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Der große Ausverkauf (The Big Sellout)
Portraits of privatization from around the world show how the daily lives of people using what were once considered public resources are affected.
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Fuel
This film examines the history and future of energy in America. It advocates for a transition to green energy through individual action.
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Divide in Concord
This film follows an 84-year old woman’s campaign to ban the sale of bottled water in the small American town of Concord, Massachusetts.
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Groundswell Rising
This film shows how the oil and gas industries, rich with political connections, obtained a position of almost untouchable power and how at-risk communities have united to fight back.
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The Fire Ant Wars: Nature, Science, and Public Policy in Twentieth-Century America
A grippingly perceptive tale of changing social attitudes and scientific practices.
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Les Invisibles de Belo Monte [Belo Monte's Invisibles]
This film gives voice to people affected by the development of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the Brazilian Amazon, and details the devastating environmental and social consequences of the project.
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Coffee To Go: Mit dem Geschmack der Vertreibung [Coffee To Go: With the Taste of Eviction]
This film reports on the eviction of villages near Mubende by the Ugandan army to clear land for a coffee plantation.
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Recycling
In Recycling, former Rachel Carson Center fellow Finn Arne Jørgensen investigates the benefits and drawbacks of recycling.
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The Happy Poet
This comedy drama is about a struggling poet who starts a healthy food stand to change the way people eat, and faces the complicated challenges of fighting against the system.
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No Impact Man
Colin Beavan’s year-long attempt to live ‘off the grid’ in the heart of New York City brings the environment, and his relationships, to the forefront.