45 PM: Click here to join the meeting |
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10-Nov |
97 |
Habitat destruction, corruption, globalization, journalism, and activism |
$2.99 onYoutube |
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17-Nov |
74 |
Food waste |
Free on Youtube |
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24-Nov |
Thanksgiving |
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1-Dec |
107 |
Climate change, activism, youth, legal |
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8-Dec |
85 |
Indigenous activism, non-violent action |
11th Environmental Documentary Series at SHU in the Winter Semester of 2021
Due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic, we will watch all films individually but (close to) synchronous online at the below days and times. We will connect live via Zoom (Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83391076365?pwd=djZQa3hvQklncDlTdTdjbnBPdDcxdz09) to allow questions and comments about the films via chat and run a post screening discussion. As Fair-Use exceptions only apply to face-to-face settings, you will need to rent or buy your own personal license (distributors with hyperlinks, and costs are provided in the far-right column of the below program). Some films are free – or provided to this film series by the filmmakers. Be ready to start watching by 6:30 PM. If you are running late, send a Zoom chat to everybody to find out where we are – you can return to the missed parts after our session concludes. This way we will all be done watching about the same time and can conclude the session with a post-screening discussion.
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Date |
Film |
Time |
Topics |
Source and Cost |
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13-Jan |
98:32 |
Indigenous people, deforestation, fossil fuels |
Vimeo $4.99 |
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20-Jan |
75:07 |
Species extinction, oceans, policy |
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27-Jan |
83:49 |
Pollution, policy |
Amazon $2.99 also on Apple TV, Xfinity video-on-demand |
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3-Feb |
94:30 |
Social media, consumer rights |
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10-Feb |
76:16 |
Pollution, environmental justice, racism |
iTunes, Google Play; $3.99 |
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17-Feb |
100:14 |
Activism, endangered species, oceans |
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24-Feb |
87:00 |
Pesticides, GMOs |
Sprayed Free on Tubi |
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3-Mar |
88:48 |
Activism, endangered species, deforestation, habitat loss |
Amazon, $1.99 |
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10-Mar |
Program Change: |
60:00 |
Climate change, environmental justice |
Free signup required
Vimeo; $4.96, Free on Amazon Prime |
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17-Mar |
80:05 |
Nature, sustainability, food |
Youtube; $4.99 |
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24-Mar |
98:01 |
Conservation, nature, habitat destruction |
Youtube; free |
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31-Mar |
Easter Break |
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7-Apr |
Several Shorts on reef rescue, Herd Instinct |
67:23 |
Conservation, climate change, habitat destruction, oceans; soils, agriculture, food |
RR shorts: Free playlist on Youtube HI: free on YouTube |
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14-Apr |
75:25 |
Conservation, habitat restoration; renewable energy, environmental justice |
In attendance: Randall Tolpinrud (PwN), filmmakers of SfA |
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21-Apr |
Ever slow green, Shorts about the Green New Deal |
80:00 |
Conservation, reforestation; sustainable policies |
ESG $2.99 on MovieSaints; GND on Playlist of 3 shorts on Youtube, In attendance: ESG filmmaker Christoph Pohl |
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28-Apr |
Starting at 7:00 PM |
45:00 |
Presentation on Sustainable Development |
Free on Zoom |
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5-May |
84:56 |
Agriculture, soil, climate mitigation |
Vimeo, $1 |
10th Environmental Documentary Series at SHU in the Fall Semester of 2020
Due to the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all films are online and you can watch them anytime you want – just rent the films or watch them for free – see below). I created a blog page and will make a post for each film so you can comment and share your thoughts, ask questions or share any related information: http://sustainability.sienaheights.edu/environmental-documentaries-blog
I just received the below notification that this great documentary that I waited for a long time was finally released. If you watch it before September 8, you will donate automatically to help indigenous communities in the Amazon region that were extremely hard hit by the Corona virus: You're invited to the online release of Yasuní Man, now available on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, and Vimeo. If you watch it before September 8th, a portion of the proceeds from each download will go directly to the Amazon Emergency Fund, to provide COVID-19 rapid response grants across the Amazon. This “must-see” film about the Amazon is a powerful documentary that takes you into Ecuador's Yasuní National Park – the most biodiverse place on the planet. It is home to the Waorani Indigenous people and the nomadic Tagaeri-Taromenane, who are among the last remaining Indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation in Ecuador.
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Date |
Film |
Runtime |
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Topic |
Source and Cost |
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26-Aug |
78 |
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Energy, Climate |
Amazon, Fire TV, Roku, Vizio, Apple TV $3 |
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2-Sep |
93 |
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Climate, Indigenous People |
URL $4.50 |
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9-Sep |
94 |
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Animal Rights |
URL $3 |
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16-Sep |
56 |
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Sealevel Rise, Climate adaptation |
URL free |
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23-Sep |
56 |
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Heatwaves, Adaptation |
URL $3.99 |
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30-Sep |
60 |
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Nukes, Journalism |
URL free |
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7-Oct |
89 |
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Pollution, Indigenous People, Activism |
URL free (donation) |
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14-Oct |
93 |
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Planetary Evolution, Pollution, Climate |
URL free |
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21-Oct |
70 |
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Energy, Eminent Domain, Activism |
Amazon $2.99 |
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28-Oct |
80 |
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Water Rights, Activism |
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4-Nov |
82 |
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Ecology and Evolution, Species Extinction, Activism |
URL $2 |
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11-Nov |
50+36 |
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Habitat Restoration, Holistic Development |
URL free URL $4 |
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18-Nov |
The New Environmentalists (3 episodes) |
30+27+28 |
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Activism, Indigenous People |
URL free URL free URL free |
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25-Nov |
86 |
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Agroecology |
URL $4 |
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2-Dec |
75 |
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Pollution, Industrial Agriculture |
URL $5 |
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9-Dec |
54 |
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Economy, Solutions |
URL FREE |
Winter Semester 2020. All films will start Wednesdays 7:00 PM in the Science Building, Room SCI 131 and are free and open for everybody. This faculty-led program and any related discussion is for educational benefit only. A campus map can be found at: sienaheights.edu/About/Campus-Map-Parking
DUE TO PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO REDUCE THE CHANCES OF CONTRACTING THE CORONA VIRUS, WE HAD TO CANCEL THE 9TH SERIES. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CLICK ON THE LINKS ON THE NAMES OF THE FILMS, MANY ARE AVAILABLE FOR PAY-PER-VIEW AT MODERATE COSTS.
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Week |
Date |
Film |
Runtime |
Topic |
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2 |
15-Jan |
Waters
of the U.S. Free, |
21+24+27 |
Water pollution, environmental law, activism |
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3 |
22-Jan |
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4 |
29-Jan |
92 |
Water pollution, industrial agriculture |
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5 |
5-Feb |
No Film |
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6 |
12-Feb |
77 |
Pesticides |
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7 |
19-Feb |
No Film |
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8 |
26-Feb |
71 |
Toxic chemicals |
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9 |
4-Mar |
Fall Break |
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10 |
11-Mar |
76 |
Plastic pollution |
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11 |
18-Mar |
No Film |
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12 |
25-Mar |
Rueckert Auditorium, Dominican Hall |
Solutions |
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13 |
1-Apr |
78 |
Climate crisis, solutions |
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14 |
8-Apr |
Easter Break |
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15 |
15-Apr |
61+8 |
Plant based food, animal rights |
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16 |
22-Apr |
82 |
Agroecology, solutions |
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SHU Students can enroll for a 3-credit hour LAS 441 course (section AC), Instructor: Tom Wassmer, [email protected]).
All films will start Wednesdays 6:30 PM in the Science Building, Room SCI 131 and are free and open for everybody. This faculty-led program and any related discussion is for educational benefit only. A campus map can be found at: sienaheights.edu/About/Campus-Map-Parking
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (W 6:30 - 8:30 pm in SCI 131)
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Session |
Date |
Film |
Runtime |
Topic |
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1 |
4-Sep |
Pumped Dry: Global Crisis of Vanishing Groundwater, several Shorts - all Free |
70 |
Water, climate crisis |
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2 |
11-Sep |
98 |
Waste, pollution |
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3 |
18-Sep |
The Borneo Case $3.85 on Vimeo |
79 |
Deforestation, Indigenous people |
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4 |
25-Sep |
The True Cost $7 on Vimeo |
92 |
Waste, environmental justice, green economy |
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5 |
2-Oct |
Nor Any Drop to Drink Now Free on Vimeo |
90 |
Toxic chemicals, water, politics |
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6 |
9-Oct |
Our Rising Oceans, Losing Earth, This is Climate Change: 3 VR shorts on Youtube: Fire, Famine, Feast, Melting Ice – all Free |
92 |
Climate crisis, virtual reality |
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7 |
16-Oct |
World Population (Free), Mother: Caring for 7 Billion (S4.50 on Vimeo) and Love the Population Bomb (Free) |
82 |
Population |
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8 |
23-Oct |
The Age of Consequences Free on Tubi |
80 |
Climate crisis, conflict |
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9 |
30-Oct |
Room and time change: Rueckert Auditorium, Dominican Hall, 7 pm Issa Speaker Gabby Ahmadia, WWF, Director, Marine Conservation Science, Oceans |
Marine Conservation, climate adaptation |
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10 |
6-Nov |
Racing Extinction $1.99 on Amazon |
94 |
Species extinction |
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11 |
13-Nov |
Wasted! The Story of Food Waste $3.99 on Amazon |
85 |
Food, climate crisis, solutions |
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12 |
20-Nov |
Death by Design Full version $2.99 on Amazon, 47-minute version Free on Al Jazeera |
74 |
Electronics, pollution |
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13 |
27-Nov |
Thanksgiving - No Class |
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4 |
4-Dec |
The Devil we know Free on Youtube |
88 |
Toxic chemicals, water |
All films will start W 7:00 PM in the Science Building, Room SCI 131 and are free and open for everybody. This faculty-led program and any related discussion is for educational benefit only. A campus map can be found at: sienaheights.edu/About/Campus-Map-Parking
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Date |
Film |
Running
Time (min) |
Topics |
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16-Jan |
What Lies Upstream, Free on Freevee |
84 |
Pollution, Toxic Chemicals, Water |
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23-Jan |
A
Plastic Ocean, $3.99 on Amazon |
100 |
Pollution, Oceans |
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30-Jan Canceled |
Wasted! The Story of Food Waste $3.99 on Amazon |
CANCELED 85 |
Food, Climate Change, Solutions |
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6-Feb |
Eating Animals, $3.79 on Amazon |
95 |
Food, Animal Rights, Lifestyle |
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13-Feb |
Green, Free on the Internet
Archive, Person
of the Forest (Free), Vanishing, Video Free on YouTube, Shorts
(both Free): Years of Living Dangerously
Season 1: Bonus Footage - The End of Harrison Ford's
Journey, Living Planet Report 2018: a warning
sign for our planet |
4+47+17+23+1.5=93 |
Habitat Destruction, Conservation, Orang-Utans |
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20-Feb |
Regreening
the desert, Kokota-
The Islet of Hope, Selah: Water
from Stone (All Free) |
47+29+8=84 |
Climate Change, Solutions |
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27-Feb |
Anote’s Ark (only on Apple TV) and A Climate for Conflict (Free) |
77+15=92 |
Climate Change, Climate Justice |
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13-Mar |
Climate Adaptation Shorts
(All Free) |
78 |
Climate Change, Solutions |
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20-Mar |
88 |
Food, Climate Change, Solutions |
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3-Apr |
The Reluctant
Radical (Free on YouTube) and |
77+11=88 |
Climate Change, Climate Justice, Activism |
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17-Apr |
120 |
Activism, Lifestyle |
6th Environmental Documentary Series scheduled for Winter 2018
All films will start W 7:00 PM in SCI 131 and are free and open for everybody.
The Climate Action live stream with Bernie Sanders and Bill McKibben on January 31st will start at 7:30 PM also in SCI 131.
Please note - schedule change: Happening is shown 25-Apr instead of 4-Apr replacing "What if we change?". On 4-Apr, please consider attending UNFRACTURED screened for free at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor! The filmmakers will be attending and there will be a discussion after! The event is hosted by the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability. Reserve your Ticket here.
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Date |
Film |
Running Time |
Topics |
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17-Jan |
Sonic Sea, $2.99
on Vimeo |
60 |
Pollution,
Conservation |
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24-Jan |
The
Trees Around You: Free
here,
Trophy: Free
on YouTube |
24+28 |
Conservation, Biodiversity |
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31-Jan |
Live:
Fossil Free Fast - The Climate Resistance with Bill McKibben and Bernie
Sanders |
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7-Feb |
Water Warriors: $2.99 on
Amazon,
Standing Rock
Free on Vimeo |
22+29 |
Climate
Change, Pollution, Resistance |
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14-Feb |
Oil & Water: $3.99 on Vimeo |
78 |
Pollution,
Climate Change, Conservation, |
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28-Feb |
Bikes vs. Cars: $2.99 on Fandango |
87 |
Pollution, Climate Change, Lifestyle |
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14-Mar |
Empathy: $2.95 on Vimeo (might have to use VPN
and use Canada or the UK) |
75 |
Food,
Animal Rights |
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4-Apr |
UNFRACTURED:
No sources known |
90 |
Energy, Fossil Fuels |
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11-Apr |
Hometown Habitat for
the SHU community available upon request |
60 |
Urban
Environments, Conservation |
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25-Apr |
72 |
Energy, Renewables |
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SHU Students can enroll for a 3-credit hour LAS 441 course (section AE), Instructor: Tom Wassmer, [email protected]). All events are open and free to anybody.
Documentaries shown the last 2.5 years (see below) are available through the SHU Library or Online as pay-per-view for a small fee.
There will be a short introduction before the showing of the documentaries. Following the showings, there will be discussions on the topic of the movie(s) and how well the issue was covered.
This faculty-led program and any related discussion is for educational benefit only.
All events besides on 9/13 will take place on Wednesday evenings between 6:30-9 pm in the Science Building Room 131.
|
Date |
Film |
Topic |
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6-Sep |
Water and Power
(78): $3.79 on Amazon |
Water |
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13-Sep |
Different time: 7:00 pm PBS NOVA Flint -
Poisoned Water (50): Free 7-day
PBS Documentary trial on Amazon |
Pollution, Toxic Chemicals |
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20-Sep |
Sea the Truth (60): Free on Youtube, and shorts |
Overfishing |
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27-Sep |
Toxic Chemicals |
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4-Oct |
Death By Design (74): $2.99 on Amazon,
47 min version Free on Al Jazeera |
Electronics,
Pollution |
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11-Oct |
Before the Flood
(95): in low resolution Free on
Youtube, in HD on Amazon |
Climate Change, Activism |
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18-Oct |
From the Ashes (81): Free on Facebook |
Energy,
Pollution |
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25-Oct |
At the Fork (89): Free on Youtube, Cowspiracy Short (15): Free on Youtube, full feature
on Netflix or Free on Dailymotion |
Food, Ethics, Climate Change |
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1-Nov |
Hometown Habitat
(90): Free for
the SHU community upon request, or Chasing
Coral (89): on Netflix
or Free on
Youtube |
Conservation,
Habitat Destruction |
|
8-Nov |
Death By A Thousand Cuts (73):
$3.99 on Amazon |
Deforestation, Conflict |
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15-Nov |
The
Age of Consequences
(80): Free on Tubi |
Climate
Change, Conflict |
|
22-Nov |
Thanksgiving - No Class |
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29-Nov |
We're not broke (80): $3.99 on Amazon |
Globalization |
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6-Dec |
What can be done? |
SHU Students can enroll for a 1-credit hour course and earn credit for attendance, short quizzes and essays (Course number ENV200D, Instructor: Tom Wassmer, [email protected]). All events are open and free to anybody. This faculty-led program and any related discussion is for educational benefit only.
Documentaries shown the last 2 years are available through the SHU Library or Online as pay-per-view for a small fee.
There will be a short introduction before the showing of the documentaries. Following the showings, there will be an optional discussion on the topic of the movie and how well the issue was covered. This faculty-led program and any related discussion is for educational benefit only.
All events will take place on Thursday evenings between 7-9 pm in St. Joseph Hall / SJH 109 Lecture Hall.
|
Date |
Title(s) |
Topic |
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Winter 2017 |
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3/16/2016 |
1.
The Messenger (90): Free 7-day trial on Amazon |
Conservation, Species extinction |
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3/23/2017 |
1. The
Goose with the Golden Eggs: Tourism on Costa Rica's Pacific Coast (34): Free on
Youtube 2.
How cruise ships became a
catastrophe for the planet (5): Free on Youtube 3.
Thule Tuvalu (93):
$2.99 on Amazon
Total time: 91 |
Tourism and Climate Change |
|
3/30/2017 |
1. The Breakthrough in
Renewable Energy (47): Free 2. Won't Pipe Down (23): Free on Vimeo Total time: 70 |
Energy |
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4/6/2017 |
1.
World
Population (5:46): Free 2.
Mother:
Caring for 7 Billion (60): $2.99 on Google
Play Total time: 67 – Location Change: Science Building Room 131 |
Population |
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4/13/2017 |
Easter Break |
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4/20/2017 |
1.
Invisible Ocean: Plankton and Plastic (9): Free 2.
Racing to Zero, in Pursuit of Zero
Waste (57): Free on Youtube Total time: 66 |
Trash, Pollution |
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4/27/2017 |
1. Pumped Dry:
the Global Crisis of Vanishing Groundwater (64): Free
on YouTube 2. Who Owns Water (50): $6.99 on
Vimeo Total time: 90 |
Water |
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5/4/2017 |
1.
Farming for the Future: Shorts a.
Age of the Farmer (6): Free b.
Farming for the Future (7): Free c.
Walt (6): Free d.
Food for Thought, Food for Life (22): Free on Youtube 2.
Soil Carbon Cowboy (12) Free 3.
Growing Roots (24) Free 4.
Seeding
a Dream / Growing Local (15) Free Total time: 91 |
Food, Pesticides, Organics |
Jan. 12: "The World According to Monsanto" (pollution/toxins): Free
Brochures about what you can do to avoid GMOS: Shopping Guide 2013, Shopping Guide Summer 2014, Health Risks of GMOs
Jan. 26: "Speciesism" (agriculture, ethics): Vimeo $3
Feb. 9: "Let's Make Money" (wealth inequality, globalization): No streaming source. For the SHU community available upon request
March 1: "Racing Extinction" (species extinction): $1.99 on Amazon
March 22: "Inside the Garbage of the World" (pollution/waste): Free on Youtube
April 5: "Green" (habitat destruction): Free on the Internet Archive
April 19: "The Man Who Stopped the Desert" (solutions): $3.99 on Amazon
FALL 2015:
Sept. 8: "Home" (general): Free on YouTube
Sept. 22: "Trashed: No Place For Waste" (pollution/waste): Free on YouTube
Oct. 6: "More Than Honey" (species extinction): Free on Daily Motion
Oct. 20: "Our Rising Oceans" (climate change): Free on Youtube
Nov. 3: "The Future of Energy: Lateral Power to the People" (energy, society): Free on Tubi
Nov. 17: "Life Running Out of Control" (agriculture, GMOs) 1 hour version Free, full 95 min version $4.50 on Journeyman
Dec. 1: "In Organic We Trust" (food, agriculture) Free on Tubi
Dec. 15: "Fall and Winter" (solutions) Free
