Director Peter Mettler takes to the skies in order to probe the scale of the Alberta Tar Sands—one of the largest energy projects on earth—and its environmental impact.
This film investigates the cost of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster on Lousiana communities, and criticizes the relationship between British Petroleum and the U.S. government.
This film follows Father Marco, a priest who has earned a price on his head because of his opposition to Peru’s powerful mining companies.
Powerless Science? looks at complex historical, social, and political dynamics, made up of public controversies, environmental and health crises, economic interests, and political responses, and demonstrates how and to what extent scientific knowledge about toxicants has been caught between scientific, economic, and political imperatives.
An in-depth examination of how uranium, the natural resource on which the nuclear power industry depends, is extracted.
This documentary is about Estamira, a 63 year-old woman suffering from schizophrenia who has lived and worked for decades in Jardin Gramacho, one of the largest landfills in the world.
This award-winning film examines the realities of urban poverty through the experiences of a community living in Brazil’s palafitas: shacks built over the water and supported by stilts.
This film examines lessons learnt from fracking in the US state of Colorado as the practice quietly expands to protected areas around the world.
A 20th-century photograph of Salo de Tequendema in Colombia, taken by Gumersindo Cuéllar Jiménez.
