{"id":15102,"date":"2017-04-21T09:58:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T17:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=15102"},"modified":"2022-04-19T10:12:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T17:12:25","slug":"earth-day-watch-list-17-new-films-about-sustainability-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/earth-day-watch-list-17-new-films-about-sustainability-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day Watch List: 17 Films About Sustainability and Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We count on indie filmmakers to sniff out the conspicuous absences in mainstream media. Journalist and investigative reporter Amy Goodman once said, &#8220;The role of independent media is to go to where the silence is.&#8221; To environmentalists and scientists, the silence around <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/climate.nasa.gov\/evidence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">climate change<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is deafening. And as environmental themes and issues are always on everyone&#8217;s mind when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Earth Day<\/a>\u00a0rolls around, we compiled a list of very worthwhile independent films that tell stories about<strong> sustainability and climate change<\/strong>. [<em>updated April 2020<\/em>] <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AnInconvenientTruth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>[and\u00a0<em>An Inconvenient Truth<\/em>]<br \/>\nEven before <em>An Inconvenient Truth<\/em> garnered two Academy Awards, including Best Documentary, the sequel was already in the offing. The intervening decade has brought a furious acceleration of climate discoveries, natural disasters, changes in the global economy and in the US political climate. How could the directors give us anything but a completely different film? Describing the sequel as &#8220;primarily a verit\u00e9 film,&#8221; director Bonni Cohen says, \u201cHopefully what comes across is his tenacity and his pursuit to combat the [climate] crisis 24 hours a day.\u201d And his humor. Gore still uses his old chestnuts like &#8220;it\u2019s a nature hike through the Book of Revelations,&#8221; but with his blend of optimism and dry wit, the new film feels like it has more levity than the first. Wide release in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>One side note (per <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/review\/an-inconvenient-sequel-truth-power-review-966392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>): Although one scene shows Gore\u2019s visit to Trump Tower for that well-publicized meeting, the movie gives nothing away about Gore\u2019s views on the president, suggestive to some of Gore\u2019s own political aspirations.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power&#039; Official Trailer (2017)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8RwQtHXJc9U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/conditionone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Melting Ice<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nCritics have a few beefs with this short nature VR film (also narrated by Al Gore), suggesting that while VR might be a fine medium for sweeping landscape or nudging at our empathy neurons, it is just too much for a short film trying to do both at once. But this is a brand new medium we\u2019re talking about, and it&#8217;s come a long way. The film looks impressive. Directed by Danfung Dennis, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/hell-and-back-again\/\"><em>To Hell and Back<\/em><\/a> aired on <em>Independent Lens<\/em> and was nominated for an Oscar, <em>Melting Ice<\/em> was an official selection at Sundance. (The VR short, produced by <a href=\"http:\/\/conditionone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Condition One<\/a>, is viewable on <a href=\"https:\/\/vr.google.com\/daydream\/experiences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Daydream<\/a> or Oculus headsets.) Learn more in this<a href=\"http:\/\/upr.org\/post\/sundance-vr-film-creates-experience-being-ice-cap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Utah Public Radio piece<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chasingcoral.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Chasing Coral<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most urgent films on the list. The sleeper of the Spring film festivals, as well as winner of an Audience Award in the U.S. Documentary category at Sundance, in <em>Chasing Coral<\/em> director Jeff Orlowski, a team of divers, and scientists\u00a0team to take us on an ocean exploration to get to the bottom of massive reef die-off. This is not disaster porn. It\u2019s a love letter to the endless frontier of the deep. \u00a0(There&#8217;s also a VR companion to <em>Chasing Coral<\/em> as well.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet the Artist &#039;17: Jeff Orlowski\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7mbnni6BRZ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hot Docs 2017 | CHASING CORAL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B6Qpvc7hPB4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oculus.com\/vr-for-good\/programs\/out-of-the-blue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Out of the Blue<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another short VR film depicting a family of fishermen in Mexico who sacrifice their livelihood to save open ocean sea life from extinction, narrated by Dr. Sylvia Earle, &#8220;The Deepness&#8221; herself. Best known as the first marine science to use scuba equipment (known as the &#8220;Jim Suit&#8221;), Dr. Earle is the former Chief Scientist of The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). &#8220;I wish that everybody could go live underwater, if only for a day,&#8221; she once said. This VR experience is the closest some of us might get to living underwater, if only for 9 minutes. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/blog\/9-great-documentaries-about-women-activists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more about Earle and the feature documentary about her,\u00a0<em>Mission Blue<\/em>, here.]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/channel.nationalgeographic.com\/water-and-power-a-california-heist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Water &amp; Power: A California Heist<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Showing how water barons find ways to work the system to their own advantage in California&#8217;s convoluted water system and a groundwater crisis, this National Geographic film exposes centers of power in conflict with small farmers and citizens as they suffer through drought years while others profit from the scarcity.<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Water &amp; Power: A California Heist - Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B2_EmpQNvG4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plasticchina.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Plastic China<\/em><\/a> (2017)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the eyes of those who handle its waste, this delicate but moving film is a deep dive into global consumption and culture. We follow the story of a young girl by the name of Yi-Jie, working in a recycling facility and dreaming of attending school. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IDFA 2016 | Trailer | Plastic China\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v0Kif9cugQ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/endsofearthfilm.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To the Ends of the Earth<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2016)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We find ourselves in the soothing company of Ms.\/Dame Emma Thompson as she guides us through a journey that chronicles the rise of extreme energy, detailing the economic costs of more intensive energy production, and the people and wildlife caught in the crossfire.<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"To the Ends of the Earth - Individual license\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/188932447?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org\/film\/forget-shorter-showers\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forget Shorter Showers<\/span><\/i><\/a> (2015)<br \/>\nBased on an <a href=\"https:\/\/orionmagazine.org\/article\/forget-shorter-showers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orion Magazine <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">essay<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the same title, this short film by Jordan Brown and Derrick Jensen upends the idea that lifestyle changes like shorter showers and energy efficient bulbs can help mitigate climate change. Instead, it suggests that what the planet really needs is a larger seismic shift brought about by changes in economic policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can watch the short in its entirety here:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Forget Shorter Showers\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/137294079?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/&quot;https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/80049832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Our Planet<\/em><\/a>: This beautifully shot film on Netflix is narrated by earth\/nature doc stalwart David Attenborough but focuses more on how climate change impacts all life. Plenty of gorgeous nature photography showcasing the wonder of our planet to bring you some comfort despite the depressing subtext.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Our Planet | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aETNYyrqNYE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3255576\/combined\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Future of Energy: Lateral Power to the People<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2016)<br \/>\nThe film asks how we can achieve a clean-energy society in a dubious era. Mustering the mettle of all social movements, eco-philosopher Joanna Masey fires back on that question with the age-old rejoinder &#8220;Just keep going. There is so much happening on the grassroots level.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This documentary aims to inspire the widescale adoption of renewable power. Note: It is also, alas, currently hard to track down but worth it if you can find it.<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Future of Energy: Lateral Power to the People Trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/98492693?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theageofconsequences.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Age of Consequences<\/span><\/i><\/a> (2016)<br \/>\nOn a darker note, these word of caution might come as a surprise from former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and George Schultz. Both have done work to call attention to the link between national security and climate change. \u00a0These insiders make the compelling case that consequences of climate change, such as waves of refugees, failed states, terrorism, will increase by an order of magnitude unless we can reverse its effect.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE AGE OF CONSEQUENCES - OFFICIAL TRAILER\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ltjua10RFy4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/evolutionoforganic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Evolution of Organic<\/em><\/a> (2016) and\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afiercegreenfire.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Fierce Green Fire<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nPremiering at the Opening Night of San Francisco\u2019s Green Film Festival is Mark Kitchell\u2019s new film. Best known for his documentary <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berkeley in the Sixties<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Kitchell&#8217;s film\u00a0<em>Fierce Green Fire<\/em>, which aired on PBS&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/americanmasters\/a-fierce-green-fire-about-the-film\/2924\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>American Masters<\/em><\/a>, gave an all-encompassing overview of the environmental movement, and the concluding chapter focused on climate change in a dire yet hopeful fashion. Kitchell&#8217;s film, which premiered at the SF Green Film Festival, tells the history of Californian organic farming.<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Evolution of Organic (Trailer) - Green Film Fest 2017\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mh_9ojGcYoE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"American Masters: A Fierce Green Fire\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_8Fx_fzvjK4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theislandsandthewhales.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Islands and the Whales<\/em><\/a> (2016)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A film about descendants of Norse settlers living on the Faroe Islands who have eked out a living for the over a thousand years. \u00a0Mercury contamination now threatens their livelihood. This beautifully shot and moving documentary explores how pollution affects the far reaches of the planet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Islands and the Whales \/\/ Trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/160133847?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thememoryoffish.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Memory of Fish<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(2016)<br \/>\nThis film won Director\u2019s Award for Cinematography at the Woods Hole Film Festival. Fisherman Dick Goin spent decades working to bring salmon back to his home turf on the Elwha River on Washington\u2019s Olympic Peninsula after dams destroyed their habitat. \u00a0This quiet documentary, narrated by actress Lili Taylor, is a commentary on the synergy between the natural world and people who embrace their total reliance on it.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE MEMORY OF FISH - Trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/164303476?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/truecostmovie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The True Cost<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next generation of fashion designers voice their concerns about the tremendous waste in the rag industry in this breakthrough documentary directed by Andrew Morgan, a filmmaker focused on social change stories. Hear Morgan discuss the role of indie media in an interview on the <a href=\"http:\/\/heritageradionetwork.org\/podcast\/storytelling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heritage Radio Network<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;The True Cost&#039; - Official Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OaGp5_Sfbss?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/rancherfarmerfisherman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Rancher Farmer Fisherman<\/a><\/em>: \u00a0This documentary narrated by Tom Brokaw is based on the book by Miriam Horn, and\u00a0weaves together the stories of four unlikely conservation heroes working in America&#8217;s heartland. &#8220;At a moment when it seems that collaboration is not just nonexistent but impossible, these working families cross political and other divides to arrive at real solutions for protecting the land and sea that define our country &#8211; and are crucial to all of our survival.&#8221;<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman (Trailer) - Green Film Fest 2017\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/evg6U1mo3kg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We count on indie filmmakers to sniff out the conspicuous absences in mainstream media. Journalist and investigative reporter Amy Goodman once said, &#8220;The role of independent media is to go to where the silence is.&#8221; To environmentalists and scientists, the silence around climate change is deafening. 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