Environmental and Climate Crisis Movies
- The Biggest Little Farm, 2018 American documentary film
- The Need to Grow, 2019 documentary
- Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore 2006
- An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power, Al Gore 2017
- Six Degrees Could Change the World, National Geographic, 2008
- Do the Math: Bill McKibben and the Fight Against Climate Change
- Sacred Land Sacred Water : Confluences of the Rio Grande Valley
- Before The Flood, Leonard DiCaprio, 2016
- Gasland, 2010
- Gasland II, 2013
- How to let go of the world
- Awake: A Dream From Standing Rock, 2017
- Chasing Ice, National Geographic, 2013
- Chasing Coral, 2017
- Tales By Light, Netflix
- Hope in a Changing Climate - by John D. Liu (2009)
Recommendations from the NYT Climate Fwd Newsletter – December 18, 2019
| “Years of Living Dangerously”
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| This series, featuring celebrity correspondents like Matt Damon and Olivia Munn, is a favorite of the climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe. Not only because it discusses climate impacts and solutions, but also because it tackles two huge myths: first, that climate change is a “distant issue,” and, second, that we can only fix climate change by “destroying the economy or our personal liberties.”
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| “Merchants of Doubt”
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| If you’ve ever wondered how the climate debate became, well, a debate, then this intriguing and infuriating film is for you. Based on a book by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, it draws a parallel between the tactics of Big Tobacco and Big Oil, revealing the world of politics, spin and public opinion.
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| “Mission Blue”
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| Besides highlighting the work of the oceanographer Sylvia Earle, a National Geographic explorer-in-residence, this film also paints a picture of the devastating changes she has witnessed during her decades underwater. Xiye Bastida, a 17-year-old activist and organizer for Fridays For Future NYC, said it “shows the power we have as individuals to connect with nature and speak for nature.”
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| “This Changes Everything”
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| Inspired by Naomi Klein’s 2014 book of the same name, this documentary “aims to empower,” rather than scare, viewers into action. “The film tells moving, personal stories,” said Keya Chatterjee, executive director of the U.S. Climate Action Network, “but weaves them into a larger story about how colonialism and greed got us into this crisis, and also how people-power and disruption will get us out.”
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| “Racing Extinction”
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| Unless drastic changes are made, some biologists estimate we could lose up to 50 percent of Earth’s species within the next century. That devastating fact — a potential sixth extinction, wherein “humanity has become the asteroid” — is the basis for this fast-paced, wide-ranging film from Louie Psihoyos, who won an Oscar for “The Cove.” While some scenes are tough to watch, they’re balanced with awe-inspiring nature shots that showcase a world worth saving.
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