1. Grit (Grit)
When Dian was six years old, she heard a deep rumble and turned to see a tsunami of mud barreling towards her village. Her mother scooped her up to save her from the boiling mud. Her neighbors ran for their lives. Sixteen villages, including Dian's, were wiped away, forever buried under 60 feet of mud. A decade later, 60,000 people have been displaced from what was once a thriving industrial and residential area in East Java. Dozens of factories, schools and mosques are completely submerged under a moonscape of ooze and grit. The cause? Lapindo, an Indonesian company drilling for natural gas in 2006, unleashed a violent, unstoppable flow of hot sludge from the earth's depths. It is estimated that the mudflow will not end for another decade. Shot over the course of six years, GRIT bears witness to Dian's transformation from young girl to a politically active teenager as she and her mother launch a resistance campaign against the drilling company.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
2. Lobster War
The story of a climate-fueled conflict between the United States and Canada over waters that both countries have claimed since the end of the Revolutionary War. The disputed 277 square miles of sea, known as the Gray Zone, were traditionally fished by US 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. As a result, Canadians have begun to assert their sovereignty, warring with the Americans to claim the bounty.
3. The Age of Consequences
'The Hurt Locker' meets 'An Inconvenient Truth', THE AGE OF CONSEQUENCES investigates the impacts of irreversible climate change, resource scarcity, mass migration, and pandemic conflict through the lens of US national security and global instability.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
4. Freedom Downtime
A feature-length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
5. An Inconvenient Truth
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.
It has an average vote of 6.972 on TMDB.
6. The Oxford Knight (El caballero de Oxford)
L. M. Guerra, Knight of the University of Oxford; he tries to save our world, spreading the secrets that have been revealed to him.
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
7. The Great Global Warming Swindle (The Great Global Warming Swindle)
This film tries to blow the whistle on what it calls the biggest swindle in modern history: 'Man Made Global Warming'. Watch this film and make up your own mind.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
8. Visions of Europe
Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.
It has an average vote of 4.882 on TMDB.
9. The 11th Hour
A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems. Featuring ongoing dialogues of experts from all over the world, including former Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev, renowned scientist Stephen Hawking, former head of the CIA R. James Woolse
It has an average vote of 6.761 on TMDB.
10. Climate Exodus (Climate Exodus)
(Climate Exodus)
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
11. Leningrado, Linha 41 (Leningrado, Linha 41)
(Leningrado, Linha 41)
12. Antarctica: An Adventure of a Different Nature
This large format film explores the last great wilderness on earth. It takes you to the coldest, driest, windiest continent, Antarctica. The film explores the life in Antarctica, both for the animals that live their and the scientist that work there.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
13. Quem Luta, Conquista! (Quem Luta, Conquista!)
(Quem Luta, Conquista!)
14. Clairton Coke Works, Clean Up Our Air
Clairton, Pennsylvania was once a populated town; booming with business and a clear sense of community. Many jobs came through the Clairton Coke Works Plant. Coke is used in the process of making steel. As decades went on, citizens began experiencing asthma problems, lung cancer, and many deaths in their families. The effects of air pollution in violation of EPA regulations became persistent in every household; many relocated. However, those who stay with the help of PennFuture want to put an end to these violations and regain their community.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
15. The Greenhorns
Armed with a camcorder, farmer-filmmaker-activist Severine von Tscharner Fleming spent two years crisscrossing America, meeting and mobilizing a network of revolutionary young farmers resettling the land. 'The Greenhorns' is an ode to their grit and entrepreneurial spirit, an exploration of sustainable agriculture, and an enticement to reclaim our national soil. The ninety minute feature is the culmination of well over 200 hours of original footage from all regions of the United States, as well as original animation by young urban farmer and artist Brooke Budner, and rare agricultural archival footage from the Prelinger Archives. Ultimately, The Greenhorns shows us how farmers can move out of the margins recent history has consigned them to, and back to the heart of the American food landscape.
16. Lanceiros Negros Estão Vivos (Lanceiros Negros Estão Vivos)
(Lanceiros Negros Estão Vivos)
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
17. A Noite Mais Fria da Cidade (A Noite Mais Fria da Cidade)
(A Noite Mais Fria da Cidade)
18. Montanhão: Raízes da Luta (Montanhão: Raízes da Luta)
(Montanhão: Raízes da Luta)
19. OCUPAÇÃO DOS IMIGRANTES: JEAN-JAQUES DESSALINES (OCUPAÇÃO DOS IMIGRANTES: JEAN-JAQUES DESSALINES)
(OCUPAÇÃO DOS IMIGRANTES: JEAN-JAQUES DESSALINES)
20. Arise
A film that captures the portraits and stories of extraordinary women around the world who are coming together to heal the injustices against the earth, weaves together poetry, music, art, and stunning scenery to create a hopeful and collective story that inspires us to work for the earth. The list of impassioned, indefatigable female environmental activists featured in this film includes Winona LaDuke, a Native American who has championed the use of solar and wind power on reservations; Theo Colborn, head of The Endocrine Disruption Exchange, who fights against toxic chemicals in our water supplies; Beverly Grant, who’s created a vibrant farmer’s market in a black neighborhood of Denver, Colo.; Dana Miller, who spearheads an “urban agriculture movement” in the same city; and Vandana Shiva, who champions organic farming in India.
