People Rising: Ivy City

Chronicles the fight to close National Engineering Products (NEP), a chemical facility that has polluted the air with the smell of formaldehyde and burning tar since the 1930s. It inconspicuously […]

True North: Sailing to Salvation

Documents a group of distressed war veterans who, feeling alienated from society upon their return from duty, find healing and connection sailing competitively on the Chesapeake Bay.

After the Storm: Pollution in the Potomac

Whenever it rains in Washington, D.C., raw sewage spills into the Potomac River because of the city’s outdated sewer system. These Combined Sewer Overflows release pollutants like fecal coliform bacteria […]

Solar For All

This documentary celebrates the successes and documents the challenges of the first two years of implementing Solar For All, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s initiative to provide 100,000 low-to-moderate income families with […]

On the Waterfront With Arthur Cotton Moore

This film centers on the development of the Georgetown Waterfront National Harbor and its architect, Arthur Cotton Moore. It touches on a variety of environmental approaches to waterfront development in […]

An Island Out of Time

This half-hour documentary about Smith Island, MD, features Mary Ada and Dwight Marshall, whose lives personify the Chesapeake Bay’s seafood-harvesting culture and history, and their four children, who chose to […]

Ground War

A filmmaker’s investigation into the death of his father takes him deep into the world of golf, chemical lobbying, and citizen activism, where he learns that the rampant use of […]

Backyard Wilderness

Backyard Wilderness will surprise and entertain viewers with the unexpected wonders of nature that are right under our noses – in our own backyards. Spanning a seasonal year around a […]

Rat Film

Across walls, fences, and alleys, rats not only expose our boundaries of separation, but also make homes in them. Rat Film is a feature-length documentary that uses the rat, as […]

Capital Buzz

Out of sight of local authorities and neighbors, amateur beekeepers are setting out to propagate bees all across Washington, DC. From rooftops to enclosed porches, these beekeepers’ hives are hidden […]