2020 Films

This public service announcement explores humanity's relationship with Earth, overlaying protest art with iconic footage.

A group of Indian whitewater kayakers complete a first, and likely final, descent of the dam-threatened Mahakali River.

Follow one of the forest's funkiest creatures into a gathering of amphibious affection... and learn how you can help protect these sensitive animals from an emerging disease.

Imagine the future of the world if nothing is done to address the global climate crisis. The year is 2098, the ice caps have melted, and all the snow is gone.

Mossville, Louisiana, is a shadow of its former self -- a community rich in natural resources and history, founded by formerly enslaved people and free people of color -- where neighbors lived in harmony, insulated from the horrors of Jim Crow.

In 2017, MASS MoCA became the largest museum for contemporary art in the world -- but just three decades before, its vast brick buildings were the abandoned relics of a massive shuttered factory.

A living alpine legend and prolific artist revisits his favorite mountain on his 100th birthday.

Pays tribute to Joe and Ilia Fehrer and their beloved Nassawango Creek.

Sharon Day is an Anishinaabe elder and the leader of the Nibi (Water) Walks, an extended ceremony to heal and honor water.

Follows a group of Latino farmers who find themselves representing a movement to save the last green space centered within a neighborhood facing gentrification.

When Bruce Chatwin was dying of AIDS, his friend Werner Herzog made a final visit. As a parting gift, Chatwin gave Herzog his rucksack. Thirty years later, Herzog sets out on his own journey, inspired by Chatwin's passion for the nomadic life.

Follow some of the world’s most charismatic animals as they travel to and from Mexico across the span of a year.

Examines two different searches conducted in the Chilean Atacama Desert: one by astronomers looking for answers about the history of the cosmos and one by women looking for the remains of loved ones killed by Pinochet's regime.

Africa's Okavango Delta contains an enormous and vibrant river that provides the stage for a seemingly endless diversity of wildlife.

One word ripples outward, vibrating with healing power: Sawalmem, meaning “sacred water.” For Winnemem Wintu young man Michael “Pom” Preston, Sawalmem represents a vital vision…

The perfect storm of a changing climate and the rapid encroachment of the modern age has dramatically impacted the Arctic people -- forcing them to cope with change beyond their immediate control in the present -- not the future.

Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique has become one of Africa’s most celebrated wildlife restoration stories.

Our oceans are in a state of crisis that we're responsible for. A team of scientists, divers, and photographers set out on a journey along one of the longest, and richest, coastlines in the world.

The locals in Punta Gorda, a small remote town in southern Belize, remember a time without electricity, roads, and plastics. Amidst the influx of single-use plastics, an activist and his neighbors confront the threat to their piece of paradise.

An unlikely environmentalist, Bryan Wells finds himself standing between Yellowstone National Park and an industrial-scale gold mine. The proposed mine would sit just above his home, and it threatens not only America's most iconic national park but also his community's way of life.

This lyrical, kaleidoscopic picture of the city of Kolkata, India, is seen through the prism of four outsiders and the neglected street dogs they love.

Chile, with its 2,670 miles of coastline, the largest archipelago in the world, presents a supernatural landscape.

All people, regardless of gender, should enjoy the same rights, resources, opportunities, and protections. Meet the women who are standing up for their right to…

In the vast Pinelands National Reserve of southern New Jersey, powerful vehicles topple protected sand dunes and drive circles through ancient ponds. “Off-roading” has grown more popular in the reserve, especially now that smartphones can help anyone navigate the winding trails of the deep forest.

By 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans. PBS NewsHour takes a closer look at how it’s impacting the world and ways we can break our plastic addiction.

Follows members of the Africatown community as they fight for environmental justice and historic preservation.

This cinematic journey around the United States follows migratory beekeepers and their truckloads of honeybees as they pollinate the flowers that become the fruits, nuts, and vegetables we all eat.

As addiction to the opioid fentanyl surges in the U.S. causing an unprecedented number of overdoses, violence spikes in the mountains of Guerrero, Mexico. Fentanyl is cheaper and more potent, which has slashed natural opium prices, leaving the indigenous poppy farmers in Guerrero left with few options for survival.

The páramo ecosystem in Colombia’s Chingaza National Park makes life in Bogotá possible.

How a massive, big-picture approach to conserve Brazil's Amazon helped define a new way to save nature.

The Mauritius kestrel and the echo parakeet were two of the rarest birds in the world, but after decades of conservation efforts, they're now making a comeback.

Despite support from voters across the political spectrum, public lands face unprecedented threats from extractive industries and the politicians in their pockets.

A matriarch in her 90s recounts her experiences with the introduction of genetically modified organisms to her homeland.