Search Results for "environmental" in Documentaries

Without words, cameras show us the world, with an emphasis not on "where," but on "what's there." It begins with morning, natural landscapes and people at prayer: volcanoes, water falls, veldts, and forests; several hundred monks do a monkey chant. Indigenous peoples apply body paint; whole villages...

One of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet. An inside look at the infamous $27 billion "Amazon Chernobyl" case, CRUDE is a real-life high stakes legal drama set against a backdrop of the environmental movement, global politics, celebrity activism, human rights advocacy, the ...

Narrated by Edward Norton, this stunningly beautiful film documents an important environmental whitewater expedition down three epic rivers in the Chinese Himalaya, the upper Yangtze, Mekong and Salween....

Around the globe, scientists are racing to solve a series of mysteries. Unsettling transformations are sweeping across the planet, and clue by clue, investigators around the world are assembling a new picture of Earth, discovering ways that seemingly disparate events are connected. Crumbling houses ...

Director Davis Guggenheim eloquently weaves the science of global warming with Mr. Gore’s personal history and lifelong commitment to reversing the effects of global climate change. A longtime advocate for the environment, Gore presents a wide array of facts and information in a thoughtful an...

Two narratives -- the life cycle of a mother walrus and her calf, and the life of a polar bear and her cubs -- are used to illustrate the harsh realities of existence in the Arctic....

The 11th Hour is the last moment when change is possible. The film explores how we've arrived at this moment -- how we live, how we impact the earth's ecosystems, and what we can do to change our course. Featuring ongoing dialogues of experts from all over the world, including former Soviet Prime Mi...

Natural history wildlife documentary about the annual migration of millions of red crabs to Christmas Island and the predator threat to the crabs by yellow ants....

Profiles six waterkeepers, part of Robert F. Kennedy Jr's Waterkeeper Alliance, and the water bodies they are fighting to protect: Puget Sound, in Washington State; the Cook Inlet in Alaska; Santa Monica Bay in Los Angeles; the Neuse River in North Carolina; the Willamette River in Oregon; and the H...

Arkelope is an animated short that takes a pointed look at endangered species and human indifference. When a middle-aged couple come across a nature documentary on the decline of the Arkelope while channel-surfing, they learn that although the species has managed to survive a variety of natural disa...