Zebra

When a zebra’s stripes start changing their patterns in unexpected ways, he learns that being unique is something to celebrate.   Directed and produced by Julia Ocker. 

Drinking the Northwest Wind

Originally envisioned by Mao Zedong himself, China’s South-North Water Transfer Project has consequences for those at both ends of the pipeline that show how supply issues aren’t as simple as […]

Unacceptable Risk

Human-caused climate change is transforming Colorado’s fire environment, raising temperatures, drying the underbrush, and subjecting trees to a host of diseases, including in Rocky Mountain National Park. For firefighters, this […]

Space We Claim

Parks embody our ideals of democracy: they’re for all people to use as they wish. This film reflects on the vital role of D.C.’s parks in creating a sense of […]

Stop the Burning

Led by Jane Goodall, world leaders in government, nonprofit, and business sectors convene at the World Economic Forum and form a chorus of voices to help put a stop to […]

Won’t Pipe Down

The residents of Nelson County, Virginia – from the inhabitants of a land co-op to a family of distillers – unite to fight the extension of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline […]

Treasure Island

The only thing buried on San Francisco’s Treasure Island is radioactive waste.  The children who live there make up stories to fit its fantastical name, which blur into a distorted […]

What Lies Beneath the Sky

Grainy images of a storm-wracked New York during Hurricane Sandy play off a haunting voiceover by legendary filmmaker Chantal Akerman to conjure a meditation on life amid natural disaster.   […]

Territory

On the rock of Gibraltar, the municipal government hires workers to keep macaques from running rampant – but these monkeys have lived there far longer than the Brits have, and […]

Whispering Star, The

Yoko, a humanoid robot, travels from planet to planet delivering mysterious packages. Among those planets are distinctly Earth-like places, where an unspecified apocalypse has rendered human beings an endangered species […]