Silver and the Cross

“The Spanish brought the cross and took the silver,” are the words the filmmaker uses to describe his pointed analysis of a 1758 naïve painting depicting villages, workers and silver […]

Silent Snow

The Arctic plains are an eminent example of nature’s untouched beauty: an endless nothing in which only a few know how to survive. But a silent assassin is destroying the […]

Rehje

After living in Mexico City for 40 years, Antonia longs to escape the pressure and turmoil of this megalopolis and return to her hometown, a Mazahua village in the state […]

Rebellion at Dawn

The story of the indigenous peoples of northern Argentina at the turn of the 20th century is about the eternal fight for land and the distribution of wealth. The film […]

Reach of Resonance, The

Four musicians and sound artists from radically different backgrounds – Miya Masaoka, a koto performer and composer inspired by insects and plants; Jon Rose, a violin virtuoso whose “found music” […]

Platypus in the Tropics

Called “the world’s most bizarre creature,” the platypus is endemic to eastern Australia, living in the tropical rainforests of North Queensland, as well as in the southeastern temperate regions of […]

Transcending Boundaries

Straddling the border between the United States and Canada, Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is a critical ecosystem within The Crown of the Continent, one of the premier mountain regions of […]

Tsunami and the Cherry Bloossom, The

Oscar-nominated director Lucy Walker set out to make “a visual haiku about cherry blossoms” in Japan but changed her plans radically following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the […]

Taste the Waste

More than half of our food lands in the dump – most of it on the way from the farm to the store before it ever reaches our dining-room table! […]