Environment Movies

  • 2001
    Waste Land

    Waste Land

    Waste Land

    02001HD

    By 2045, twenty localities in Germany will be resettled because of brown coal open pit mining. The film Waste Land follows the inhabitants of three...

    Waste Land
  • 2021
    Before They Fall

    Before They Fall

    Before They Fall

    02021HD

    Conservation groups, First Nations, and scientists come together in this timely short film, as a decades-long battle to protect endangered old-growth...

    Before They Fall
  • 2006
    The Aquarium

    The Aquarium

    The Aquarium

    02006HD

    Filmed primarily in Alaska, The Aquarium contrasts the openness of the primeval Arctic landscape with the entrapment of captured sea mammals in...

    The Aquarium
  • 2021
    American Scar

    American Scar

    American Scar

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

    American Scar
  • 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
  • 2023
    The Sounds of 7am

    The Sounds of 7am

    The Sounds of 7am

    102023HD

    This short film follows an intoxicated character's journey through the mystery, beauty and eeriness of his environment.

    The Sounds of 7am
  • 2022
    What Killed the Whale?

    What Killed the Whale?

    What Killed the Whale?

    102022HD

    In this critical investigation into the most arresting victims of the climate emergency, biologist Ella Al-Shamahi joins a specialist autopsy into...

    What Killed the Whale?
  • 2016
    The Man Who Wanted to Change the World

    The Man Who Wanted to Change the World

    The Man Who Wanted to Change the World

    02016HD

    Peter Westerveld, artist and visionary, doesn’t want institutions to resolve the problems linked to earth’s problems. Growing up in...

    The Man Who Wanted to Change the World
  • 2016
    The Islands and the Whales

    The Islands and the Whales

    The Islands and the Whales

    5.22016HD

    The whale hunters of the Faroe Islands believe that hunting is vital to their way of life, but, when a local professor makes a grim discovery about...

    The Islands and the Whales
  • 2009
    Green Careers in Supply Chain Management

    Green Careers in Supply Chain Management

    Green Careers in Supply Chain Management

    02009HD

    A ten minute video exploring green careers in supply chain management produced by The Van Horne Institute featuring speakers and interviews.

    Green Careers in Supply Chain Management
  • 1970
    The Family of the Forest

    The Family of the Forest

    The Family of the Forest

    01970HD

    In the heart of the Boreal forest lives a family renowned as much for their gourmet forest pickings as for their life of self-sufficiency.

    The Family of the Forest
  • 2006
    Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

    Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

    Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

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    The Salton Sea: An inland ocean of massive fish kills, rotting resorts, and 120 degree nights located just minutes from urban Southern California....

    Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
  • 1982
    In Our Water

    In Our Water

    In Our Water

    71982HD

    A New Jersey family discovers their drinking water is contaminated with deadly poisons from a nearby landfill.

    In Our Water
  • 2020
    Raising Joey

    Raising Joey

    Raising Joey

    02020HD

    The fires that have devastated Australia left behind countless injured and orphaned animals. This is the story of rescued joeys and their adoption by...

    Raising Joey
  • 2022
    The Catastrophe Garden

    The Catastrophe Garden

    The Catastrophe Garden

    102022HD

    It is a daring idea: to grow food from old mattresses in a desolate camp at the edge of a war zone. When a refugee scientist meets two quirky...

    The Catastrophe Garden
  • 2012
    Garden in the Sea

    Garden in the Sea

    Garden in the Sea

    02012HD

    Jardín en el Mar is the story of an exceptional project. Several years ago, a group of enthusiastic and committed people started to work for...

    Garden in the Sea
  • 2019
    Eden

    Eden

    Eden

    02019HD

    Rufina is ready to spend a field day, surrounded by peace and pleasant nature, will it be as simple as it seems?

    Eden
  • 2009
    Waterlife

    Waterlife

    Waterlife

    82009HD

    Waterlife is a documentary film about the Great Lakes that follows the flow of the lakes' water from the Nipigon River to the Atlantic Ocean. The...

    Waterlife
  • 2021
    Decommissioning Fukushima 2021: Ten Years on from the Nuclear Accident

    Decommissioning Fukushima 2021: Ten Years on from the Nuclear Accident

    Decommissioning Fukushima 2021: Ten Years on from the Nuclear Accident

    02021HD

    A decade on from its triple core meltdown, we take stock of the mammoth task of decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, an...

    Decommissioning Fukushima 2021: Ten Years on from the Nuclear Accident
  • 2014
    Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek

    Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek

    Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek

    02014HD

    When the graves of former slaves are bulldozed in Mississippi, a native son returns to protect the community they settled - a place now threatened by...

    Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek