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An unconventional story of a South Dallas skatepark whose mission is to change the lives of everyone who walks through the gate. 4DWN chronicles the past and present lives of the Park’s founders and one budding young skateboarder who finds kinship and camaraderie at this skatepark-turned-urban farm.

Rhino poaching is not a local problem anymore; it is a global issue. Five young people from around the world come to South Africa to work together and make a difference. They have 50 days to raise awareness and funds to help save the African rhino from extinction.

A group of international artists explore the Arctic island chain of Svalbard. Streaming password: ice.

Remote areas of Baja California’s Peninsula are home to some of the last wild coasts on Earth.

Dr. Jane Goodall accepts DCEFF’s 2022 Environmental Champion Award and sits down with DCEFF Board Member and National Geographic’s Director of Special Global Events Gregory McGruder for a discussion of her life and work.

The Hudson River Valley has been called America's Serengeti, for the abundance of wildlife in what many wrongly consider to be a "dead" river.

Meet Ailo, a newborn reindeer who embarks on an incredible odyssey with the help of his mother. Narrated by Donald Sutherland and set against the frozen majesty of northern Finland, this an uplifting story for the whole family.

Join Julie and Denise as they head out into the bay near Hoonah, Alaska to fish for crab and shrimp; a tradition that Tlingit women have participated in for generations.

Follows the intimate journey of an astronaut going up into space, guided by metaphors from the life on earth.

Professional and citizen river keepers monitor and protect the rivers of Maryland's Eastern Shore. The film is a tribute to the beauty of our rivers and to the individuals dedicated to protecting and preserving these living treasures.

Claver Ntoyinkima, a native park ranger, shares the secrets of Nyungwe National Park in Rwanda as he guides us through the forest.

Himawari 8, Japan's most advanced meteorological satellite, travels 35,786 km above Earth, at more than 11000 km/h. It observes the Eastern Hemisphere day and night. For one year we look through the eyes of the distant observer. From solstice to solstice, from pole to pole, from storm to storm, we watch Earth's beauty and fragility, weather's wonders, forces, and disasters. From space, it all looks miraculous.

One man risks his family and future to stop the tar sands of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from crossing his land.

The story of why one vegetarian decides to add aquaculture oysters to his diet.

Follows renowned polar explorer Will Steger’s life journey as an eyewitness to the greatest changes in the polar regions of our planet.

Four years in the making, this intimate short combines historical and current-day aerial views of six glaciers in Southeast Iceland, exposing a rapidly disappearing frozen world.

On Earth Day 2010, the oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded, flooding the Gulf of Mexico with crude oil and devastating the coastline. Filmmaker Jon Bowermaster returns to the shores of Louisiana five years after the disaster, interviewing a rich cross-section of local denizens – fishermen, scientists, politicians, environmentalists, and oil-rig workers – to uncover the enduring impact of the catastrophe in a dogged investigation narrated by actress Melissa Leo. Has the Louisiana coastline been tainted forever? Will its economy and its ecosystem ever recover?

Investigates the all-too-common problem of wastewater overflows, and reveals a remarkable network of underground tunnels being constructed below the nation’s capital to try to stem the toxic tide.

Investigates the impacts of climate change on increased resource scarcity, migration, and conflict through the lens of US national security and global stability.

A compelling visual journey into the heart of a gut-wrenching environmental tragedy.

In one of the world’s most populated cities, two brothers devote their lives to the quixotic effort of protecting the black kite, a majestic bird of prey that has been falling from the sky at alarming rates.

A year after wildfires ravaged Northern California’s wine country, its vulnerable population of farmworkers, many of them undocumented, find themselves in a heightened state of insecurity and inequality.

In Canada, a remote Indigenous community is fighting for its survival in the age of climate change. The film explores the impacts of this struggle against a backdrop of systemic discrimination and calls for the government of Canada to do better to protect Indigenous communities.

Offering a brief window into one man’s journey and his deep-seated love for the forests that are rapidly decreasing around Livingstone, Zambia.

Indigenous groups in the Brazilian Amazon are locked in a battle to protect their forest from land grabbers, illegal loggers, and a political class determined to open the rainforest to agriculture and mining.

Nine climbers set out on the first African-American expedition to tackle Denali (previously known as Mount McKinley), the continent’s highest peak, on the hundredth anniversary of its first summit.

Dynamite blasts echo through canyons as construction for the southern border threatens flora and fauna for centuries to come.

The Andes, Earth's longest mountain range, where rare hummingbirds compete for mates and more.

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 break with that tradition.

A young boy displaced by a massive condominium complex creates his own reality in which, as a lion (anbessa), he can face the forces beyond his control.

Two brothers who come from a line of Zande hunters pursue protecting their forest from diametrically opposed avenues.

The life of Alfred Russel Wallace, who is co-credited with Charles Darwin for the theory of natural selection, is celebrated in this paper-puppet animation.

High-end production values and state-of-the-art camera techniques capture evidence of human planetary domination. At the intersection of art and science, this film bears witness to a critical moment in geological history.

A short documentary investigating the entangled roles of art and science in making the world a better place.

Alex Honnold (Free Solo) embarks on an epic quest of unclimbed walls in one of the most remote corners of Greenland, a country on the frontline of the climate crisis.

A poetic meditation on Tuktoyaktuk (Tuk), an Indigenous community facing climate change in the Arctic.

Focusing on people, rivers, and the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them, Artifishal explores wild salmon's slide towards extinction, threats posed by hatcheries and fish farms, and our continued loss of faith in nature.

An impressionistic portrait of China’s industrial supply chain that reveals the country’s growing class divide through observations of labor, consumerism, and wealth.

If we are going to preserve Cape Cod we must learn to look for warnings we would prefer to ignore.

The Wild & Scenic Rio Grande River in Northern New Mexico flows south through the heart of the state. For Louie Hena of the Tesuque Pueblo, the river is an office, a provider and a home.

Inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, a defiant community of women lives on some of the most toxic land on Earth. They share this beguiling yet lethal landscape with an assortment of visitors: scientists, soldiers, and even 'stalkers,' young thrill-seekers who sneak in to pursue post-apocalyptic fantasies. The story of the self-described "Babushkas" who chose to return after the disaster, defying the authorities and endangering their health, speaks volumes about the pull of home, the desire for free will, and the subjective nature of risk.

Co-presented with the American Conservation Film Festival in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

October 22, 6:30 pm - Block 6 at The Frank Center*

Tickets, $10.00 for block or $40.00 for festival pass.

*Frank Center – 260 University Drive, Shepherd University Campus, Shepherdstown, West Virginia

The true story of the last house on a Chesapeake Bay island slowly sinking into the rising seas comes to life through fluidly transforming animated clay-on-glass paintings.

The Potomac River, bordering Washington, D.C. and Maryland, is a vital natural resource known for its wildlife and recreational activities. Once a popular swimming spot, it has been off-limits since the 1970s due to pollution. Now, advocates are pushing to lift the decades-old ban.

A behind-the-scenes look into the plight of the polar bear, Bare Existence focuses on the biologists on the front lines of protecting these animals as they battle against the effects of climate change threatening their existence.

Writer and activist Mark Baumer walked barefoot for over 100 days to protest climate change.

Bhargavi and Chelmala Srinivasulu have been called the bat woman and bat man of India. Join them on a strange journey to find a bat that had not been seen in nearly three decades.

Two female Texas State University wildlife researchers work against the clock to find a way to save Texas’s delicate—and crucial—bat population, while breaking barriers of their own.

Twelve-year-old Beans is forced to grow up fast during an Indigenous uprising which tore Quebec apart during the summer of 1990.

While much about the Bay and its culture remains the same, a great deal has changed.

Leonardo DiCaprio is on a journey as a United Nations Messenger of Peace, traveling to five continents and the Arctic to witness climate change firsthand

In Louisiana, the residents of Pierre-Part are preparing for the worst. Barring an unexpected turn of events, local authorities will soon be forced to open the floodgates of the Morganza Spillway.

Five hundred nautical miles from the North Pole, inside the Arctic Ocean’s “Last Ice Area”, a research team has set out to measure the world’s largest and oldest sea ice floes.

While on a research climb in 2015, world-renowned ecologist Nalini Nadkarni fell fifty feet from a tree and nearly died. After making a miraculous recovery, Nalini begins to explore a new research subject: herself.

Meet Anna Le, an aquatic ecologist and environmental educator working to cultivate a more inclusive outdoors for all.

Travel with George Archibald, Co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, to see the rare and endangered black necked cranes

When a wild otter in desperate need of help washes up on his jetty in the remote Scottish Islands of Shetland, Billy, his wife Susan, and their devoted sheep dog Jade find themselves with a unique new member of their family.

In 1977, world-renowned cinematographer Neil Rettig filmed the first images of the Philippine Eagle in the wild, transforming the bird into a national symbol. But today, with a rapidly expanding human population facing serious political, economic, and environmental turmoil, the eagle’s plight has fallen out of public consciousness.

See the extraordinary array of wild birds who grace Manhattan’s celebrated patch of green, and the equally colorful New Yorkers who schedule their lives around the rhythms of migration.

Investigative journalists, scientists, and concerned citizens trace the fallout of a new American fossil fuel boom.

This film is about mud and the multiple benefits that estuaries provide for us.

In two prisons in the Pacific Northwest, incarcerated participants in a mental health experiment watch videos of sunset-soaked beaches, wildflowers, and forests on loop.

People call Al Larson “The Bluebird Man” for good reason:  at 92, this self-taught conservationist has dedicated 35 years of his life to saving North America’s bluebirds by maintaining a network of over 300 “nestboxes” in the highlands of Idaho.

Ofelia Rivas was born just north of the U.S.-Mexico border, a place her ancestors have called home since time immemorial.

J.R. Harris is an explorer, psychologist, and self proclaimed “curious dude.” Even at an advanced age, he still unwinds by getting WAY out there.

When Tajikistan plunged into a devastating civil war, a passionate botanist built his own hydroelectric station to help his family survive.

Humans construct boundaries, but we rarely consider how these boundaries affect other creatures.

After a 130 year absence, Bison have finally been brought back the Wind River Indian Reservation and a landscape that they once defined.

Captures the emotions, courage, and determination of Klamath River tribal communities as they host a 300+ mile run to cultivate support for the biggest river restoration project in history.

Life on Earth is fed by sunlight - so one could think that the lack of sunlight means no life at all. The truth is just the opposite: a closer look reveals that most dark caves present wildlife in abundance.

Is our dependence on fossil fuels as the greatest long­‐term national security threat confronting the U.S.?

Takes an unflinching look at the unprecedented and catastrophic Australian bushfires of 2019-2020, known as ‘Black Summer.’

Set in California's Central Valley, Latino activists, John Mataka and Bianca Lopez, lead a fight against one of the last trash incinerators in the state.

Farmers in Colombia work alongside Smithsonian scientists to come up with strategies that will be beneficial for migratory bird species AND coffee.

Using a unique mix of aerial cinematography and poetry, Cambodia Burning explores the changes in the country's landscapes brought about by deforestation and forest fires, and the emotional impacts they have had on Cambodian people.

After moving to Oregon and falling in love with the ability to explore the outdoors with ease with his wife and two kids, Rashad Frazier created Camp Yoshi, a space for Black people and allies to unplug and reconnect with the wilderness.

Daring to seek Earth's history contained in glaciers atop the tallest mountains in the world, Dr. Lonnie Thompson found himself on the frontlines of climate change—his life's work evolving into a salvage mission to recover these priceless historical records before they disappear forever.

A comic account of Australia’s most notorious environmental blunder, the introduction of cane toads from Hawaii to control the beetles decimating Queensland’s sugar cane crops.

The story of the past, present, and future of Colorado's now extinct native wolf population.

Out of sight of local authorities and neighbors, amateur beekeepers are setting out to propagate bees all across Washington, DC.

Ten years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster, scientists are still studying the devastating impacts on the Gulf of Mexico.

Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.

Deep in remote Florida swamps, a team of researchers and photographers have made a new discovery that upends what we thought we knew about the ghost orchid, one of the world’s most iconic flowers, and how it reproduces.

A high seas adventure feature documentary where two marine conservation captains from Sea Shepherd go on a hundred day chase of the illegal poacher and pirate fishing vessel, the Thunder. Their determination eventually cracks the outlaw captain who scuttles his own rogue ship at sea where justice is served.

This film chronicles the essential rhythms of Chesapeake Bay: wind, tides, migrations of tundra swans, Monarch butterflies, shorebirds and eels.

Part of the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting Series: Can Religion Save the Environment?

Tells the story of the country's church forests -- pockets of lush biodiversity that are protected by hundreds of churches “scattered like emerald pearls across the brown sea of farm fields.”

A snapshot of Susan, a feisty 65-year-old woman, who has found peace growing thousands of iris in Oregon.

Narrated by Richard Gere, Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops is a series of five short films, featuring twelve leading climate scientists, that explores how human-caused emissions are triggering nature’s own warming loops.

Shishmaref, Alaska, is a town of 600 people, located on a small barrier island off the northwest coast of Alaska. This island is going through an erosion process put on steroids by climate change.

Using the traditions of scientific illustration, graphite artist Zoe Keller weaves complex visual narratives about at-risk species and wild places.

The lens of photographer and physician Eric Overton captures a fearless and uncommonly vulnerable self-portrait of American wilderness, our relationship to each other, and the possibility that nature itself may be all we need to find common ground.

Experience Greenland through the eyes of Artist Zaria Forman, as she travels to Greenland for inspiration for her next body of work.

This hopeful and uplifting story investigates the power of “regenerative” farming systems –from large to small-scale farmers who are the champions of soil health as the key to unlocking more (and healthier) food to feed America and the world.

Static winter forms melt in sunlight.

The Champlain Valley lies at the heart of the Champlain Adirondack Biosphere Region where the Adirondack State Park and the sparkling waters of Lake Champlain join New York and Vermont.

When the traditional methods of coping with trauma don't work, what options do you have left? Brandon Kuehn, an Iraq War veteran, believes the best way to face a range of trauma is to reach for literal physical summits -- and he isn't alone.

This searing yet quirky film investigates the "natural" disasters we're willing to see and prepare for and the "unnatural" ones we're not.

Winner of the Best Documentary award at the Cannes Film Festival, master filmmaker Patricio Guzmán's The Cordillera of Dreams completes his trilogy (with Nostalgia for the Light and The Pearl Button) investigating the relationship between historical memory, political trauma, and geography in his native country of Chile.

A fascinating and frightening exploration of the dangers of nuclear weapons, this film is a wake-up call about the urgency of the nuclear threat.

Follow a team of biologists and volunteers in Kenya's Ol Pejeta Conservancy as they begin a cheetah census to inform future conservation efforts.

Thirty years ago, a partnership between Archbold Biological Station and Buck Island Ranch inspired a new mission: cowboys and scientists working together to advance scientific discovery on a ten-thousand-acre working cattle ranch.

Follows Plant's daring spirit as he challenges both Mother Nature around the world alone on a sailboat.

A story of transition and renewal in the rural west that shares the many perspectives that encompass a community upheld by coal but looking towards a future without it.

Alexis has a life-threatening disease. She spends her time in the wooded expanse of northern Scotland, where she takes care of dozens of others who are also sick, wounded, or dying.

In the highlands of Guinea, people and chimpanzees live peacefully side by side. Myths and stories -- and a mutual respect for one another -- have preserved this relationship for generations.

Crows and ravens have followed humans throughout history, witnessing our evolution, conflicts, celebrations, and daily lives. Drawn by our abundance of food and waste, these intelligent birds thrive wherever people are—and their numbers continue to grow.

Collard greens are more than a simple side dish. Brought to the American South with the slave trade, they hold a vital place in African-American cultural history. Now, a new generation of farmers, historians, and educators works to share this heritage, promoting healthy communities.

For decades the utilities industry has been a driving engine of the U.S. economy, contributing significantly to our progress and standard of living, with a business model that focused on centralized generation. Today, however, facing a crisis that requires them to capture new market share, the industry has its sights on the transportation sector.

An exploration of the energy transition in the Southwest, where power and water systems are increasingly stressed due to more frequent extreme heat and drought, and where increasing numbers of coal-fired power plants are closing due to market forces.

This environmental thriller follows investigative journalist Matt Blomberg and ocean activist Paul Ferber in their dangerous efforts to create a marine conservation area and combat the relentless tide of illegal fishing.

Who are the most inspiring individuals working tirelessly to restore rivers in Europe? Follow these "DamBusters" on a journey through Spain, France, Finland, and beyond!

Watch dam opponents as they dangle hundreds of feet in the air while painting signs of protest on dam walls. These activists are part of the growing momentum behind river restoration.

Our ability to protect what’s left of our vanishing and fragile world is threatened when rapacious developers build golf courses on fragile and historically significant lands.

An attorney risks his career and family to uncover a dark secret hidden by one of the world’s largest corporations and to bring justice to a community dangerously exposed for decades to deadly chemicals.

A global environmental film project consisting of cinematic and meditative scenes of dawn captured on May 3, 2020 -- International Dawn Chorus Day -- from all over the globe weaved together into a lyrical meditation on the first light and sounds of the day.

Referred to as an area with high risk and low readiness, Tampa Bay is one of the areas in our nation most vulnerable to climate change.

The brutal murder of a Dominican Park Ranger becomes the metaphor for a larger story of increasing tension between Haiti and the Dominican Republic over illicit charcoal exploitation and mass deforestation.

Snails in Hawaii are disappearing at a faster rate than any other animal on the planet. Meet the scientists fighting for their survival.

A visually stunning celebration of Texas’ diverse landscapes and remarkable wildlife narrated by Matthew McConaughey.

Jay leads us on a hunt for Sitka black-tailed deer near Hoonah, Alaska. Continuing a long tradition, he hunts not only to feed himself but to share with his community.

The inaugural Desert X, curated by Artistic Director Neville Wakefield, explored the familiar and the unknown through an exhibition of public art installations situated at sites across the California Desert

Tim Paule and Nicole Lindsey are a young couple who run an urban bee farm in East Detroit to create opportunities for young Detroit natives to overcome adversity.

Unraveling one of the biggest environmental scandals of our time, a group of citizens in West Virginia take on a powerful corporation after they discover it has knowingly been dumping a toxic chemical - now found in the blood of 99.7% of Americans - into the drinking water supply.

Offers a candid look into the world of 92-year-old British chef and cookbook author Diana Kennedy, widely regarded as the world's authority on Mexican cuisine

When images of everyday Navajo life began appearing at a monumental scale on abandoned buildings, roadside stands, and water towers across the Southwest, it was a surprise for many in the community to discover it was the work of Chip Thomas a.k.a. "Jetsonorama," a longtime resident known by many as a healer of another kind.

A grandfather teaches his granddaughter, a young Gwich'in mother named Alisha, how reciprocity is embedded in all aspects of life.

Hailed as one of the most influential climbers of all time, Fred Beckey abandons societal norms and material comforts in pursuit of a nomadic mountaineering lifestyle.

Has the Gulf of Mexico recovered from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?

A young woman emerges as a leader on her Colombian island to save the reef that’s vital to its survival.

When Sony stopped manufacturing replacement parts for its Aibo pet robot, owners scrambled to save their family robot-dogs.

The salt marshes and mangroves of Louisiana's Barataria Bay are fertile nesting grounds and nurseries for birds and fish. Despite being hit hard by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout, these waters teem with hundreds of species of marine animals.

On Colombia's Pacific Coast, a mother teaches her daughter Dulce how to swim. It is an essential skill in this remote region, where livelihoods are made on the sea and where rising tides, made worse by climate change, have swept entire villages away in recent years.

Told solely by the Apollo 8 astronauts, this film celebrates the first image captured of the Earth from space, in 1968. The iconic image had a powerful impact on the astronauts and the world, offering a perspective that transcended national, political, and religious boundaries.

A hard-hitting and visually stunning documentary featuring shocking testimonials and poignant first-hand accounts from Indigenous people most affected by our ever-changing planet.

Tired of watching desert tortoise populations decline in the Mojave Desert due to human activity, biologist Tim Shields decides to make a last ditch effort to save the species from extinction.

A non-verbal film sharing climber Sonya Wilson's experience as a Deaf woman and outdoor advocate working to bridge the gap between the Deaf community and the outdoor industry.

Embark on a journey into the mountains to find the tales of the past, present and future of snow.

It’s the dawn of a new era in Yellowstone. The wolves have returned. The grizzly bear population is at an all-time high. And the mountain lions? They never left. The presence of these iconic predators touches every aspect of life in Yellowstone.

An intimate story of a 9 year old girl called Eve, living in one of the oldest off grid communities in the UK. The film follows her journey returning to school and becoming a young climate activist.

Follow Tlingit elder Owen along the rocky shorelines in Glacier Bay National Park while he collects gumboots, a not-so-widely-known treat.

Our nation’s capital casts a long shadow. Just a few miles from the Mall – Anacostia, in southeast Washington, D.C., is famous for entirely different reasons.

Follows elite climber Alex Honnold and a world-class team on a grueling mission deep in the Amazon jungle as they attempt a first-ascent climb up a 1000 foot sheer cliff.

The Amazon was the first victim of the peace process in Colombia. Since the demobilization of the FARC guerilla group in 2017, deforestation rates have spiked by more than 40 percent as illegal loggers exploit the power vacuum left behind by the rebels.

This intimate portrait film follows master falconer Rodney Stotts on his mission to build a bird sanctuary and to provide access to nature for his stressed community.

While all family forest owners face trials and travails, the most dramatic stories unfolding today are amongst Black family foresters in the South. This cinema vérité style documentary tells the moving story of two Black family forest owners in North Carolina, fighting to maintain their family legacy and create sustainable forests for generations to come.

This consciousness-shifting film takes us on an immersive journey through time and scale into the magical earth beneath our feet, which houses an underground network that can heal and save our planet.

Extreme weather events are hitting America’s farmers hard, and with greater frequency than ever before.

Farming is ever-evolving. Today, when we think about what’s to come next for farmers, a key question is, “How do we produce food and still maintain a livelihood for farmers, while respecting the needs of other organisms with which we share the land?"

Amy Powney is a rising star in the London fashion scene. When she wins the coveted Vogue award for the Best Young Designer of the Year, she decides to use the money to create a sustainable collection (from field to finished garment) and transform her entire business.

Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute scientists are tracking Asian elephants in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady region using GPS collars. Though they set out to understand how elephants use the land, their research has also revealed a troubling rise in poaching.

Humans and elephants are increasingly living in the same places, which can lead to significant challenges. Tracking technology may be able to provide solutions that allow for people and elephant to thrive with fewer conflicts.

Smithsonian researchers partner with experts in Myanmar studying human and animal health to find out what diseases are present in wildlife and whether they could pose a threat to humans.

Follow scientists as they track endangered elephants in Myanmar with GPS collars. The more they learn about how Asian elephants travel and move through the landscape, the better they can protect them.

A look into a remote valley in Cambodia, where a group of young monks join the Chong people in a fight against the construction of a hydroelectric dam.

Part of the DC Public Library Shorts Program

Features four different people and how they 'find' themselves in Rock Creek Park.

Follows a backcountry ski guide & field biologist who set out to document an elusive population of wolverines. This short film celebrates the power of citizen science to protect endangered wildlife in the face of climate change.

Plunge daringly and intimately into the world of wildfires.

Katia and Maurice Krafft loved two things — each other and volcanoes. For two decades, the daring French volcanologist couple roamed the planet, chasing eruptions, documenting their discoveries.

When a supposedly extinct fish resurfaces in the path of oncoming wildfire, a Colorado biologist braves the flames on a daring rescue mission.

Charlie Lyne attempts to sort myth from reality as he searches for the truth behind this fishy tale.

Narrated by JK Simmons, The Fish Thief explores the mystery that almost destroyed the Great Lakes.

The Bajo de Masinloc, or Scarborough Shoal, as it is widely known, has been a contested region for the past decade. Those caught in the middle of this geopolitical storm: Philippine fishermen striving to provide food to feed their community.

Three scientists illuminate how fungi underpin every ecosystem on Earth, and outline a strategy for greater fungal inclusion in conservation policy.

A group of teenagers board a bus for West Virginia, leaving the streets of Washington, DC to participate in an ambitious peace education program.

Faced with the most urgent issue of our generation, a Salt Lake City carpenter runs for Congress.

Khaled came from war-torn Yemen to Oakland, CA to pursue beekeeping and a better life. But with an increasing amount of uncertainties, life’s not always as sweet as honey.

This visually and artistically unique documentary explores the physical and emotional aspects of a community of Canadian west coast tree planters. Finding common cause, self-knowledge and meaning in their formidable task, the tree planters restore themselves and each other in the process of restoring the environment.

The cloud forests of El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve are one of the most magical places on earth. Yet, this ancient forest is fighting for survival.

Discover a world of drugs, the timber industry, and a controversial decision not to list Pacific fisher under the Endangered Species Act. This story pulls back the veil on the lead-up to that surprise decision and what it means for the future of the Pacific fisher.

Three friends set off to immerse themselves in a “Forgotten Coast.”

Acid mine drainage is poisoning streams and killing wildlife in American Appalachia. The technology to remove these pollutants and bring life back to streams just didn't exist, that is until fine art painter and professor John Sabraw rallied a team to address the issue.

The free soloist climber prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world’s most famous rock -- the 3,000-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park -- without a rope. Celebrated as one of the greatest athletic feats of any kind, Honnold’s climb sets the ultimate standard: perfection or death.

Robin Moore documents some of the smallest four-legged creatures in the Osa Peninsula, home to 2.5 percent of all the world's unique species.

A scrappy Russian marine mammal biologist unexpectedly hitchhikes aboard a boat filled with adventure junkies.

Celebrates one woman’s triumph in conservation: the Great Gull Island Project, Helen Hays’ 50-year quest to save two species of threatened seabirds.

The world of an Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor is turned upside down when a group of world-renowned athletes and scientists demonstrate that most of what he had been taught about protein was a lie.

As an American falconry ambassador, Shawn Hayes has carved a space for himself where people of color haven’t always been welcome.

Africa's elephants are hurtling toward extinction as fuel for the worldwide ivory trade.

Follows the stories of natives on the frontlines of a growing movement to re connect with spiritual and cultural identities that were devastated by genocide.

Youth activists march hundreds of miles to demand good jobs and a well-funded Civilian Climate Corps to fight the climate crisis.

An immersion into the rich ecosystem of Sable Island, a remote sliver of land in the Northwest Atlantic, the film follows Zoe Lucas, a naturalist and environmentalist who has lived there for over 40 years.

This film follows a small group of activists who risk their lives on remote Indonesian islands to find justice and freedom for the enslaved fishermen who feed the world’s insatiable appetite for seafood.

A feature-length documentary about the government’s ban on Florida’s iconic airboats in much of the Everglades.

Chronicles a 350-mile, sea-kayak-based journey to the remote and lost wonders of Glen Canyon.

Offers a fundamental reassessment of what our food, cities, and financial system could look like if we create, produce, and distribute within Earth's natural boundaries.

Peering out her tall bedroom windows at the highway below, Caitlin Davis dreamed of life as an ecologist. When she saw mountains for the first time on a backpacking trip after college, her fate was sealed.

The golden lion tamarin becomes a beacon of hope for the Atlantic Forest habitat in Brazil, as conservationists continue a more than 30-year effort to save the species by connecting its fragmented habitat with a wildlife bridge.

When Arnold returns to his native community in the Peruvian Amazon after living in the urban world, he remembers the stories told to him by his grandfather and the great importance of maintaining balance with the jungle.

Tells the inspirational true story of Opportunity, a rover that was sent to Mars for a 90-day mission but ended up surviving for 15 years.

Introducing the Great Old Broads for Wilderness and their fight to keep southwestern Colorado’s wilderness an intact and natural environment.

Explores the history of the U.S. Forest Service, using rarely seen footage and photos, sweeping landscape aerial shots, and dozens of interviews to tell a complex and compelling story of the American land.

As the global demand for the super food avocados has soared, Chile has become the world's third-largest exporter of avocados.

In 2006, international drilling company Lapindo carelessly unleashed an unstoppable toxic mudflow into East Java, burying dozens of nearby villages and displacing tens of thousands of Indonesians in the process.

Indigenous leaders share why removing four dams to restore a healthy Klamath River is critical for clean water, food sovereignty and justice.

Shot in black and white, with no dialogue, narration, or music, this immersive cinema vérité shares the experiences of a pair of cows, a magnificent one-legged chicken, and a sow who has just given birth. Executive produced by Joaquin Phoenix.

On a remote coast of the Siberian Arctic, a lonely man waits to witness an ancient gathering, but warming seas bring an unexpected change.

Baltimore's Inner Harbor is a source of pride for city residents, but every year millions of gallons of sewage seep into waterways that drain to the harbor, threatening anyone who comes in contact with the water. Is the Inner Harbor salvageable? The short answer is yes -- but it is going to take a lot of work.

Follows two biologists working to save rare and endemic forest birds in Haleakalā (Maui’s national park).

Follows a day in the life of Wilf Davies, a kind and inquisitive shepherd from the small village of Cellan, Wales.

In Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, salmon is culturally and economically significant. The Heartbeat tells the story of how the landscape is connected to salmon and salmon connected to people. Produced by Smithsonian Global.

For generations, conservation has been about keeping people out of places. Now, Save the Redwoods League and Teresa Baker ask what it would look like for conservation to include people, even those that normally are in the margins.

China is the world’s most populated country with more than 1.4 billion people inhabiting its vast and extreme wild lands alongside creatures seen nowhere else in the world. Some of its secrets are still undiscovered…until now.

Behind the homes and freeways of suburban Palm Beach County, an incredible network of swamps, scrub, and waterways lies waiting to be discovered.

This impressionist hybrid documentary traces the oyster through its many life cycles in New York, once the world’s oyster capital. As environmentalists restore them to the harbor, Holding Back The Tide looks to the oyster as a queer icon, entangled with nature, with much to teach about our continued survival.

Each year the Chumash people take an annual journey back to their historical village site on Limuw, now present day Santa Cruz Island.

The last in a long line of wild beekeepers, eking out a living farming honey in small batches to be sold in the closest city -- a mere four hours' walk away.

Features the leading voices in the conservation and management of whitebark pine and reveals what's at stake for our mountain forests and why there is still time to save whitebark pine.

Follows ecologist Charles Post on a mission across the American West to better understand how wild horses and burros are affecting native wildlife and vegetation communities on our public lands.

The surprising story of how kitchen grease is opening a new green energy frontier.

The Hottest August offers a mirror onto a society on the verge of catastrophe, registering the anxieties, distractions, and survival strategies that preoccupy ordinary lives.

Explores the passions and influences of a 76-year-old award-winning architect, whose buildings include some of today’s most stunning and innovative architectural structure

Wolves are recolonizing Washington State. Follow three wildlife biologists who try to find them as they get here. Learn about the methods they use, and the risks they take, to monitor recovery.

Renowned photographer James Balog (Chasing Ice) uses his camera to reveal how environmental change is affecting the lives of everyday Americans. Following the four classical elements -- air, earth, fire, and water -- to frame his journey, Balog explores wildfires, hurricanes, sea level rise, coal mining, and the changes in the air we breathe.

Filmmaker Ai Weiwei examines the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact.

In this animated short, Climate activist Greta Thunberg juxtaposes the absurdity of political inaction with the straightforward high-stakes of the climate emergency.

The Ukrainian filmmaker Nadia Parfan was abroad when the Russian attack of Kyiv began. In this personal essay film, she documents her painful return home.

Will Steger’s life work grew out of a single log cabin he built after moving to the Minnesotan wilderness at age 25. Reliant on sustainable energy and natural commodities, he formed a community and culture based on the principle of mutuality.

For Jason Reed, salmon are synonymous with life. He has grown up on the banks of California’s Klamath River where the Karuk Tribe have depended on these salmon since time immemorial. But in recent years, nearly all the salmon have stopped returning to the river to spawn.

South America's Amazon rainforest is home to a remarkable diversity of animal and plant life. But record-breaking forest fires in 2019 and ongoing deforestation is putting many of the Amazon's original inhabitants at risk.

Adama and Adja have a problem on their hands. Their country, Senegal, is running out of fish. As foreign trawlers and climate change cripple their stocks, the friends face a choice: Stay or follow the same trail as the fish.

In our race towards modernity, silence is now quickly passing into legend.

Environmentalist Maggie Dewane traveled to Antarctica in March 2017 to learn about climate change. This film is a culmination of her observations and interviews, which tell the story of climate change from the perspective of one of the world's most iconic birds: the penguin.

The Bat Man of Mexico and has spent his career studying bats, starting at 8 years old.

Most of us who love the Chesapeake Bay know that oysters once existed in storied numbers, long before poor water quality, disease, and harvesting nearly put an end to them.

In Rondônia, Brazil, the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous territory is under constant attack by invaders.

Follows five Native American Tribes across deserts, coastlines, forests, and prairies as they restore their traditional land management practices.

In Ushimado, a small village in Seto Inland Sea, Japan, Wai-chan, at the age of 86, still fishes alone on a small boat to make his living, dreaming about retirement.

Back in 1980, Willem bought a remote potato farm and transformed it into a butterfly paradise. He has worked the land with shovel and scythe for almost 40 years in order to preserve the butterflies.

As one of only 30 fluent Squamish language speakers left in Squamish Nation, Myia Antone teaches as a way to preserve her language for generations to come. Seeking to learn more, Myia uses her mountain bike as a needle weaving through her ancestral lands and language.

Whenever the growing pile of plastic waste in front of her door takes up too much space, Asinate Lewabeka has a simple solution. She sets it on fire. She prefers to do so at dawn when the air is still so that the smoke rises in a black column. She says any later in the day, the coastal breeze risks blowing the acrid fumes straight into her home, a modest shack built on the edge of the Vunato dump site in Lautoka, Fiji’s second largest city.

In 2016 filmmaker/photographer Pete McBride and writer Kevin Fedarko set out on a 750-mile journey on foot through the entire length of the Grand Canyon. More people have stood on the moon than have accomplished this task.

Meet passionate teenage innovators from around the globe who are creating cutting edge solutions to confront the world’s environmental threats found right in their own backyards while navigating the doubts and insecurities that mark adolescence. Take a journey with these inspiring teens as they prepare their projects for the largest convening of high school scientists in the world, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

This film explores the life of Atlanta-based artist Michi Meko, expressed through layers of mystical meaning and a journey toward metaphysical balance. His art, shaped by nature, culture, and injustice, inspires new possibilities through a topographical language that fuses past and future.

Exposes the reality of garbage, plastic, and pollution in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Hunting whales and seabirds has kept the The Faroe Islanders alive for generations. Today they face a grave threat to this tradition.

Follows middle and high school students and teachers in Brooklyn, New York who participate in a program that educates youth about climate science, climate impacts, and resilience strategies.

Never-before-seen 16 mm footage, unearthed after 50 years from the National Geographic archives, on trailblazing conservationist Jane Goodall.

Jane Goodall: The Hope celebrates the vast legacy of Dr. Jane Goodall’s four decades of advocacy work for chimpanzees and depicts the next chapter for generations to come.

Employs an anonymous hotline to elevate the voices beneath Vermont’s F-35 flight path, the first urban residents to live with one of the US military’s most controversial weapons systems overhead.

At five feet tall, and with a wingspan of over seven feet, the whooping crane has the distinction of being North America's tallest bird and, sadly, also one of its rarest.

The story of a young ranger who combines the education of her two children with her commitment for the protection mountain gorillas in Uganda's Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.

Hundreds of thousands of cats who have roamed the metropolis of Istanbul freely for thousands of years.

The Tlingit language, rich in metaphor and deep in meaning, encodes the history, life ways, stories, and traditions of the Huna Tlingit.

Engrossing and eye-opening, King Corn is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast food nation where one ultra-industrial, pesticide-laden, heavily-subsidized commodity dominates the food pyramid from top to bottom - corn.

This National Park Service film follows a Hawaiian man's love for one of the rarest and most threatened trees in the world.

Meme Falchung, the oldest person in Kumik (a hillside community in northwest India), has watched through the years as the glacier above his village melts away.

On the banks of Louisiana, fierce Indigenous women are ready to fight -- to stop the corporate blacksnake and preserve their way of life. They are risking everything to protect Mother Earth from the predatory fossil fuel companies that seek to poison it.

World class mountaineer and wounded warrior Chad Jukes sheds light on a public health issue affecting amputees worldwide.

Grassroots conservation is delivering renewed hope for critically endangered hawksbill turtles in El Salvador.

An extraordinary group of people go to incredible lengths to save the planet's last animals.

Louisiana's Delta is a veritable bounty of rich estuarine life, supporting a robust commercial fishing industry, fertile oil fields, millions of migrating waterfowl, and at the heart of it all, the mighty Mississippi.

Caught in the middle of the state’s worst-ever wildfire are the seniors and teachers of Paradise High, who are now forced to finish their final year of high school in a cramped office building at the nearby town’s airport.

An intimate glimpse at North America's Eastern Hellbender, an ancient salamander that lives as much as myth as in reality.

Explores the island paradise of the Maldives -- the lowest lying nation in the world. Due to rising sea levels, this community and its culture are on the brink: "Modern Atlantis." And rather than offering another climate change tale of doom and gloom, the filmmakers celebrate the stories they find.

In 2018 three friends set out on an expedition into the most rapidly developing landscape in central Florida, traveling the narrowest and most imperiled wildlife corridor in the state.

In the contiguous United States, wild bison are no longer free-roaming. With low natural mortality rates, the few wild herds that do exist are annually culled or fenced in to control their population.

In the mountains of the Hongu River valley, Mailu Dhan Rai is believed to be chosen by the gods for the perilous rite of honey harvesting.

One hundred and sixty species have become extinct over the past decade, and the rate of loss is increasing rapidly. Martin Palmer leads a service to mourn them.

The Buffalo Field Campaign has fought on the front lines for the last 27 years against the harassment and slaughter of Yellowstone’s buffalo — the last remaining wild, migratory herd of this keystone species. This film explores the organization’s role in writing the story of the past, present and future management of buffalo in and around Yellowstone.

The American Prairie Reserve is assembling land in northern Montana, with the goal of creating a seamless 3.5 million acre grassland habitat. When they reintroduce bison to the landscape, both the ecosystem and local people benefit.

For 15 years, Mozambique was engulfed in a brutal civil war that devastated human and wildlife populations alike. Now, in part by focusing on empowering and educating women, Gorongosa National Park has become a model of successful conservation efforts.

When Tizola Moyo started as a ranger in 1993, Majete Wildlife Reserve was devoid of any wildlife. Now, with the help of the park’s rangers and community collaboration, it's flourishing.

Two filmmakers embark on a year-long adventure to reveal the surprising story of anoles, the most important lizards in the world!

For the people who work the fields in Yuma, Arizona, the Colorado River represents not only their livelihood, but a deep, spiritual connection.

For almost 150 years, the contributions of Chinese railroad workers to the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad was forgotten and ignored.

How do mountain lions continue to persist in West Texas where they can be trapped, shot, and killed without regulation?

The disputed 277 square miles of sea, known as the Gray Zone, were traditionally fished by U.S. lobstermen. But as the Gulf of Maine has warmed faster than nearly any other body of water on the planet, the area's previously modest lobster population has surged.

A cinematic quest to find the “52 Hertz Whale,” which scientists believe has spent its entire life in solitude calling out at a frequency that is different from any other whale.

A ruined industrialist tells his tale of his environmentally self-destructive greed despite the warnings of an old forest creature.

The decade from 1979 to 1989 critical for climate action. The scientific community understood that human activity was contributing to a rapid derangement of the natural world

British explorer Col. Percival Fawcett, disappears while searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s.

As Singapore dredges sand out from beneath Cambodia's mangrove forests, the threat of erasure looms over an ecosystem, a communal way of life, and one woman's relationship to her beloved home.

Embark on a daring 48-hour mission across Thailand to rescue a captive Asian elephant from a trekking camp and set her free.

Once upon a time, massive fish migrations were observed yearly around the globe. Civilizations and wildlife revolved around these natural wonders and depended on them for survival.

As climate change erases the Louisiana coast, the last two teenagers on Isle de Jean Charles fight to stay on an island that's been their family home for generations.

Magali salinas has dedicated 15 years of her life to rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing wild animals in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. She talks about her life and the struggles she faces in her work.

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

Unlikely friends Conrad Anker and Malik Martin bring something unique to each others lives as their paths cross within the world of climbing.

In the remote Russian Arctic, an aging scientist and his son are trying to recreate the Ice Age.

In Southwest Kentucky, lies Mammoth Cave. Stretching for over 400 miles, it is the longest mapped cave system in the world.

A good and simple man with an ear for the language of the earth, makes a forest grow in what was a god-forsaken, waterless waste.

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.

Emperor penguins overcome formidable obstacles to return to their breeding grounds for mating season.

The Pacific Climate Warriors, born out of the low-lying Pacific Islands, are an indigenous and youth lead movement who now have been on the front lines of climate change for decades -- their rally cry is “we are not drowning, we are fighting.

In the US, the fire season now lasts up to two months longer than a generation ago, and the surface burnt annually has multiplied by three.

A satirically comedic, yet illuminating ride into the heart of conjuring American spin.

Using sand as the medium of animation, the film follows the rhythm of a whale's meditations.

Trans trail runner Perry Cohen forms a team with fellow trans men with the aim to compete in trail races in states proposing and passing hateful anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.

Dive into the wonderful world of the Federal Duck Stamp Contest, the only juried, art competition run by the U.S. government.

In her first 50K trail race of the season, Mirna Valerio must overcome the negative voices that don’t believe she belongs in the sport.

Part action-adventure, part exposé of an eco-disaster, Mission Blue focuses on Dr. Sylvia Earle's mission to save the globe’s oceans.

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.

A dazzling exploration of our obsession with mountains.

After a near-death experience, an arborist realizes what he has to do combat climate change.

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.

Nature doesn’t need people. People need nature.

A bold experiment to bring fierce African wild dogs back to Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique reveals how predators - and the fear they trigger - play a surprising and crucial role in keeping wild ecosystems healthy.

Nuclear power has been vilified, yet the next-generation reactors currently in development may be key to avoiding global catastrophe.

California’s Chinook salmon population is crashing. Governmental agencies, environmentalists and others are scrambling to find answers to reverse this potentially catastrophic outcome. Meanwhile, there may be a solution just beyond the riverbank.

Tells the story of Harry Reid, a politician who grew up in an Old West mining town, saw the possibility of a New West emerging in Nevada, and rode that change to power.

The 360 Yup’ik residents are America’s first climate refugees. To keep their culture and community intact, they must relocate their entire village to solid ground across the river while facing the indifference of a federal government that refuses to formally recognize climate change.

Two radical environmentalists and an ex-marine plan an act of ecoterrorism: they build a bomb to blow up a dam.

Follows the triumphs and challenges of three mokoro (dugout canoe) polers who are competing in the annual Nkashi Classic, a time-trial mokoro race that since 2018 has attracted people from all over the Okavango Delta

An on-the-ground account of the 2016 standoff between protesters occupying Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and federal authorities.

Explore the Noatak, one of Alaska's wildest rivers.

They say that when you're hit by the polar bug, you never leave. Don't say we didn't warn you. Nobody dies in Longyearbyen, or so goes the rumor. We went to the northernmost city in the world to find out why and stumbled into the first act of a science fiction flick about something deadly, long buried in the permafrost.

NOCTURNES transports us to the dense forests of the Eastern Himalayas where in the dark of night, two curious observers shine a light on the secret world of moths.

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.

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.

Over the last decade, an oil boom in North Dakota has seen the state’s population double, with primarily male workers flocking to the region. With this dramatic increase has come an influx of drugs, crime, and sexual violence.

Off the south coast of Australia, foxes have taken over an island sanctuary home to the world’s smallest penguins.

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 the District of Columbia.

Hunting whales is a matter of life or death for the Indigenous people of St. Lawrence. When Chris Agra Apassingok becomes the youngest person to ever harpoon a whale for his Alaskan village, unexpected conflict arises when his mother shares the news online.

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.

James Lawson’s ties to British Columbia’s coast run deep. The young fisherman has spent his life harvesting seafood across the region’s waters, but today the longevity of his way of life is uncertain.

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

Showcase the planet's most precious species and fragile habitats.

The story of a small water charity based in Denton, MD that has brought clean water to over one million people in Ghana and Tanzania

As part of his acclaimed series “The Outlaw Ocean”, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Ian Urbina travels to The Gambia in West Africa to investigate reports of the mysterious disappearance of the coastal nation’s fish populations.

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.

Parrot lover and conservationist Daria Feinstein is on a mission to protect one of Miami’s most spectacular wild residents: the blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna)

“In 1974,” the filmmaker recalls, “My 20-year-old parents and uncle Andy built their own canoes, launched them into the Pacific, and became some the first people in modern history to canoe from Washington to Alaska up the Inside Passage.”

To the casual eye, oysters are nothing much to look at. Yet this humble shellfish that once populated the Chesapeake Bay's bottoms in massive numbers, have inspired shooting wars, piracy, social and environmental conflict and libraries of legislation for more than two centuries.

Drawn in by the haunting specter of the Florida panther, a wildlife photographer, veterinarians, ranchers, conservationists, and Indigenous people find themselves on the front lines of an accelerating battle between forces of renewal and destruction that have pushed the Everglades to the brink of ecological collapse.

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

The burning of the peat forests throughout tropical Southeast Asia creates significant haze pollution that poses significant challenges to human health and the economies of the region.

An Adélie penguin named Steve joins millions of fellow males in the icy Antarctic spring to build a suitable nest, find a life partner, and start a family.

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.

Meet the women who are standing up for their right to protect the ocean.

In vast swaths of polar tundra across the globe, permafrost acts as a giant container for carbon dioxide, locking it inside the Earth's surface and keeping it out of our atmosphere. But only when it's frozen.

In the vanishing lowland rainforests of Borneo, new research is underway to uncover and understand the unique cultural behaviors in wild orangutans. With their habitat disappearing at an alarming rate, this research may prove to be key in protecting this critically endangered species.

Pickle is an accounting of the wide range of pets collected by a couple with a penchant for rescuing animals.

While much of Oʻahu has become urbanized, Hakipuʻu remains a kīpuka (oasis) of traditional knowledge where great chiefs once resided and their bones still remain.

After witnessing a devastating oil spill, Dr. John Francis takes a vow of silence and gives up motorized transport, embarking on a 17-year journey across America to raise awareness about environmental issues.

A voyage into a secret universe, inhabited by alien-like creatures invisible to the naked eye.

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.

A true pioneer in both underwater filmmaking and shark research, Valerie Taylor is a living legend and icon in the underwater world whose life’s work has become the basis for much of what we know about sharks today.

This classic film about the Dust Bowl has been one of the most widely praised and studied documentaries to be produced in America. Its masterful use of music and edited images were to influence a generation of filmmakers.

In the dangerous La Moskitia region of Honduras, poachers seek out the chicks and eggs of wild scarlet macaws. Their goal: sell them in the lucrative illegal pet trade.

Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit delves deep into the world of wildlife trafficking.

The idyllic world of Native Hawaiians is disrupted by experimental test sites for genetically engineered seed corn and pesticides sprayed upwind of their homes, schools, hospitals, and shorelines.

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.

Features expert voices and diverse points of view from representatives of federal agencies, non-governmental organizations, and youth who are working in communities to help residents understand the impact of everyday actions on pollinators and their habitats.

Urban beekeeping is not only about honey production.

Dean Naujoks has dedicated his career to protecting the Potomac River as a Potomac Riverkeeper. This film tells Dean’s story of activism in his own words and spotlights his fight for clean water.

Follow the flow of the Potomac water from its origin, into our homes and businesses and back into the river.

After discovering how oysters filter 50 gallons of water a day, Chris Hopkinson wondered what Maryland could do to put oysters more in the Chesapeake Bay. If he could get people's attention with a crazy idea, maybe they would listen?

Catch deer, collar cougars, and deploy camera traps with researchers as they collect data to inform wildlife management and conservation.

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

Explores the cultural relationship between residents of Gujarat, India and the last remaining population of Asiatic Lions in the world

Texan Wildlife Biologists are fighting for the future of Pronghorn Antelope.

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.

Set out on a series of hikes into the Provo mountains to document the haze that plagues their town every winter.

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

When the last Little Egg of the season disappears under mysterious circumstances, Oona and her new friends race against time to bring the Little Egg home before a big storm hits Puffin Rock and puts the entire island in danger.

Fly fisherman, wildlife biologist, and comedian Eeland Stribling is redefining what it means to be an outdoorsman in America.

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

In this new series, powerful female leaders sacrifice and show resilience to protect their families in the world's untamed regions. Angela Bassett narrates this tale highlighting matriarchies globally.

2015 Festival Closing Night Film & Winner of the 2015 Documentary Award for Environmental Advocacy

After the explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor a profusion of wild species has taken over, creating a new wilderness.

As wolves repopulate Washington State, conflict is heating up with rural ranching communities. Range rider Daniel Curry's job is to create a buffer between wolves and the cattle herds that graze on public lands.

Across walls, fences, and alleys, rats not only expose our boundaries of separation, but also make homes in them.

When residents of the historic Liberty Square public housing project in Miami learn about a $300 million revitalization plan for their neighborhood, they know this sudden interest comes from the fact that their neighborhood sits on the highest-and-driest ground in the city.

Shot in every Ward of DC, Arlington and in Alexandria see how bicycling both reflects and changes our lifestyles.

The community of Paradise, California, a town in the Sierra Nevada foothills, attempts to rebuild after devastating wildfires in 2018.

Natasha didn’t grow up believing that “Black people don’t do that” was going to be a limiting factor in her life. Not only does she ride dirt bikes, skate, and surf, she is passionate about sharing those skills with others.

A short film about the last remaining wild population of red wolves.

Two unique artists describe their connection to Nevada's Desert National Wildlife Refuge.

Ben Mirin set out to explore Madagascar and record the sounds of the island's unique lemurs, birds, and other animals. Utilizing these recordings, he transforms the voices of nature, along with those of the people he meets during the journey, into original music that celebrates the biodiversity and conservation of one of the most unique places on the plane

Young Black farmers work small tracts of available land in California's Bay Area, sharing space with Indigenous community members focused on ecological farming and food justice.

Their town is experiencing more flooding, but the people of Princeville aren’t going anywhere. They’re using innovative building practices to “flood proof” the town.

One-size-fits-all agriculture has robbed Indonesia's peatlands of their moisture. Now, the country is working to restore these historic swamps by embracing their boggy nature -- and enjoying the pasta made from a water-loving crop

A nearly 60-year-old wooden boat was carefully mended and updated to fulfill the original mission.

Nóouhàh-Toka’na, known as swift fox in English, once roamed the North American Great Plains from Canada to Texas. Predator control programs reduced the foxes down to just 10 percent of their native range. At the Fort Belknap Indian Community in Montana, members of the Aaniiih and Nakoda tribes are working with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute to return Nóouhàh-Toka’na to the land.

After the 1960s, when all native desert bighorn sheep were eliminated from Texas, conservationists began the long fight for their return.

The Anacostia River, nicknamed “DC’s forgotten river,” is an infamously polluted tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. After years of work from local activists, progress for the river’s restoration is being made—so much that the Anacostia may soon be swimmable for the first time in over half a century.

Continuing his adventurous journey around the world, filmmaker Rob Stewart brings us a full-length feature film that is inspiring humanity to change the world and save our planet.

This cinematic journey into the soundscape of the Alps condenses idiom, song, as well as calls and commands of shepherds to create a musical film between artistic ideal and documentarian realism.

The River is Pare Lorentz’ monumental documentary about the exploitation and misuse of one of our greatest natural resources - the Mississippi River.

Realizing the urgency of documenting the last remaining wilderness in Texas as the threat of new border wall construction looms, five friends set out to document the borderlands and explore the potential impacts of a wall on the natural environment. As the wilderness gives way to the more populated and heavily trafficked Lower Rio Grande Valley, they come face to face with the human side of the immigration debate.

Faced with the enormous environmental and health crisis of a contaminated river and city, a dedicated community of grassroots activists have fought against corporate negligence and government bureaucracy for over 30 years.

Journey deep into the rainforest of southeast Alaska, where life is inseparable from the age-old rhythms of the Chilkat River. Every year, all five species of salmon return to the Chilkat, drawing the world’s largest gathering of bald eagles, insatiable grizzly bears, and fascinated tourists.

Discover the daily work, hope, and perspective of one professional female tree-planter in Oregon -- from an early start with coffee, through planting countless saplings in the Willamette River Valley with her team, Ash Creek Forest Management.

A remotely triggered camera in Utah’s rugged Uinta mountains captured a picture of something no one thought possible in the area: a wolverine.

Ryuichi Sakamoto has had a prolific musical career spanning over four decades, first as a techno-pop star and later as an Oscar-winning composer. The evolution of his music has coincided with his life journeys. Following the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011, Sakamoto became an iconic figure in Japan’s social movement against nuclear power. In this intimate portrait of both the artist and the man, he returns to music following cancer to create a resounding new masterpiece

Maria Lopez is waging a war for environmental justice. Her New Jersey district is one of the most toxic neighborhoods in the country and home to an infamous one-mile industrial stretch known as the Chemical Corridor.

Follows salmon on their epic migration from the streams of the forest, to the ocean and back.

Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton believes that even the most remote corners of the globe are affected by noise pollution.

The Florida Wildlife corridor provides an opportunity to balance Florida’s rapid growth with the green infrastructure that supports all Floridians.

The Javan rhino is the rarest rhino in the world, and it takes a dedicated and coordinated effort to ensure the survival of this elusive and majestic species.

Follows former Obama White House Climate Advisor, Molly Kawahata, as she prepares for a climb in the Alaska Range while struggling with mental illness and working to create a new climate narrative framed around systemic change and hope.

An impending water crisis grips Cape Town, South Africa.

Indigenous people and salmon have been intertwined for thousands of years in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Today, kids learn from elders to fish but must also learn to fight, as pollution from Pebble Mine threatens this pristine ecosystem. Can the next generation defend the most prolific salmon run left on earth?

Follows nine high school students from around the globe as they navigate rivalries, setbacks and, of course, hormones, on their journey to compete at the International Science and Engineering Fair. As 1,700 of the smartest, quirkiest teens from 78 different countries face off, only one will be named Best in Fair.

Follows a team of dedicated scientists, high-tech conservationists, investigative journalists, and courageous undercover agents as well as the Mexican navy as they put their lives on the line to save the last remaining vaquitas.

Scientists rescue an orphaned seabird chick and fly him to safety.

Tells the story of four teenagers challenged to find the source of the Cooper River that runs through Camden County, NJ.

Nevia No dreams that a season of farming will persuade her daughter, who returns home during the pandemic, to take over the family business.

The inspiring and thought-provoking tale of the long and tumultuous shared history that inextricably binds humankind with the natural world.

Follow planetary scientist Carolyn Porco as she explores what it takes to look for life beyond Earth.

This episode reveals the secrets of Namibia’s last remaining desert elephants.

On the twentieth anniversary of National Geographic’s Academy-Award Winning March of The Penguins, SECRETS OF THE PENGUINS changes everything we ever believed to be true. From the Emperor Penguins’ revelatory bonds of friendship to the gritty resolve of Gentoos and Rockhoppers, their incredible traditions and societies echo ours in ways we never dreamt possible – until now.

Epic, revealing and emotional, that’s what you get when immersed in the secretive world of whales and see life and love from their perspectives.

Explores how the widespread anxieties and lack of purposefulness of modern life are deeply rooted in our physical and spiritual distancing from the natural world.

A magic realist documentary about invisible elves, financial collapse, and the surprising power of belief.

When Ken Sleight first floated the Colorado River through southern Utah’s Glen Canyon in 1955, he recognized the canyon as a place where he could spend the rest of his life. Shortly thereafter, he left a comfortable desk job at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company to start his own river guiding company. With plans for Glen Canyon Dam already in the works, however, he knew he was building his life around a condemned world.

Beginning in the 1960s, a small band of young scientists headed out into the wilderness, driven by an insatiable curiosity about how nature works.

Explores the foundational research in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, that uncovered many of the ecological principles that govern how animal populations and communities are regulated.

The American shad, a migratory fish, were once so abundant in the Potomac River that people said the river would “run silver” each spring. By the 1970s numbers were so low that even seasoned anglers went home empty-handed.