Helena of Sarayaku (2022)

십 대 환경운동가 그레타 툰베리의 이야기를 이전에 공개된 적 없는 영상으로 소개한다. 영화는 툰베리를 기점으로 일어난 지구 동맹 휴교와 전 세계에서 벌어진 시위를 담으며 툰베리의 세계적인 영향력을 보여 준다.

미식 축구를 사랑하는 죠(Joe Pendleton/Leo Farnsworth/Tom Jarrett: 워렌 비티 분)는 외롭고 힘겨운 훈련을 하며 살아간다. 축구의 꿈을 이루어 가려던 죠는 갑작스런 교통사고로 하늘나라로 불리워 간다. 천국위 사도를 만난 죠는 천국으로 가길 거부하고 다시 현세로 내려오나, 자신의 몸이 가루가 되어 뿌려졌기에 다른 사람의 몸을 빌려 삶을 연장할 수 있게 된다. 억만장자의 몸으로 다시 환생한 죠는 귀족 생활방식에 맞춰 살아가고, 아내와 비서의 살인 음모를 알면서도 오직 미식 축구팀에만 관심을 집중한다. 미식축구팀을 만들어 열심히 살고 또한 로건(Betty Logan: 줄리 크리스티 분)과 결혼하려는 죠에게 천국의 사도가 찾아와 생명이 다 끝나간다는 걸 통보해 준다. 결국 총에 맡고 죽는 죠는 다시 천국으로 올라가지만.

The aquatic adventure of the highly influential and fearlessly ambitious pioneer, innovator, filmmaker, researcher, and conservationist, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, covers roughly thirty years of an inarguably rich in achievements life.

"어둠 속에서"는 세 명의 급진적인 환경운동가가 수력발전 댐 폭파라는 그들 인생 가장 극단적인 시위를 실행에 옮기면서 벌어지는 이야기이다. 이 영화는 서스펜스 스릴러 영화인 동시에 정치적 극단주의의 결과에 대한 성찰을 불러일으킨다. 영화는 세 인물의 행로를 통해 다음과 같은 질문을 던진다. 옳은 신념은 불법적 행위를 정당화할 수 있을까? 개인의 정치적 신념은 궁지에 몰렸을 때 어떻게 반응하는가?

Explorer Bruce Parry visits nomadic tribes in Borneo and the Amazon in hope to better understand humanity's changing relationship with the world around us.

For ancient Mayans, cocoa was as good as gold. For subsistence farmer Eladio Pop, his cocoa crops are the only riches he has to support his wife and 15 children. As he wields his machete with ease, slicing a path to his cocoa trees, the small jungle plot he cultivates in southern Belize remains pristine and wild. His dreams for his children to inherit the land and the traditions of their Mayan ancestors present a familiar challenge. The kids feel their father's philosophies don't fit into a global economy, so they're charting their own course. Rohan Fernando's direction tenderly displays a generational shift, causalities of progress in modern times and a man valiantly protecting an endangered culture. Breathtaking vistas of lush rainforests contrast with the urban dystopia that pulled Pop’s children away from him. Will one child return to carry on a waning way of life

침팬지의 친구이자 전세계 스타들의 롤모델, 역사상 가장 영향력 있는 여성 ‘제인 구달’. 20여 년 전 돌연 자신의 모든 업적과 개인적인 삶을 포기하고 지구 환경보호에 뛰어든 그녀의 열정과 용기, 그리고 그녀를 지지하는 이들이 들려주는 가슴 뜨거운 이야기.

In this tense and immersive tour de force, audiences are taken directly into the line of fire between powerful, opposing Peruvian leaders who will stop at nothing to keep their respective goals intact. On the one side is President Alan Garcia, who, eager to enter the world stage, begins aggressively extracting oil, minerals, and gas from untouched indigenous Amazonian land. He is quickly met with fierce opposition from indigenous leader Alberto Pizango, whose impassioned speeches against Garcia’s destructive actions prove a powerful rallying cry to throngs of his supporters. When Garcia continues to ignore their pleas, a tense war of words erupts into deadly violence.

This BBC documentary chronicles the life of folk/soft-rock singer John Denver through his rise with The Chad Mitchell Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary, his subsequent stardom, his popularity decline, and his tragic death at age 53.

Narrated by Dan Aykroyd, Defend, Conserve, Protect, pits the marine conservation group, Sea Shepherd, against the Japanese whaling fleet, in an epic battle to defend the majestic Minke whales.

WILD THINGS follows a new generation of environmental activists that are mobilising against forces more powerful than themselves and saying, enough. Armed only with mobiles phones, this growing army of eco warriors will do whatever it takes to save their futures from the ravages of climate change. From chaining themselves to coal trains, sitting high in the canopy of threatened rainforest or locking onto bulldozers, their non-violent tactics are designed to generate mass action with one finger tap. Against a backdrop of drought, fire and floods; we witness how today’s environmentalists are making a difference and explore connections with the past through the untold stories of previous campaigns. Surprisingly the methods of old still have currency when a groundswell of school students inspired by the actions of 16-year old Greta Thunberg say, ‘change is coming’ and call a national strike demanding action against global warming.

This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in northern Japan, portraying people from tightly knit communities. They feel deeply connected by their culture and tradition. With gorgeous pictures, the directors explore how different generations of Ainu reflect on their identity after centuries of oppression.

Alifu, a 25 year-old Paiwan boy, works as a hair-dresser in Taipei and struggles between his dream of getting a sex change operation and following his father’s footsteps to inherit the title as Chief of the indigenous Paiwan tribe. His lesbian roommate, Pei-Zhen, is also his best friend and confidante. Sherry, a transgender man, is the owner of a drag queen bar. For years, Sherry has been in love with the plumber, Wu, even though Wu only sees him as his buddy. Chris, a civil servant, lives a dull life. A one-time gig as a drag queen in the bar unexpectedly becomes his unique and secret way to relief stress. Chris has no choice but to keep this gig a secret from his girlfriend Angie. Across different genders and sexualities, the only common ground these people share is their search for love, understanding and acceptance. (Source: Golden Village)

An indigenous tradition in the highlands of Peru where three key players take part: a wild condor, a raging bull and brave young men.

Joseph is a young doctor who returned to his hometown in the Mountain Province to bury his father, an Ifugao chieftain, who was killed during a tribal dispute. While there, he discovers his rich heritage and acquires pride in his being an Ifugao. Though the lure of a career in America remains strong, he is unable to resist the urge to help his village, which has resisted modern medicine and is now in the midst of a pneumonia epidemic and a civil war.

Barry Barclay was a New Zealand/Aotearoa director of documentaries and feature films. He is regarded as one of the world's first, and very influential, Indigenous film makers. The film The Camera on The Shore is a feature length introduction to Barry, and to his film making.

In a unique and defiant blend, the film tells the story of six generations of Indigenous activism through song and story.

A botanical expedition in Ecuador's Amazon becomes a medium for an indigenous Huaorani community to remember the genocidal colonization it suffered in the 1960s. Meanwhile, a group of ecologists from the capital tries to stop oil exploitation in the last remaining forests where the isolated Huaoranis still live, who to this day refuse to come into contact with civilization.

In the frigid waters off of Russia’s Bering Strait, Inuit and Chukchi hunters today still seek out the giant sea mammals that have provided their people with food since time immemorial. It is known, that the whale hunting today is controversial and subject to international criticism and regulations. But the Inuit and Chukchi hunt is permitted by international law because of the whaling is the foundation of their culture and their life. The contemporary story of elders Aleksandr and Aleksei blends seamlessly with that of “the woman who gave birth to a whale” and other ancient myths, told here in vivid animation, in this ongoing struggle for survival and preservation of a traditional lifestyle in one of the most remote places on earth.

The Amazon plays a vital part in regulating the planet's temperature. Yet, last year, forest destruction in the Brazilian Amazon soared by 85 per cent. Illegal logging and slash-and-burn agriculture are decimating the land. With huge profits to be made, the Amazon is a dangerous place to ask questions. Despite the threat, the Amazonian tribes want the world to hear their message.