In 1962, researcher John Calhoun began rodent population experiments to investigate the effects of social overcrowding in enclosed conditions. The results were surprising: the rapid emergence of an elite group […]

Made by 16-year old Natasha Bishop for New Zealand’s The Outlook for Someday sustainability film challenge for young people, the film shows how our connections—to nature and to each other—are […]

In 2006 a mysterious fungus appeared in upstate New York, killing local bats. Since then, the deadly fungus, called white-nose syndrome (WNS), has spread across the eastern United States and […]

Follow the journey of House Resolution 6161, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act, from conception, through committee amendment, to final passage. Narrated by E. G. Marshall. Directed by […]

Is lithium an answer to the imminent energy crisis and the key to the future? A high-stakes power play with global repercussions is going on around us. In a time […]

Both a documentary and an exercise in film restoration, It’s All True tells the complex story of Orson Welles’ ill-fated attempts to make an anthology film about South American life […]

Narrated by Hillary Clinton, this film exposes the frightening impact of the modern-day ivory trade in Africa, which is not only threatening elephant populations, but, at times, even funding terrorism […]

Many people think that the story about a man who plants trees is fictional. Actually, this man really exists. His name is Ernest Vunan and he lives in misty mountains […]

The Bakken oil boom in North Dakota has brought much-needed jobs and economic development to the region. But the fast pace of the drilling has caused many problems, including industrial-scale […]

As a young boy, Zé left his Cape Verdean fishing village for a better life in Sweden. Several years later Zé returns to find his village has been transformed, and […]