Diamond, Jared, "Why do Societies Collapse?"
Jared Diamond investigates why cultures prosper or decline.
Jared Diamond investigates why cultures prosper or decline.
This film, narrated by Tilda Swinton, documents environmental projects and actions by ordinary people around the world.
This film follows a woman who returns to modern, neoliberal Nicaragua to find the Sandinista woman soldier she filmed during the armed rebellion over two decades earlier.
A couple competes to live with zero waste for a whole year, with comedic results.
In 1992, a 12-year-old girl named Severn addressed the UN about climate change. Now grown up and expecting a child, she explains how much must still be done.
This film criticizes the socioeconomic system of the Washington Consensus as being insufficient for overcoming global poverty, and argues that it is based on centuries of exploitation.
This award-winning documentary follows a controversial sugar development scheme in Mali. Some oppose its claims to offer inclusive development, and see it as a neocolonial venture.
This film follows a diverse group of women from around the world as they attend the Barefoot College in India. The college teaches them solar engineering skills to allow them to contribute to their communities and improve their daily lives, but societal and familial pressure proves challenging.
This film explores the Occupy protests and similar activist movements and what their vision for the world is.
This film examines political and economic crises and the role of a corporate military-industrial context in undermining democracy, and is narrated by actor Woody Harrelson.