Documentaries About the Environment and Ecology
A list of documentaries that deal with climate change, conservation, global warming, sustainability, overconsumption, pollution, endagered species, overpopulation... More titles will be added in the future.
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- DirectorJeni KendallStarsDudley LeggettHugh NicholsonNan NicholsonA comprehensive insight into the inspiring mass eco-blockade in Australia's Terania Creek Forest in 1979. Conservationists' efforts to save this primeval forest from deforestation.
- DirectorGodfrey ReggioStarsEdward AsnerPat BenatarJerry BrownA collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.
- DirectorChristopher ManesStarsEdward AbbeyRick BailyDarryl CherneyThe film delves into the theory and practice of Earth First-networks of radical environmental groups employing direct action tactics.
- DirectorBrian DanitzChris ZelovStarsLinda HuntEcological Design: Inventing the Future features the ideas and prototypes of pioneering designers who have trail-blazed the development of sustainable architecture, cities, energy systems, transport, and industry.
- DirectorJacques PerrinJacques CluzaudMichel DebatsStarsJacques PerrinPhilippe LabroDocumentary on the migratory patterns of birds, shot over the course of three years on all seven continents.
- DirectorDaniel B. GoldJudith HelfandStarsWilliam BaggettCharlie CrayDaniel B. GoldThe hazards of bio-accumulation, pollution, and the makeup of what we commonly hope are benign plastics are tackled in this documentary.
- DirectorSteve CowanStarsPeter Coyote
- DirectorHubert SauperStarsElizabeth 'Eliza' Maganga NseseRaphael Tukiko WagaraDimond RemtuliaA documentary on the effect of fishing the Nile perch in Tanzania's Lake Victoria. The predatory fish, which has wiped out the native species, is sold in European supermarkets, while starving Tanzanian families have to make do with the leftovers.
- DirectorRenaud DelourmeStarsBernard GiraudeauNils HugonYann Arthus-Bertrand has flown over hundreds of countries to create an extraordinary aerial portrait of our planet as never seen before. This DVD from the Panoramica Motion Gallery is 'Ambient' in concept, there is no storytelling, no narratives, just a constant stream of compelling beauty.
- DirectorBertram VerhaagStarsAlejandro ArgumedoLarry BainBill ClintonGMOs are Genetically Modified Organisms which have made their debut in plants like corn and soybean, but are now in animals for consumption. The controversy of corporations owning "life-forms" and pushing GMOs in 3rd world countries comes to a head in India and Canada in this film. The battle between the corporations and the farmers/naturalists is in full swing with the corporations saying they are improving upon Nature with size and resistance to disease of the new organism. Farmers and naturalist activists say this is not as simple as an Oil spill where eventually the harm from the spill will be overcome by time's healing powers. GMOs on the other hand may destroy the very ecosystem forever, because these new lifeforms replicate as does all life.
- DirectorErwin WagenhoferStarsJean ZieglerPeter BrabeckKarl OtrokA look at how the world's food is produced and how mass production changes the environment and the lives of people.
- DirectorJames Jandak WoodStarsThom HartmannWilliam ReesRichard HeinbergAn examination of the interconnection of human domination of the planet and the use of petroleum, and offers solutions for how we can stop our progression down this destructive path.
- StarsBrad PittMorgan FreemanWilliam McDonoughA six-part series about international efforts to design and build eco-friendly structures through sustainable architecture.
- StarsTilda SwintonThe geological forces at work in Galapágos are complex and unpredictable; so, too, are the many ocean currents that unite here.
- DirectorDavis GuggenheimStarsAl GoreBilly WestGeorge BushFilmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.
- DirectorJennifer BaichwalStarsEdward BurtynskyPhotographer Edward Burtynsky travels the world observing changes in landscapes due to industrial work and manufacturing.
- DirectorTom JacksonStarsBen CohenKert DaviesBrenda EkwurzelThe documentary highlights the influence that major corporations, including ExxonMobil, wield over individual countries' governments, media, and citizens, and examines their connections to global warming. As the adverse effects of the unsustainable surge in fossil fuel use continue to destabilize the climate, ExxonMobil escalates production and global influence to maximize profits, disregarding climate science and long-term statistical trends.
- DirectorRob StewartStarsRob StewartPaul WatsonErich RitterAn investigation of sharks' importance to ecosystems and humankind's mass destruction of shark species worldwide.
- DirectorLeila ConnersNadia ConnersStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKenny AusubelThom HartmannA look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems.
- DirectorAlastair FothergillMark LinfieldStarsJames Earl JonesPatrick StewartAnggunFeature-length version of the documentary TV series Planet Earth (2006), following the migration paths of four animal families.
- DirectorFrank GapinskiStarsGeoff LawtonPermaculture teacher Geoff Lawton designs and builds a dam and water harvesting system on a farm.
- DirectorNick WattsStarsCatherine CollinsOliver CurryGeorge MonbiotDocumentray examining the amount of products consumed in a lifetime and the impact it has on the environment.
- DirectorLouis FoxStarsAnnie LeonardFor most of the world, consumption has been the unquestioned duty of every individual. Then garbage activist Annie Leonard brought her two-hour lecture to Free Range who helped her turn it into a 20-minute animated revolution. Shown in thousands of classrooms, endlessly blasted by Fox News, viewed more than 10 million times, The Store of Stuff finally opens the door to a serious cultural dialog about the costs of consumption.
- DirectorIan ConnacherA Canadian documentary on modern society's 'addiction' to plastic; our prolific use of this product, its effects on the earth and on us, and where our unwanted plastic ends up.
- DirectorDan StonePatrick Gambuti Jr.StarsPaul WatsonAlex CornelissenPeter HammarstedtAt the Edge of the World chronicles the controversial Sea Shepherd Antarctic Campaign against a Japanese whaling fleet. The international volunteer crew, under-trained and under-equipped, develop a combination of bizarre and brilliant tactics with which to stop the whalers. But first they must find the Japanese ships, a far more difficult challenge than ever imagined - long-time activist Paul Watson and first-time captain Alex Cornelissen employ an array of strategies in the hopes of finding an elusive adversary in the vast expanse of the Ross Sea. With one ship (the Farley Mowat) too slow to chase down the whaling fleet, with their second ship (the Robert Hunter) unsuited for Antarctic ice conditions and with no country supporting their efforts to enforce international law, the situation becomes increasingly desperate. Against all odds, however, a real-life pirate tale unfolds - a modern-day "David vs. Goliath" adventure.