While in-person Earth Day gatherings may have been canceled to curb the spread of COVID-19, we’re inviting you to use film as a tool to celebrate Earth Day’s 50th anniversary and take collective action while at home.
While in-person Earth Day gatherings may have been canceled to curb the spread of COVID-19, we’re inviting you to use film as a tool to celebrate Earth Day’s 50th anniversary and take collective action while at home.
Stories that feel especially relevant this Earth Day – stories of resilience, inequity, and protecting the beauty and solace the natural world offers
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.
Director: Sandra Winther
Duration: 22 min
When an energy company begins searching for natural gas in New Brunswick, Canada, indigenous and white families unite to protect their water and way of life.
Director: Michael Premo
Duration: 22 min
In the summer of 1995, Chicago experienced an unthinkable heat wave, when extremely high humidity and a layer of heat-retaining pollution drove the heat index up to more than 126 degrees endangering a largely elderly, black community.
Director: Judith Helfand
Duration: 56 min
Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. Divers, photographers and scientists set out on an ocean adventure to discover why the reefs are disappearing and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.
Director: Jeff Orlowski
Duration: 93 min
Get access to our watch guide and an invite to our live Q&A. Host anytime between April 20 - 27th!
Viewing instructions, discussion guides, recipes, & more!
Join the live Q&A panel: ’Using film to drive climate action in a time of social distancing’ on April 23rd at 7PM EST
Sandra Winther, Director of Lowland Kids
Michael Premo, Director of Water Warriors
Jeff Orlowski, Director of Chasing Coral and Founder of Exposure Labs
Judith Helfand, Director of COOKED: Survival by Zip Code
Jeremy Ornstein, Storytelling Strategist at Sunrise Movement
Even if you’re stuck on the couch, we can all use this as an opportunity to take climate action.
