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Canned Dreams
This award-winning film examines the experience of ordinary workers as it tracks a canned food product on its journey across the world.
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Detropia
This film follows the responses of Detroit residents to the city’s industrial decline.
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Manufactured Landscapes
This film is a photographic journey showing the effects of human activity on a variety of landscapes.
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Hausmüll: Abfall und Gesellschaft in Westdeutschland 1945–1990
Hausmüll documents the rise of a “new” environmental problem in post-war Germany, that of an increase in consumption and consequently a dramatic increase in waste.
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Map: The 1974 flooding of Brisbane
A map of the 1974 flood in Brisbane, Australia.
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Brochure: Through the American Wonderland: The Pacific Northwest, 1923
A spread from a Burlington Route brochure promoting train travel as a life-changing adventure.
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Umwelt als Ressource: Die sächsische Papierindustrie 1850–1930
Umwelt als Ressource highlights the interaction and co-evolution of modern industry and the environment, using the example of the German paper industry in Saxony.
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China Blue
This film follows a seventeen-year-old Chinese girl who leaves home in order to work in a Chinese jeans factory.
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Trash Dance
In Trash Dance, choreographer Allison Orr tries to persuade employees of the Austin Department of Solid Waste to participate in a public dance performance.
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H2Omx
This film examines how Mexico City—home to 22 million people—is trying to become water sustainable.