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She loves that EFFY combines her passion for film and the environment and is excited to support a film festival for the first time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/60f26073-70d6-4f94-8733-b50e28f2923e/Screenshot+2026-02-11+at+9.16.52%E2%80%AFPM.png Team - Sofia Prieto Black Sofia is a junior at Yale College majoring in Environmental Studies, with a self-directed concentration in Film & Media and a certificate in Energy Studies. She is passionate about transforming the entertainment industry’s approach to sustainability by developing creative strategies to reduce waste and energy use in filmmaking, while telling stories that inspire environmental and social action!! Now in her third year working with the Yale Environmental Film Festival, Sofia is committed to strengthening connections between graduate and undergraduate communities, supporting greater collaboration, participation, and attendance across the festival. 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Burns (“Contagion,” “An Inconvenient Truth,” “The Report”) introduces a near future where the chaotic effects of climate change have become embedded into our everyday lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/9c200952-4b7a-45a0-bc2d-84c3a008d727/The+Illusion+of+Abundance.jpg 2023 Illusion of Abundance Three women share a common goal: Carolina, Bertha and Maxima are leading today's environmental fight against modern conquistadors. Whereas governments and corporations, all trapped in a global race towards unlimited growth, need to get the cheapest raw materials on earth, these three women tell us a story of tireless courage: How to keep fighting to protect nature when your life is at risk? When police repression, corporate harassment, injuries, death threats or even the murder of community leaders are part of your daily routine? The film is in the middle of an international impact tour for environmental defenders. US and Latin American tours starts in mid 2023. Join the impact tour! #DefendTheDefenders #Now https://www.theillusionofabundance.earth/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/c2b24e67-59ea-4ea4-af23-6a73ebd7e49d/Vicun%CC%83a+Salvation.jpg 2023 Vicuña Salvation At more than 5,000 meters above sea level, this film tells the incredible story of the conservation of a species and the empowerment of a community that lives in the Peruvian mountains. The vicuña produces the finest fiber in the world and a garment made of this material can cost thousands of dollars. Unfortunately, this seduced poachers and the black market, leading to the near-extinction of the species. In the 1970s, explorer Bill Franklin alerted the situation and managed to get the Peruvian government, global brands, and communities to make a pact. They agreed to market only garments that were made with certified fiber, that the local communities were in charge of the custody of the animal, and the result of the sustainable use of the fiber was for them. Today, these communities once again own the land that belonged to them before the conquest. And, in an unexpected twist, Bill Franklin crosses paths with Mike Safley, who years later will cause one of the most important social actions in this region of the planet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/39d4f2ac-58ef-4091-bde3-1c688168225b/a+tomorrow+for+tonawanda.png 2023 A Tomorrow for Tonawanda: How Health Led the Way for an Energy Transition What did the energy transition in the Town of Tonawanda, New York reveal about health, equity, and dignity? Within a just transition to a low-carbon world, it is important to understand the role of health at the community level. This short film explores community stakeholder accounts of those directly impacted by the operation and closure of a coal-fired power plant in the Town of Tonawanda, NY. We center health and bodies in this story, lending insight into how different axes of disparities – beyond the loss of jobs – manifest in the operation and transitions of energy sectors, orienting the movement towards a cleaner, more equitable future for all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/208343c3-4d24-4388-bc55-346ed55f9ad5/Allergy+Alert.png 2023 Allergy Alert: Paranoid in Our Immune System From peanuts and pollen to cats and dust mites, allergy rates are soaring dramatically all over the globe, with inoffensive substances triggering life-threatening physical responses. Experts are predicting that by 2050, one in two will suffer from an allergy. Why are our immune systems overreacting in this way? To stem the tide of the epidemic, scientists are investigating the interface between genetics, environmental factors and our modern lifestyle, and developing revolutionary new approaches to prevention and treatment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/fa433edf-3588-447e-913c-5eb9ee0e54e9/Cuidantsiqmi_+Love+and+Care+for+the+Land.jpg 2023 Cuidantsiqmi: Love and Care for the Land The Wari Indigenous people of the Llupa community, located below the Cordillera Blanca of the Peruvian Andes, are facing an environmental disaster that is directly affecting their physical and mental health. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/1e5cdf41-33af-4565-959a-80b6666d1525/Children+of+Lead.jpg 2023 Children of Lead To date, lead contamination keeps damaging health and the environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/7eeacf2f-ed27-4b40-8f2f-7daa48324dd9/ReturningFiretotheLand.VERT.png 2023 Returning Fire to the Land The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes' Forestry Department is integrating traditional ecological knowledge within their current forestry management plan. This includes an ecosystem-scale, holistic approach, and integrating their historical positive relationship with fire, to benefit ecosystem health, cultural uses, and to prevent catastrophic-sized wildfires. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/bb7d6ef7-6670-46ba-ad01-a30cfa6df883/Hope+and+Restoration_Poster.jpg 2023 Hope and Restoration Saving the Whitebark Pine: Whitebark pine trees are icons of North America's mountain landscape.  They provide a host of ecosystem services and are considered a foundational and keystone species for the critical role they play in the places where they occur.  They stand at the center of a web of life that supports dozens of plants and animals, and are a vital food source for grizzly bears, red squirrels, and Clark’s nutcrackers.  Over the past several decades whitebark pine has experienced severe declines and today faces the very real threat of extinction. Hear directly from leading voices of the USDA Forest Service, American Forests, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation, and the Ricketts Conservation Foundation about what is at stake and why there is still time to save whitebark pine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/9ac08809-ca1e-4cc9-a29c-0cc0ea2d71b2/Sammy-+A+Pine+Marten+Story.jpeg 2023 Sammy | a Pine Marten Story A rescued pine marten kit finds a new home . Against a backdrop of a diminishing ecological landscape, we follow its story from rescue through rehab and release . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/c92c11e4-66fc-4fae-adf7-fb4e3184eebc/TNC+-+Primm+Fire+-+Movie+Poster+3+Laurels.jpg 2023 Fighting Fire with Fire The Nature Conservancy uses prescribed burning to help the forests of western Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/f4a15659-a01c-4f77-80a2-164b26d4aad3/The+Bird+and+the+Tree_poster.jpg 2023 The Bird and the Tree Whitebark pine trees grow in some of the steepest, harshest environments in North America. They thrive and support a diversity of life in places where most trees can’t grow. How these trees have come to define an entire mountain ecosystem is the result of an ancient relationship with the bird that plants their seeds- the Clark's Nutcracker. Conceived as a visitor center film for Yellowstone National Park, "The Bird and The Tree" tells the story of one of nature's greatest duos and reveals how two very different organisms have co-evolved to live intertwined lives that are at the center of a remarkable web of life in the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/073ab2d0-9852-4118-a97e-9f46699a1463/C4U_MoviePoster_24x36.jpg 2023 Cool for You “Cool For You”, an animated film based on the book of the same title, explains global warming to children in a friendly way. Incorporating different characters and families, animals and plants, children are introduced to CO2, and positive, easy ways to improve our impact on the earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/aa429499-ca1a-48f6-a069-77af12c2dfd3/The+Witness+is+a+Whale.jpg 2023 The Witness is a Whale A detective story spanning 60 years and half the globe, The Witness Is a Whale documents the uncovering of a massive illegal and secret slaughter of over 200,000 whales by the Soviet Union and Japan in the 1960’s, an act described by scientists as “one of the greatest environmental crimes of the 20th century.” Using interviews with Soviet era whaling scientists and whalers, contemporary conservation biologists from around the world, along with rare personal archival material, The Witness Is a Whale tells this story for the first time. What starts as an exposure of Soviet illegal whaling leads into a larger and darker story, as former Soviet whalers accuse Japan of also secretly killing whales, an act that Japan has never confessed to, even now as they reinstate commercial whaling. The ramifications of removing so many whales from the ocean are revealed with examples of whales exhibiting both intimate and previously undocumented behavior. This is accompanied by descriptions of the successful recovery of many whale populations and our increasing scientific understanding of their importance in ocean ecosystems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/3fbab327-0e29-4352-a7d5-94c939f9b735/No+Other+Lake.jpeg 2023 No Other Lake Motivated by a desire to better understand his home watershed, Jordan Rowell embarks on a two week kayaking trip along the 120-mile length of Lake Champlain, stopping to talk to a wide range of characters about the future of their shared basin. Set 50 years after the passage of the Clean Water Act, No Other Lake is both a celebration of the unique beauty of Lake Champlain and a confrontation with its greatest challenges. This adventure-conservation documentary strives to inspire people to better connect with the natural world around them, see issues from a different point of view, and get involved with stewardship efforts happening close to home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/24e088d4-2422-4ed9-8c82-3e22175dfab8/DorothyFortenberryheadshot.png 2023 Dorothy Fortenberry Executive Producer - Extrapolations Dorothy is a screenwriter, playwright, and essayist. As a television writer and producer, she has worked on “Extrapolations,” “The 100” and “The Handmaid’s Tale” for which she received multiple Emmy nominations, the PGA Award, and two WGA Awards. She currently has several television projects in development, and she promises not all of them are apocalyptic. Her plays include: “Partners” (Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, Humana Festival), “Species Native to California” (IAMA Theatre), and “The Lotus Paradox” (Warehouse Theatre). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/0fe2beac-6697-4ef4-93fa-2ea6d3b0b1c0/emily_coren_headshot.jpeg 2023 Emily Coren Emily Coren is a science communicator affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University where she has been working to adapt entertainment-education strategies for health promotion and social change to create more effective climate communication. She has a B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and is a certified professional Science Illustrator. She has worked in science communication for 15 years, contributing to collections at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of Natural History and developing educational content for children’s films. 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://effy.yale.edu/2021-1 daily 0.75 2021-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/1615653887663-2XO1IO11MJ0HMP3NA2JO/C9074492-AB69-42B1-8073-98CE8869D7F8.jpeg 2021 (Copy) Gather Gather is an intimate portrait of a growing movement amongst Indigenous Americans to reclaim their spiritual and cultural identities through obtaining sovereignty over their ancestral food systems, while battling against the historical trauma brought on by centuries of genocide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/1615653995787-JRT4WA5LWW319DSWULCA/D2FE765E-7470-4204-9341-DC44E95BFE2E.jpeg 2021 (Copy) Melita Only in fairytales do we hear about lands of honey, bees losing their memory and masked heroes. But will we only read about the Maltese honey bee species, once the last one leaves the hive and is faced with the selfishness of people. Melita documents the fading craft and ancient tradition in a country that has forgotten its roots. Few beekeepers in Malta act as preservers of history and silenced advocates for change, but still their native honeybee is starved by invasive species and a modernised society. We are the authors of fairy tales, and this one is being written for generations to come. We only read about some of the inhabitants of our planet in books; we see them only in coloured pictures on paper. Malta has more than 157 tower cranes, but only 1 honeybee species. Why is it important and how should we care? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/1615654104414-VUAM67ILDNLTTUNDGASU/3662B6D8-A8D6-415E-A7B1-4E4B99468416.jpeg 2021 (Copy) Pushed Up The Mountain Pushed Up The Mountain is a poetic and emotionally intimate film about plants and the people who care about them. Through the tale of the migrating rhododendron, now endangered in its native China, the film reveals how high the stakes are for all living organisms in this time of unprecedented destruction of the natural world. Beginning in my godfather's garden in the Scottish Highlands, the film travels between conservationists in Scotland and China who devote their lives to the rhododendron’s survival. Along the way, I meet botanists, environmental historians, a philosopher, a literary scholar, and a museum curator. Their perspectives combined with centuries-old landscape paintings and my speculative voice create a thought-provoking film about human efforts to protect nature for and from ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/1615566672321-WUXRJ2DVHLJX3GRN81QZ/Copy+of+Montaje+Tabira_Maitane_v5.00_04_51_13.Imagen+fija042.jpg 2021 (Copy) Tabira Tabira tells the story of a family of veterinarians who adopted a chick that nobody wanted. The unexpected arrival of a raptor that ended up becoming a daughter and a high-flying sister, changing their lives forever. A bird that, with its beating wings and hawkish look, made them dream of flying through the skies. A year later, the winds carries Irati's and Alfonso's words, reminding them of the love they feel for the one that will always be their best friend: a Harris’s Hawk called Tabira. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/1615567339080-ROGLJBH8LFA4UAMYPRH3/Turtles+of+Alabama.jpg 2021 (Copy) From the Mountains to the Ocean: Turtles of Alabama Alabama is a global hotspot for turtle diversity and the perfect playground for turtle scientists. The variety of microhabitats traversing the state create conditions for turtle diversity unmatched anywhere else on the planet. This film explores the “glamorous life of turtles” in Alabama -- from the dramatic alligator snapping turtle to the elusive and almost extinct flattened musk turtle -- and the special people who spend their time protecting this critical species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/1615567771238-1EG31D87J959YUQTG0HI/Copy+of+Church+Forest+Poster_FINAL.jpg 2021 (Copy) The Church Forests of Ethiopia In Amharic the word for forest means “mystery.” In northern Ethiopia that mystery is under threat. What few intact tropical forests remain are those surrounding Orthodox churches. These so called church forests are so critical for biodiversity that biologist E.O. Wilson declared them one of 15 global “hot spots” in dire need of conservation. These montane forests are facing threats from deforestation, agriculture, and climate change. The question, however, is not only why they are threatened, but why they persist. Amidst depressing news of stalled climate negotiations and widespread deforestation, this story shows a symbiotic relationship between religion and science that has been sorely neglected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/1615567580247-GIU38LB79I4103GWQ67X/Copy+of+Poster_TheGuest.jpg 2021 (Copy) The Guest The story about the meeting of a forester and a she-bear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/1615651316386-4TJAGIF40VMKT3T5X98V/North+South+Film+Poster+300dpi+copy.jpg 2021 (Copy) From North to South From North to South tells the stories of small island states from the North Sea to the South Pacific that are among the lowest producers of CO2, yet are the ones most affected by climate change and rising sea levels. Three destinations that share the same longitude, the same threat and the same will to exist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/1615651491822-1GACBRPQ139CNCU7THYS/Cry+of+the+Forests+poster+GENERAL+with+Laurels+V3+copy.jpg 2021 (Copy) Cry of the Forests Western Australia’s southwest forests are part of one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet and are recognised for their ability to capture and store carbon. They are vital to slowing run-away climate change yet instead of preserving them they are being cut down at an alarming rate for charcoal, firewood and woodchips. Cry of the Forests takes viewers to the heart of the forests to see first-hand the beauty of these towering ecosystems and to witness the community battle to save them. http://effy.yale.edu/2022-1 daily 0.75 2022-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/f4a79ae4-8782-4d69-bf7d-6ff1b9dad3ed/wild_in_the_garden_state_laurel.png 2022 WILD in the Garden State What happens when typical suburban lawn is replaced with native plants? Shot over ten years on smartphones and a GoPro Camera, WILD in the Garden State documents gardening mis-steps, lessons and experiences that go far beyond replacing a rectangle of lawn. It’s a story of connecting to the natural world in suburban New Jersey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/0b4eb955-f19d-4271-9fd5-43928558a980/american_river_laurel.png 2022 American River Mary Bruno spent her childhood along one of the most polluted waterways in America. 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Can a bird who devours the dead inspire the living? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/b6f21bb2-66d6-409b-b37a-db656af1d844/bean_too_hot_laurel.png 2022 It’s Bean Too Hot Can you imagine our world without coffee? It’s a very real possibility. It’s Bean Too Hot tells the story of the coffee heroes – small farmers in Costa Rica and Tanzania who are fighting climate change every day to save their livelihoods and your daily cup of coffee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/9c8a7ecd-5359-4247-a82a-4d9d10d6a9ba/ocean_solution_laurel.png 2022 The Ocean Solution Farming under the sea? Meet Bren Smith, the ocean farming pioneer whose vertical kelp and shellfish farms can transform the way food is produced. As a commercial fisherman, Bren’s career was nearly wrecked by the crashing cod stocks in the North Atlantic; he then turned to oyster farming, just in time for catastrophic, climate-driven storms to show him there wasn’t a solid future in that, either. Unwilling to tether himself to land, he took the hard lessons learned and returned to the sea with a new method of restorative ocean farming. What he discovered is a way to produce large quantities of nutritious food that also fights the climate crisis, cleans the ocean, creates aquatic habitat and sustains his sea-going way of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/bccb50e6-23e9-4603-a57a-0b0c78cd64af/mata_laurel.png 2022 MATA Towards the expansion of the eucalyptus plantations, a farmer and an indigenous leader stand as resistance and reveal the impact of monoculture on the environment and traditional ways of life. The enemy can also be green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/b4ba184c-64d0-4c66-ac38-4110d26c9320/island_naturalist_laurel.png 2022 The Island Naturalist The Island Naturalist is a film which explores a conservation photographer’s unique relationship with nature, revealing hidden stories on the Caribbean islands. For most of us, the Caribbean is a vacation spot known for its white sand beaches and azure-colored waters, but for Eladio Fernandez, islands are hots spots for biodiversity and a lot of it remains undocumented. These islands, and the natural wealth they hold, are in a race against time. Overpopulation, deforestation, mining, poverty and corrupt governments threaten with extinction many of the same species that this island naturalist is fighting to preserve. Obsessed by his quest to document and save nature, Eladio takes us on a tour of one of the most important humpback whale calving-grounds, the discovery of a new pornographic flower, the conservation of a critically endangered bird, and the re-discovery a long-lost Magnolia in Haiti. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/4d017974-ca7e-4657-816a-9f33626d32d8/pantanal_laurel.png 2022 Pantanal - A Charred Wetland Located in the heart of Brazil, the Pantanal is a tropical wetland packed with the most remarkable wildlife. It has a global importance due to its characteristic water cycle and annual floods, which are essential to maintain a huge diversity of unique species. However, due to human actions, the floods are now becoming smaller and rivers are drying out, which is causing severe droughts. The consequences of this became evident in 2020, when huge wildfires destroyed over a quarter of this biome, killing millions of animals along the way. Two brave locals – Eduarda and Jorge – decided to give their all to rescue and save the lives of severely injured animals along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/b6851651-4e9b-4dfb-8757-84b4fe363d58/shawnee_laurel.png 2022 Shawnee Showdown: Keep the Forest Standing During the late 1980s and 1990s, a small, dedicated group of activists fought on the ground and in the courts to stop clear-cutting, oil and gas drilling, and ATV use in the Shawnee National Forest located in Southern Illinois. They won the support of their community and the struggle in a landmark court case. Seventeen years later, the court lifted the injunction, and the Forest Service resumed logging. Shawnee Showdown: Keep the Forest Standing portrays the struggle to protect the forest through interviews, photographs, and news footage. The film examines the ways the past struggle can serve to inform the public and activists today in responding to current Forest Service management projects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/5d2c9522-c98d-4dcc-83e2-98cf87ce4a67/reef_laurel.png 2022 Rebirth of a Reef The rocky reefs that are home to countless species of fish and invertebrates and support the giant kelp forests of the Palos Verdes Peninsula (California) are under threat. They’ve historically been ravaged by landslides, burying the rocky structure and killing plant and animal life on the reefs. Fortunately, there’s a team of scientists at the Vantuna Research Group and NOAA who are working to bring these beautiful reefs back to Palos Verdes. 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The Sasyk Estuary, by the Black Sea, is ground zero for a battle between eco activists vs. poachers, bureaucrats and corrupt officials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/2910c3ee-05f3-4c98-98e8-f50c3564f442/wastewater_laurel.png 2022 Wastewater: A Tale of Two Cities The other tale of two cities - both plagued by decades of lack of investment and racial discrimination in their wastewater infrastructure and facing further challenges amidst climate change - told by community members, advocates, utility operators, and elected officials. 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Darmawan intends to preserve the cultural value of living in harmony in the wake of waste. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/d67d3364-87a1-4ea7-adce-42c2821a6f1c/antonese_laurel.png 2022 Antonese As a waitress at a local tourist resort on Cat Island, Antonese Anthon tells guests every day how to access a nearby beach that is one of the most beautiful in all The Bahamas. Yet, she has never been herself. This is not an uncommon scenario for many Bahamians—that a history of colonialism, servitude, and the transatlantic slave trade has created barriers to their most accessible resource, the ocean. 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To get started they mail-order a pre-planned, native pollinator garden. When a monarch finds the new native plant bed it feels like a miracle. Encouraged, the couple continue to transform their lawn into a beautiful, life-sustaining habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/c84445d2-9d55-4830-8c87-5923dafb07ed/Scott-Morris-Directing-AMERICAN-RIVER.jpg 2022 Scott Morris American River Scott Morris is an accomplished independent filmmaker with more than 40 years of experience producing, directing and editing documentaries in the New York/New Jersey area. His work includes award-winning one-hour films including SAVING THE GREAT SWAMP: BATTLE TO DEFEAT THE JETPORT currently distributed by American Public Television, and FROM THE ASHES: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TICK HALL featuring talk-show host Dick Cavett and premiering at the 2001 Hamptons Film Festival. Scott’s early career includes exploration of many genres including animation and dramatic short subjects. In the 1970s, he received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts to produce a series of films about New York City street festivals broadcast on HBO and shown at the Museum of Modern Art. As a film editor, Scott cut an Academy Award-winning short and Emmy award-winning long-form documentaries for Discovery, PBS and network television. Throughout his career, he produced dozens of films for non-profit organizations and corporations while raising a family in New York and New Jersey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/bc8653ff-86f5-4b34-aa0c-654346508587/bean_bio.png 2022 Hedvika Michnova It’s Bean Too Hot Hedvika Michnova is a filmmaker and photographer from the Czech Republic, currently living in Bristol UK. As a recent graduate of Marine and Natural History Photography, she has completed a short-film "It's Bean Too Hot" about the effects of climate change on coffee production. She is passionate about telling stories about the natural world and communicating important issues to the audience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/26bc833e-f585-4895-8ad6-c2011a636229/oceansol_bio.png 2022 . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/d039c23a-1aa3-4b76-9a8c-cd5bffff646e/mata_bio.png 2022 Fábio Nascimento and Ingrid Fadnes MATA Fábio Nascimento is a documentary photographer and filmmaker who has worked for National Geographic, Greenpeace, Doctors without Borders, The New York Times, producing stories about people, nature and science. Brazilian, where he studied journalism, and subsequently film theory at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, and a Master degree in documentary film at Paris VIII, France. In addition to directing documentaries, he is also a photographer and editor, has also a background in music and, as a result, composes the soundtracks for many of his films. In recent years, he has divided his time between projects ranging from tropical forests to the poles, working on all continents and embarking on ships across the globe. Ingrid Fadnes is a journalist and researcher. For more than a decade she worked in between Central America and Brazil with social and political issues related to indigenous and rural movements. She is a radio documentarist and MATA is her first film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/152bb74b-1425-4a22-8c2f-7f6c4b2de813/Eladio+Frernandez+Headshot.jpeg 2022 Eladio Fernandez The Island Naturalist Eladio is a naturalist, a conservation photographer, a documentary filmmaker, and a scientific researcher based in the Dominican Republic with a specialty in Caribbean subjects, both land and underwater. Eladio considers his camera is a tool for science and conservation. He has one of the most extensive image banks on the landscapes, flora and fauna of the Greater Antilles. Since 2007, he has produced a series of photography books with funding from local and international corporate sponsors. Among his titles in print are: “Hispaniola: A Photographic Journey Through Island Biodiversity” (Grupo SID/Harvard University Press, 2007) with a foreword by E. O. Wilson. Eladio is a co-author of the field guide “Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haití” (Princeton University Press, 2006) and has collaborated in the description of new reptiles, plants, and has co-authored several scientific publications. Along with 4 colleagues from Harvard University, Eladio published "Studies in Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) of Hispaniola" (Phytotaxa 2019), an article describing 3 new species of Dutchman's pipe plants. A subsequent publication is in the works that will add 12 new species. He serves on the boards of Fundación Progressio, Fondo Peregrino RD and iLCP. He is also an environmental advisor for Fundacion Propagas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/374a6ac9-2ead-4295-b22a-f334fabc2d70/FreddyGinebra+Island+naturalist+%281%29.jpeg 2022 Freddy Ginebra The Island Naturalist Freddy is a musician at heart, having graduated from the Musician's Institute (Los Angeles, California) and the University of Miami. He went from music to advertising and from advertising to movies. In 2016 he produced his first local piece, the music for the film “Carpinteros” (the first Dominican film to participate in the Sundance Festival). Since 2014 he has been a professor at the School of Advertising and Communication at UNIBE, and in 2017 his incredible students selected him as one of the 35 most influential professors at the 35th anniversary of the University. Currently, he is a strategist and creative director at the advertising agency Cumbre Saatchi & Saatchi, organizer of TEDx SantoDomingo since 2009, and co-director of the documentary "El Naturalista Isleño". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/939bfc8b-1fcc-49fc-bbd2-a82417aa27fe/Laura+Pennafort+Filmmaker+photo.jpeg 2022 Laura Pennafort Pantanal - A Charred Wetland Laura is a biologist and wildlife filmmaker, born in Brazil and now based in the UK where she has been establishing her career in natural history documentaries. Her main goal as a filmmaker is to raise awareness about environmental issues, climate change and animal wellbeing through her documentaries, as well as highlighting the positive efforts people have had to protect our beautiful planet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/89793d09-982b-43af-bc95-350a232c6339/Cade+bursell+shawnee+showdown+headshot.jpeg 2022 Cade Bursell Shawnee Showdown Cade is a lover of the earth, interdisciplinary researcher, activist, eco-artist, and media maker. She lives with her wife on land that borders the Shawnee National Forest. The climate crisis and the mass extinction of species impact her current work in activism and art. Her films have been exhibited internationally at film festivals, universities, and micro cinemas. She is a Professor in the Department of Cinema in the School of Media Arts at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and is active in several community-based projects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/5324648f-86c0-4101-b334-012b8f9e6179/saysk_bio.png 2022 Andrea Odezynska Return Sasyk To The Sea Andrea Odezynska is a Ukrainian American independent filmmaker. She has created narrative, documentary, and experimental films. Variety has praised her work's “beautiful, iconic images.” Recently, Andrea won a U.S. Fulbright Scholar grant to research and film her new environmental feature documentary, “Return Sasyk To The Sea”, in Ukraine. Past grants include: NEA The National Endowment for the Arts, NYSCA The New York State Council on the Arts, and the Robert Wise Foundation. Festivals include: The Hamptons Film Festival, Rotterdam, Kansas City Kansas (sidebar films about motherhood), Through Women’s Eyes International Film Festival in Sarasota, Florida, The Princeton Environmental Film Festival, The Rural Route Film Festival, Craft In Focus Festival in Amsterdam, Holland, and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/38b469d1-542a-43ff-b8bb-b462c06d2614/sarahfranke_bio.png 2022 Sarah Franke Wastewater: A Tale of Two Cities Sarah Franke is a Chicago-based filmmaker and photographer. She is interested in delving into the complex relationships that exist between humans and their environment, and employing honest storytelling to explore the ethos of people and places. Drawn to stories with environmental or social impact, she aims to produce work that can engage, inform and resonate with diverse audiences. http://effy.yale.edu/welcome-3 daily 0.75 2023-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/ecadac50-9796-46d6-8318-85f6077134d2/EFFY2023.png Welcome (Copy) Photograph of coastal Rhode Island by Sam Feibel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/bccb0730-f781-4ed8-8442-2ca3626afe9c/EFFY+Designs+2022+BACK+of+SHIRT.png Welcome (Copy) - Make it stand out Image created by illustrator Chloe Friedlein, https://astound.us/publishing/chloe-friedlein. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/7656ed20-b18b-4924-bb7b-362f38ffb679/EXT1_Hero_Mosaic_Press_16x9_3840x2160_header.png Welcome (Copy) Extrapolations The upcoming scripted drama series “Extrapolations” by executive producer Scott Z. Burns (“Contagion,” “An Inconvenient Truth,” “The Report”) introduces a near future where the chaotic effects of climate change have become embedded into our everyday lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/b6f21bb2-66d6-409b-b37a-db656af1d844/bean_too_hot_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) It’s Bean Too Hot Can you imagine our world without coffee? It’s a very real possibility. It’s Bean Too Hot tells the story of the coffee heroes – small farmers in Costa Rica and Tanzania who are fighting climate change every day to save their livelihoods and your daily cup of coffee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/9c8a7ecd-5359-4247-a82a-4d9d10d6a9ba/ocean_solution_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) The Ocean Solution Farming under the sea? Meet Bren Smith, the ocean farming pioneer whose vertical kelp and shellfish farms can transform the way food is produced. As a commercial fisherman, Bren’s career was nearly wrecked by the crashing cod stocks in the North Atlantic; he then turned to oyster farming, just in time for catastrophic, climate-driven storms to show him there wasn’t a solid future in that, either. Unwilling to tether himself to land, he took the hard lessons learned and returned to the sea with a new method of restorative ocean farming. What he discovered is a way to produce large quantities of nutritious food that also fights the climate crisis, cleans the ocean, creates aquatic habitat and sustains his sea-going way of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/bccb50e6-23e9-4603-a57a-0b0c78cd64af/mata_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) MATA Towards the expansion of the eucalyptus plantations, a farmer and an indigenous leader stand as resistance and reveal the impact of monoculture on the environment and traditional ways of life. The enemy can also be green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/b4ba184c-64d0-4c66-ac38-4110d26c9320/island_naturalist_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) The Island Naturalist The Island Naturalist is a film which explores a conservation photographer’s unique relationship with nature, revealing hidden stories on the Caribbean islands. For most of us, the Caribbean is a vacation spot known for its white sand beaches and azure-colored waters, but for Eladio Fernandez, islands are hots spots for biodiversity and a lot of it remains undocumented. These islands, and the natural wealth they hold, are in a race against time. Overpopulation, deforestation, mining, poverty and corrupt governments threaten with extinction many of the same species that this island naturalist is fighting to preserve. Obsessed by his quest to document and save nature, Eladio takes us on a tour of one of the most important humpback whale calving-grounds, the discovery of a new flower, the conservation of a critically endangered bird, and the re-discovery a long-lost Magnolia in Haiti. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/4d017974-ca7e-4657-816a-9f33626d32d8/pantanal_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) Pantanal - A Charred Wetland Located in the heart of Brazil, the Pantanal is a tropical wetland packed with the most remarkable wildlife. It has a global importance due to its characteristic water cycle and annual floods, which are essential to maintain a huge diversity of unique species. However, due to human actions, the floods are now becoming smaller and rivers are drying out, which is causing severe droughts. The consequences of this became evident in 2020, when huge wildfires destroyed over a quarter of this biome, killing millions of animals along the way. Two brave locals – Eduarda and Jorge – decided to give their all to rescue and save the lives of severely injured animals along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/b6851651-4e9b-4dfb-8757-84b4fe363d58/shawnee_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) Shawnee Showdown: Keep the Forest Standing During the late 1980s and 1990s, a small, dedicated group of activists fought on the ground and in the courts to stop clear-cutting, oil and gas drilling, and ATV use in the Shawnee National Forest located in Southern Illinois. They won the support of their community and the struggle in a landmark court case. Seventeen years later, the court lifted the injunction, and the Forest Service resumed logging. Shawnee Showdown: Keep the Forest Standing portrays the struggle to protect the forest through interviews, photographs, and news footage. The film examines the ways the past struggle can serve to inform the public and activists today in responding to current Forest Service management projects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/5d2c9522-c98d-4dcc-83e2-98cf87ce4a67/reef_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) Rebirth of a Reef The rocky reefs that are home to countless species of fish and invertebrates and support the giant kelp forests of the Palos Verdes Peninsula (California) are under threat. They’ve historically been ravaged by landslides, burying the rocky structure and killing plant and animal life on the reefs. Fortunately, there’s a team of scientists at the Vantuna Research Group and NOAA who are working to bring these beautiful reefs back to Palos Verdes. Join us as we watch the team put their decades of research to use, creating a new system of reefs and restoring the underwater world of Palos Verdes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/9d2199af-40ba-4b2f-b307-a73fb0aac538/Return+Sasyk+to+the+Sea.png Welcome (Copy) Return Saysk to the Sea Bizarre Soviet irrigation experiments in Southern Ukraine, created a slow eco-disaster which continues today. The Sasyk Estuary, by the Black Sea, is ground zero for a battle between eco activists vs. poachers, bureaucrats and corrupt officials. In light of the latest brutal invasion of Ukraine, the story of Sasyk Estuary is a metaphor for the history of Ukraine itself. ~Andrea Odezynska https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/2910c3ee-05f3-4c98-98e8-f50c3564f442/wastewater_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) Wastewater: A Tale of Two Cities The other tale of two cities - both plagued by decades of lack of investment and racial discrimination in their wastewater infrastructure and facing further challenges amidst climate change - told by community members, advocates, utility operators, and elected officials. As the nation grapples with how to fund long overdue infrastructure needs, this film brings to light the need for urgency and equity in these decisions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/d02510bf-4431-49e5-9a7f-01fd2537a090/palemahan_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) Finding Palemahan Finding Palemahan tells the story of Darmawan, a Balinese man who found a solution to plastic pollution by uniting his community behind an ancient philosophy: Tri Hita Karana. While the Balinese traditional practices cultivate a harmonious relationship with nature, modern development has brought a new material - plastic. In rural areas, plastic continues to be burned and thrown into the ocean. Darmawan intends to preserve the cultural value of living in harmony in the wake of waste. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/d67d3364-87a1-4ea7-adce-42c2821a6f1c/antonese_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) Antonese As a waitress at a local tourist resort on Cat Island, Antonese Anthon tells guests every day how to access a nearby beach that is one of the most beautiful in all The Bahamas. Yet, she has never been herself. This is not an uncommon scenario for many Bahamians—that a history of colonialism, servitude, and the transatlantic slave trade has created barriers to their most accessible resource, the ocean. With the support of Young Marine Explorers, a Bahamian-led nonprofit working to ensure that all members of the community have the tools needed to protect the ocean, Antonese embarks on a transformational journey into her past and into the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/f8bd0ba4-01ca-4dfe-8296-49e33cfd8ce0/WILD-in-the-Garden-State_STILL_01a.png Welcome (Copy) Sarah Galloway and Dave Comins WILD in the Garden State Sarah and her husband Dave move from an apartment in New York City to a house in New Jersey complete with a white picket fence and a 130-foot span of lawn. From her work as a video producer for the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Sarah is familiar with the environmental threats from typical lawn care services. Dave is an Architect and hopes to transform their lawn into a beautiful, park-like space. The city transplants both want a beautiful, eco-friendly garden, but have little gardening experience. To get started they mail-order a pre-planned, native pollinator garden. When a monarch finds the new native plant bed it feels like a miracle. Encouraged, the couple continue to transform their lawn into a beautiful, life-sustaining habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/c84445d2-9d55-4830-8c87-5923dafb07ed/Scott-Morris-Directing-AMERICAN-RIVER.jpg Welcome (Copy) Scott Morris American River Scott Morris is an accomplished independent filmmaker with more than 40 years of experience producing, directing and editing documentaries in the New York/New Jersey area. His work includes award-winning one-hour films including SAVING THE GREAT SWAMP: BATTLE TO DEFEAT THE JETPORT currently distributed by American Public Television, and FROM THE ASHES: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TICK HALL featuring talk-show host Dick Cavett and premiering at the 2001 Hamptons Film Festival. Scott’s early career includes exploration of many genres including animation and dramatic short subjects. In the 1970s, he received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts to produce a series of films about New York City street festivals broadcast on HBO and shown at the Museum of Modern Art. As a film editor, Scott cut an Academy Award-winning short and Emmy award-winning long-form documentaries for Discovery, PBS and network television. Throughout his career, he produced dozens of films for non-profit organizations and corporations while raising a family in New York and New Jersey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/d039c23a-1aa3-4b76-9a8c-cd5bffff646e/mata_bio.png Welcome (Copy) Fábio Nascimento and Ingrid Fadnes MATA Fábio Nascimento is a documentary photographer and filmmaker who has worked for National Geographic, Greenpeace, Doctors without Borders, The New York Times, producing stories about people, nature and science. Brazilian, where he studied journalism, and subsequently film theory at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, and a Master degree in documentary film at Paris VIII, France. In addition to directing documentaries, he is also a photographer and editor, has also a background in music and, as a result, composes the soundtracks for many of his films. In recent years, he has divided his time between projects ranging from tropical forests to the poles, working on all continents and embarking on ships across the globe. Ingrid Fadnes is a journalist and researcher. For more than a decade she worked in between Central America and Brazil with social and political issues related to indigenous and rural movements. She is a radio documentarist and MATA is her first film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/152bb74b-1425-4a22-8c2f-7f6c4b2de813/Eladio+Frernandez+Headshot.jpeg Welcome (Copy) Eladio Fernandez The Island Naturalist Eladio is a naturalist, a conservation photographer, a documentary filmmaker, and a scientific researcher based in the Dominican Republic with a specialty in Caribbean subjects, both land and underwater. Eladio considers his camera is a tool for science and conservation. He has one of the most extensive image banks on the landscapes, flora and fauna of the Greater Antilles. Since 2007, he has produced a series of photography books with funding from local and international corporate sponsors. Among his titles in print are: “Hispaniola: A Photographic Journey Through Island Biodiversity” (Grupo SID/Harvard University Press, 2007) with a foreword by E. O. Wilson. Eladio is a co-author of the field guide “Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haití” (Princeton University Press, 2006) and has collaborated in the description of new reptiles, plants, and has co-authored several scientific publications. Along with 4 colleagues from Harvard University, Eladio published "Studies in Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) of Hispaniola" (Phytotaxa 2019), an article describing 3 new species of Dutchman's pipe plants. A subsequent publication is in the works that will add 12 new species. He serves on the boards of Fundación Progressio, Fondo Peregrino RD and iLCP. He is also an environmental advisor for Fundacion Propagas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/374a6ac9-2ead-4295-b22a-f334fabc2d70/FreddyGinebra+Island+naturalist+%281%29.jpeg Welcome (Copy) Freddy Ginebra The Island Naturalist Freddy is a musician at heart, having graduated from the Musician's Institute (Los Angeles, California) and the University of Miami. He went from music to advertising and from advertising to movies. In 2016 he produced his first local piece, the music for the film “Carpinteros” (the first Dominican film to participate in the Sundance Festival). Since 2014 he has been a professor at the School of Advertising and Communication at UNIBE, and in 2017 his incredible students selected him as one of the 35 most influential professors at the 35th anniversary of the University. Currently, he is a strategist and creative director at the advertising agency Cumbre Saatchi & Saatchi, organizer of TEDx SantoDomingo since 2009, and co-director of the documentary "El Naturalista Isleño". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/939bfc8b-1fcc-49fc-bbd2-a82417aa27fe/Laura+Pennafort+Filmmaker+photo.jpeg Welcome (Copy) Laura Pennafort Pantanal - A Charred Wetland Laura is a biologist and wildlife filmmaker, born in Brazil and now based in the UK where she has been establishing her career in natural history documentaries. Her main goal as a filmmaker is to raise awareness about environmental issues, climate change and animal wellbeing through her documentaries, as well as highlighting the positive efforts people have had to protect our beautiful planet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/89793d09-982b-43af-bc95-350a232c6339/Cade+bursell+shawnee+showdown+headshot.jpeg Welcome (Copy) Cade Bursell Shawnee Showdown Cade is a lover of the earth, interdisciplinary researcher, activist, eco-artist, and media maker. She lives with her wife on land that borders the Shawnee National Forest. The climate crisis and the mass extinction of species impact her current work in activism and art. Her films have been exhibited internationally at film festivals, universities, and micro cinemas. She is a Professor in the Department of Cinema in the School of Media Arts at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and is active in several community-based projects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/5324648f-86c0-4101-b334-012b8f9e6179/saysk_bio.png Welcome (Copy) Andrea Odezynska Return Sasyk To The Sea Andrea Odezynska is a Ukrainian American independent filmmaker. She has created narrative, documentary, and experimental films. Variety has praised her work's “beautiful, iconic images.” Recently, Andrea won a U.S. Fulbright Scholar grant to research and film her new environmental feature documentary, “Return Sasyk To The Sea”, in Ukraine. Past grants include: NEA The National Endowment for the Arts, NYSCA The New York State Council on the Arts, and the Robert Wise Foundation. Festivals include: The Hamptons Film Festival, Rotterdam, Kansas City Kansas (sidebar films about motherhood), Through Women’s Eyes International Film Festival in Sarasota, Florida, The Princeton Environmental Film Festival, The Rural Route Film Festival, Craft In Focus Festival in Amsterdam, Holland, and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/38b469d1-542a-43ff-b8bb-b462c06d2614/sarahfranke_bio.png Welcome (Copy) Sarah Franke Wastewater: A Tale of Two Cities Sarah Franke is a Chicago-based filmmaker and photographer. She is interested in delving into the complex relationships that exist between humans and their environment, and employing honest storytelling to explore the ethos of people and places. Drawn to stories with environmental or social impact, she aims to produce work that can engage, inform and resonate with diverse audiences. http://effy.yale.edu/welcome-4 daily 0.75 2023-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/ecadac50-9796-46d6-8318-85f6077134d2/EFFY2023.png Welcome (Copy) Photograph of coastal Rhode Island by Sam Feibel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/bccb0730-f781-4ed8-8442-2ca3626afe9c/EFFY+Designs+2022+BACK+of+SHIRT.png Welcome (Copy) - Make it stand out Image created by illustrator Chloe Friedlein, https://astound.us/publishing/chloe-friedlein. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/7656ed20-b18b-4924-bb7b-362f38ffb679/EXT1_Hero_Mosaic_Press_16x9_3840x2160_header.png Welcome (Copy) Extrapolations The upcoming scripted drama series “Extrapolations” by executive producer Scott Z. Burns (“Contagion,” “An Inconvenient Truth,” “The Report”) introduces a near future where the chaotic effects of climate change have become embedded into our everyday lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/b6f21bb2-66d6-409b-b37a-db656af1d844/bean_too_hot_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) It’s Bean Too Hot Can you imagine our world without coffee? It’s a very real possibility. It’s Bean Too Hot tells the story of the coffee heroes – small farmers in Costa Rica and Tanzania who are fighting climate change every day to save their livelihoods and your daily cup of coffee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/9c8a7ecd-5359-4247-a82a-4d9d10d6a9ba/ocean_solution_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) The Ocean Solution Farming under the sea? Meet Bren Smith, the ocean farming pioneer whose vertical kelp and shellfish farms can transform the way food is produced. As a commercial fisherman, Bren’s career was nearly wrecked by the crashing cod stocks in the North Atlantic; he then turned to oyster farming, just in time for catastrophic, climate-driven storms to show him there wasn’t a solid future in that, either. Unwilling to tether himself to land, he took the hard lessons learned and returned to the sea with a new method of restorative ocean farming. What he discovered is a way to produce large quantities of nutritious food that also fights the climate crisis, cleans the ocean, creates aquatic habitat and sustains his sea-going way of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/bccb50e6-23e9-4603-a57a-0b0c78cd64af/mata_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) MATA Towards the expansion of the eucalyptus plantations, a farmer and an indigenous leader stand as resistance and reveal the impact of monoculture on the environment and traditional ways of life. The enemy can also be green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/b4ba184c-64d0-4c66-ac38-4110d26c9320/island_naturalist_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) The Island Naturalist The Island Naturalist is a film which explores a conservation photographer’s unique relationship with nature, revealing hidden stories on the Caribbean islands. For most of us, the Caribbean is a vacation spot known for its white sand beaches and azure-colored waters, but for Eladio Fernandez, islands are hots spots for biodiversity and a lot of it remains undocumented. These islands, and the natural wealth they hold, are in a race against time. Overpopulation, deforestation, mining, poverty and corrupt governments threaten with extinction many of the same species that this island naturalist is fighting to preserve. Obsessed by his quest to document and save nature, Eladio takes us on a tour of one of the most important humpback whale calving-grounds, the discovery of a new flower, the conservation of a critically endangered bird, and the re-discovery a long-lost Magnolia in Haiti. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/4d017974-ca7e-4657-816a-9f33626d32d8/pantanal_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) Pantanal - A Charred Wetland Located in the heart of Brazil, the Pantanal is a tropical wetland packed with the most remarkable wildlife. It has a global importance due to its characteristic water cycle and annual floods, which are essential to maintain a huge diversity of unique species. However, due to human actions, the floods are now becoming smaller and rivers are drying out, which is causing severe droughts. The consequences of this became evident in 2020, when huge wildfires destroyed over a quarter of this biome, killing millions of animals along the way. Two brave locals – Eduarda and Jorge – decided to give their all to rescue and save the lives of severely injured animals along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/b6851651-4e9b-4dfb-8757-84b4fe363d58/shawnee_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) Shawnee Showdown: Keep the Forest Standing During the late 1980s and 1990s, a small, dedicated group of activists fought on the ground and in the courts to stop clear-cutting, oil and gas drilling, and ATV use in the Shawnee National Forest located in Southern Illinois. They won the support of their community and the struggle in a landmark court case. Seventeen years later, the court lifted the injunction, and the Forest Service resumed logging. Shawnee Showdown: Keep the Forest Standing portrays the struggle to protect the forest through interviews, photographs, and news footage. The film examines the ways the past struggle can serve to inform the public and activists today in responding to current Forest Service management projects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/5d2c9522-c98d-4dcc-83e2-98cf87ce4a67/reef_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) Rebirth of a Reef The rocky reefs that are home to countless species of fish and invertebrates and support the giant kelp forests of the Palos Verdes Peninsula (California) are under threat. They’ve historically been ravaged by landslides, burying the rocky structure and killing plant and animal life on the reefs. Fortunately, there’s a team of scientists at the Vantuna Research Group and NOAA who are working to bring these beautiful reefs back to Palos Verdes. Join us as we watch the team put their decades of research to use, creating a new system of reefs and restoring the underwater world of Palos Verdes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/9d2199af-40ba-4b2f-b307-a73fb0aac538/Return+Sasyk+to+the+Sea.png Welcome (Copy) Return Saysk to the Sea Bizarre Soviet irrigation experiments in Southern Ukraine, created a slow eco-disaster which continues today. The Sasyk Estuary, by the Black Sea, is ground zero for a battle between eco activists vs. poachers, bureaucrats and corrupt officials. In light of the latest brutal invasion of Ukraine, the story of Sasyk Estuary is a metaphor for the history of Ukraine itself. ~Andrea Odezynska https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/2910c3ee-05f3-4c98-98e8-f50c3564f442/wastewater_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) Wastewater: A Tale of Two Cities The other tale of two cities - both plagued by decades of lack of investment and racial discrimination in their wastewater infrastructure and facing further challenges amidst climate change - told by community members, advocates, utility operators, and elected officials. As the nation grapples with how to fund long overdue infrastructure needs, this film brings to light the need for urgency and equity in these decisions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/d02510bf-4431-49e5-9a7f-01fd2537a090/palemahan_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) Finding Palemahan Finding Palemahan tells the story of Darmawan, a Balinese man who found a solution to plastic pollution by uniting his community behind an ancient philosophy: Tri Hita Karana. While the Balinese traditional practices cultivate a harmonious relationship with nature, modern development has brought a new material - plastic. In rural areas, plastic continues to be burned and thrown into the ocean. Darmawan intends to preserve the cultural value of living in harmony in the wake of waste. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/d67d3364-87a1-4ea7-adce-42c2821a6f1c/antonese_laurel.png Welcome (Copy) Antonese As a waitress at a local tourist resort on Cat Island, Antonese Anthon tells guests every day how to access a nearby beach that is one of the most beautiful in all The Bahamas. Yet, she has never been herself. This is not an uncommon scenario for many Bahamians—that a history of colonialism, servitude, and the transatlantic slave trade has created barriers to their most accessible resource, the ocean. With the support of Young Marine Explorers, a Bahamian-led nonprofit working to ensure that all members of the community have the tools needed to protect the ocean, Antonese embarks on a transformational journey into her past and into the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/f8bd0ba4-01ca-4dfe-8296-49e33cfd8ce0/WILD-in-the-Garden-State_STILL_01a.png Welcome (Copy) Sarah Galloway and Dave Comins WILD in the Garden State Sarah and her husband Dave move from an apartment in New York City to a house in New Jersey complete with a white picket fence and a 130-foot span of lawn. From her work as a video producer for the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Sarah is familiar with the environmental threats from typical lawn care services. Dave is an Architect and hopes to transform their lawn into a beautiful, park-like space. The city transplants both want a beautiful, eco-friendly garden, but have little gardening experience. To get started they mail-order a pre-planned, native pollinator garden. When a monarch finds the new native plant bed it feels like a miracle. Encouraged, the couple continue to transform their lawn into a beautiful, life-sustaining habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/c84445d2-9d55-4830-8c87-5923dafb07ed/Scott-Morris-Directing-AMERICAN-RIVER.jpg Welcome (Copy) Scott Morris American River Scott Morris is an accomplished independent filmmaker with more than 40 years of experience producing, directing and editing documentaries in the New York/New Jersey area. His work includes award-winning one-hour films including SAVING THE GREAT SWAMP: BATTLE TO DEFEAT THE JETPORT currently distributed by American Public Television, and FROM THE ASHES: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TICK HALL featuring talk-show host Dick Cavett and premiering at the 2001 Hamptons Film Festival. 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Throughout his career, he produced dozens of films for non-profit organizations and corporations while raising a family in New York and New Jersey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/d039c23a-1aa3-4b76-9a8c-cd5bffff646e/mata_bio.png Welcome (Copy) Fábio Nascimento and Ingrid Fadnes MATA Fábio Nascimento is a documentary photographer and filmmaker who has worked for National Geographic, Greenpeace, Doctors without Borders, The New York Times, producing stories about people, nature and science. Brazilian, where he studied journalism, and subsequently film theory at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, and a Master degree in documentary film at Paris VIII, France. In addition to directing documentaries, he is also a photographer and editor, has also a background in music and, as a result, composes the soundtracks for many of his films. In recent years, he has divided his time between projects ranging from tropical forests to the poles, working on all continents and embarking on ships across the globe. Ingrid Fadnes is a journalist and researcher. For more than a decade she worked in between Central America and Brazil with social and political issues related to indigenous and rural movements. She is a radio documentarist and MATA is her first film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57ed210a6a49633d10cfa609/152bb74b-1425-4a22-8c2f-7f6c4b2de813/Eladio+Frernandez+Headshot.jpeg Welcome (Copy) Eladio Fernandez The Island Naturalist Eladio is a naturalist, a conservation photographer, a documentary filmmaker, and a scientific researcher based in the Dominican Republic with a specialty in Caribbean subjects, both land and underwater. Eladio considers his camera is a tool for science and conservation. He has one of the most extensive image banks on the landscapes, flora and fauna of the Greater Antilles. Since 2007, he has produced a series of photography books with funding from local and international corporate sponsors. Among his titles in print are: “Hispaniola: A Photographic Journey Through Island Biodiversity” (Grupo SID/Harvard University Press, 2007) with a foreword by E. O. Wilson. Eladio is a co-author of the field guide “Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haití” (Princeton University Press, 2006) and has collaborated in the description of new reptiles, plants, and has co-authored several scientific publications. Along with 4 colleagues from Harvard University, Eladio published "Studies in Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) of Hispaniola" (Phytotaxa 2019), an article describing 3 new species of Dutchman's pipe plants. A subsequent publication is in the works that will add 12 new species. He serves on the boards of Fundación Progressio, Fondo Peregrino RD and iLCP. 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