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Waking the Green Tiger
This film follows a resistance movement to the building of a dam on the Upper Yangtze River in southern China, highlighting Chairman Mao’s efforts to subjugate nature in the name of progress.
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Tambogrande: Mangos, Murder, Mining
This film follows resistance to mining companies and the Peruvian government by local residents, focusing on the small town of Tambogrande.
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Vienen Por El Oro, Vienen Por Todo [They Came For The Gold, They Came For It All]
This film follows an Argentinian town which must struggle to decide whether to allow a gold mine that could reduce poverty but also uses toxic mining methods.
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Kahlschlag: Der Kampf um Brasiliens letzte Wälder [Clearcutting: The Fight for Brazil's Last Forests]
This film follows the residents of Brazil’s virgin forests as they struggle to maintain their identity in the face of environmental exploitation.
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Unfinished Italy
This film investigates how people in Italy respond to the permanently unfinished infrastructure surrounding them.
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De Engel van Doel [An Angel in Doel]
This film focuses on an elderly woman determined to remain in her beloved village, even as demolition begins to make room for urban expansion.
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Detropia
This film follows the responses of Detroit residents to the city’s industrial decline.
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Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West
This film explores the issues facing the Colorado River Basin due to increased pressure from population growth, and the effect on an already decreasing water supply.
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My Mother, Oak
This film tells the stories of displaced people and livelihood changes in Iran after the construction of the Karun-3 Dam which submerged 12,300 acres of valuable forest with water.
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Water Wars: When Drought, Flood and Greed Collide
This film examines attempts by communities and experts around the world to protect their water resources in the face of global warming, pollution, and political conflict.