Environmental Movies

  • 1974
    Freshwater World

    Freshwater World

    Freshwater World

    01974HD

    This documentary explores a variety of projects undertaken by scientists at Environment Canada's Freshwater Institute in Winnipeg to study the...

    Freshwater World
  • 2017
    I Stand: The Guardians of the Water

    I Stand: The Guardians of the Water

    I Stand: The Guardians of the Water

    5.22017HD

    First hand interviews and on the ground footage give a stirring account of The Standing Rock Sioux Nation's and water protectors' opposition to the...

    I Stand: The Guardians of the Water
  • 2026
    More Beautiful Perversions

    More Beautiful Perversions

    More Beautiful Perversions

    02026HD

    A reject teenager follows some hot radicals and finds themself in the woods. An eco-parable produced by a mutual aid collective, shot on 16mm and...

    More Beautiful Perversions
  • 2022
    Alternate Spaces

    Alternate Spaces

    Alternate Spaces

    02022HD

    A short documentary on the River Ouse, following it downstream from Lewes to Newhaven, meditating on the surrounding area.

    Alternate Spaces
  • 1970
    Keur Simbara

    Keur Simbara

    Keur Simbara

    01970HD

    Keur Simbara is an intimate, lyrical short documentary that follows a group of women community organizers in a rural Senegalese village as they build...

    Keur Simbara
  • 2018
    Coral Reefs

    Coral Reefs

    Coral Reefs

    02018HD

    During an ordinary visit to the library, a young girl pulls out a not-so-ordinary book from the shelves. As she turns the pages in this book about...

    Coral Reefs
  • 2021
    Bright Green Lies

    Bright Green Lies

    Bright Green Lies

    6.42021HD

    Bright Green Lies investigates the change in focus of the mainstream environmental movement, from its original concern with protecting nature, to its...

    Bright Green Lies
  • 2026
    Ho‘olono

    Ho‘olono

    Ho‘olono

    02026HD

    Hoʻolono, meaning “to listen deeply,” is a cinematic act of listening and an exploration of return, responsibility, and our evolving...

    Ho‘olono
  • 1995
    The Story of Rosy Dock

    The Story of Rosy Dock

    The Story of Rosy Dock

    01995HD

    The story of what happens to the environment when a foreign plant upsets the equilibrium of the native landscape. This drama animation uses a unique...

    The Story of Rosy Dock
  • 2020
    The Mother

    The Mother

    The Mother

    02020HD

    The Mother follows a colonial trapper as he wrestles with his violent past alone in the wild.

    The Mother
  • 2018
    What If We First...?

    What If We First...?

    What If We First...?

    02018HD

    Two kids talk about the social changes required in their country to take advantage of new technology for bettering the environment.

    What If We First...?
  • 2008
    Rumenatomija: The Story of Brandas Addiction

    Rumenatomija: The Story of Brandas Addiction

    Rumenatomija: The Story of Brandas Addiction

    02008HD

    Branda has hit rock bottom. Her addiction has spiralled so far out of control that medical intervention is the only option left. She's forced to...

    Rumenatomija: The Story of Brandas Addiction
  • 2015
    The First Secret City

    The First Secret City

    The First Secret City

    02015HD

    Before the creation of the secret cities of Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and Hanford, the Manhattan Project hired the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works of St....

    The First Secret City
  • 2008
    Pirate for the Sea

    Pirate for the Sea

    Pirate for the Sea

    52008HD

    A documentary on Paul Watson, who takes the law into his own hands on the open seas, confronting, by any nonviolent means necessary, the hunters who...

    Pirate for the Sea
  • 1992
    Tropical Rainforest

    Tropical Rainforest

    Tropical Rainforest

    5.51992HD

    The story of the evolution of tropical rain forests, their recent and rapid destruction, and the intense efforts of scientists to understand them...

    Tropical Rainforest
  • 2019
    Re/cycle

    Re/cycle

    Re/cycle

    7.72019HD

    With input from actor and writer Jan Hlobil, director and cinematographer Rene Smaal presents a film in the true surrealist tradition, in the sense...

    Re/cycle
  • 2022
    The Lake of Scars

    The Lake of Scars

    The Lake of Scars

    5.32022HD

    In a corner of regional Victoria exists a place of astounding natural beauty, archaeological significance and age-old culture. But the Indigenous...

    The Lake of Scars
  • 2018
    Grit

    Grit

    Grit

    42018HD

    When Dian was six years old, she heard a deep rumble and turned to see a tsunami of mud barreling towards her village. Her mother scooped her up to...

    Grit
  • 1974
    Man Belongs to the Earth

    Man Belongs to the Earth

    Man Belongs to the Earth

    91974HD

    Made for screening at the U.S. Pavilion at the 1974 World's Fair in Spokane Washington, USA, which had a Native-American environmental theme, MAN...

    Man Belongs to the Earth
  • 2003
    Go Further

    Go Further

    Go Further

    6.82003HD

    "Go Further" explores the idea that the single individual is the key to large-scale transformational change. The film follows actor Woody Harrelson...

    Go Further