Environment Movies

  • 2018
    Acoustic Ocean

    Acoustic Ocean

    Acoustic Ocean

    02018HD

    Acoustic Ocean is an artistic exploration of the sonic ecology of marine life in the North Atlantic. Located on the Lofoten Islands in Northern...

    Acoustic Ocean
  • 2021
    Burned: Are Trees the New Coal?

    Burned: Are Trees the New Coal?

    Burned: Are Trees the New Coal?

    02021HD

    The little-known story of the accelerating destruction of our forests for fuel - the policy loopholes, huge subsidies, and blatant green washing of...

    Burned: Are Trees the New Coal?
  • 2005
    Being Caribou

    Being Caribou

    Being Caribou

    02005HD

    April 8, 2003: Karsten Heuer + Leanne Allison left the remote community of Old Crow,Yukon, to join the Porcupine Caribou Herd on their epic life...

    Being Caribou
  • 1993
    Divine Fate

    Divine Fate

    Divine Fate

    3.51993HD

    An environmental morality tale. A divine gate gives one all that one desires, on the condition that one takes only what one needs and one gives...

    Divine Fate
  • 2024
    Burnt Country

    Burnt Country

    Burnt Country

    02024HD

    Could Australia's past help secure its future? 65,000 years in the making, Burnt Country is about fighting fire, with fire. Exploring the profound...

    Burnt Country
  • 2002
    Blue Vinyl

    Blue Vinyl

    Blue Vinyl

    5.32002HD

    With humor, chutzpah and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director and award-winning...

    Blue Vinyl
  • 2018
    Of Fish and Foe

    Of Fish and Foe

    Of Fish and Foe

    42018HD

    The Pullars are the last family using traditional methods to fish for wild Atlantic salmon off the coast of Scotland. When these include killing...

    Of Fish and Foe
  • 2016
    The Price of the Prize

    The Price of the Prize

    The Price of the Prize

    02016HD

    First Nations fight to end grizzly bear trophy hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia. The Heiltsuk, Kitasoo Xai'xais and Gitga'at...

    The Price of the Prize
  • 2024
    the lab

    the lab

    the lab

    02024HD

    Observations of birds and other wildlife at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and a Forest in Ithaca, NY.

    the lab
  • 2016
    Bzzz

    Bzzz

    Bzzz

    02016HD

    A little girl with a great affinity for bees pushes the limits in order to protect her community.

    Bzzz
  • 1991
    Mother Earth

    Mother Earth

    Mother Earth

    01991HD

    This short documentary is a celebration of life on planet Earth. Made from haunting visual images selected from 50 years of NFB productions, the film...

    Mother Earth
  • 2021
    About the Forest

    About the Forest

    About the Forest

    02021HD

    A post in the debate on Swedish forestry highlighting the difficulties and consequences of a hard deforestation with fast-growing forest plantations...

    About the Forest
  • 2017
    Water Warriors

    Water Warriors

    Water Warriors

    52017HD

    Natives and activists prevent an energy company from destroying the environment in search of natural gas in New Brunswick, Canada.

    Water Warriors
  • 2016
    Sacred Cod: The Fight for a New England Tradition

    Sacred Cod: The Fight for a New England Tradition

    Sacred Cod: The Fight for a New England Tradition

    62016HD

    A documentary following the sharp decline of the cod fishing industry in New England. Included is an in-depth look at the potential causes and the...

    Sacred Cod: The Fight for a New England Tradition
  • 1970
    Forest Mind

    Forest Mind

    Forest Mind

    01970HD

    Forest Mind is a video work that emerges from the artist’s longstanding interest in the human interaction with the natural world. Forest Mind...

    Forest Mind
  • 2008
    To the Tar Sands

    To the Tar Sands

    To the Tar Sands

    02008HD

    To The Tar Sands follows a group of nineteen young environmentalists as they cycle over 1,300 kilometres northbound across Alberta to witness the...

    To the Tar Sands
  • 2021
    Orphaned

    Orphaned

    Orphaned

    02021HD

    Through the eyes of ex-engineer, now filmmaker Gillian McKercher, Orphaned explores the huge task of cleaning up thousands of idle oil and gas wells...

    Orphaned
  • 2015
    Overburden

    Overburden

    Overburden

    02015HD

    After a mine explosion kills her brother, a pro-coal activist joins forces with a tree-hugging grandmother to take down the most dangerous coal...

    Overburden
  • 2021
    Fly on the Wall: Canada’s Residential School Legacy

    Fly on the Wall: Canada’s Residential School Legacy

    Fly on the Wall: Canada’s Residential School Legacy

    02021HD

    For more than 100 years, thousands of Indigenous children died while in Canada’s residential school system. Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones...

    Fly on the Wall: Canada’s Residential School Legacy
  • 2019
    Immersion

    Immersion

    Immersion

    02019HD

    Immersion is a short conceptual film featuring wonder kid Axel Rosenblad. It is a sensorial journey into his surfing.

    Immersion