I'm Not Your GirlSet in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this short video gives us a brief glimpse into the life of a young woman and the street harassment she encounters one day while riding the bus. This film raises awareness on both street harassment and how one is more likely to encounter street harassment due to a reliance on public transportation. Directors: Mercedes Turner and Marina Oya.
Once Upon a Forest (Il Était Une Forêt) - San Francisco Green Film FestivalThe director of the Oscar-winning March of the Penguins, Luc Jacquet, takes a spectacular journey with renowned French botanist and ecologist Francis Hallé into the tropical rainforests of the Peruvian Amazon and Gabon. Including beautiful animation, and drawing on extensive research, this is an expedition into into the very heart of life on earth. Once Upon a Forest is screening in the San Francisco Green Film Festival on on Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1, 2014.
The Last Ocean - San Francisco Green Film FestivalWith stunning footage of Antarctica's unique landscapes and wildlife, The Last Ocean profiles the international battle over commercial fishing for Chilean Sea Bass in the Ross Sea, the last untouched ocean on earth. The Last Ocean is screening at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Sunday, June 1, 2014.
Way Beyond Weight (Muito Além do Peso) - San Francisco Green Film FestivalBrazil is facing a health care drama: one in every three children are overweight and 15% are obese. Hear directly from the children that are facing up to their health problems and their struggle, alongside families and experts, to live a healthy lifestyle. Way Beyond Weight is screening at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Saturday, May 31, 2014.
A Will for the Woods - San Francisco Green Film FestivalMusician, folk dancer, and psychiatrist Clark Wang prepares for his green burial, determined that his final resting place will benefit the earth. A Will for the Woods will screen at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Monday, June 2, 2014.
DamNation - San Francisco Green Film FestivalOur national attitude towards dams is changing. Winner of the Audience Award at the 2014 SXSW festival, the film's majestic cinematography and unexpected discoveries move through rivers and landscapes altered by dams and the personal stories of people fighting to bring rivers back to their natural state. DamNation opens the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Thursday, May 29, 2014.
Lunch Love Community - San Francisco Green Film FestivalFocused on real-life experience in Berkeley, CA, this is an interactive session using films, community engagement, and creative resources to inspire change in the way kids eat. Lunch Love Community is screening at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Sunday, June 1, 2014.
The Great Flood - San Francisco Green Film FestivalA film-music collaboration by multimedia artist and filmmaker Bill Morrison and guitarist composer Bill Frisell based on, and inspired by, the catastrophic Mississippi River Flood of 1927 and the ensuing transformation of American society. The Great Flood is showing at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Sunday, June 1, 2014.
Cup Full of H2O feat. ITZ Mainey - San Francisco Green Film FestivalSoda sucks! in this fun music video made by Oakland youth.
Shorts Program: The Elements Strike Back - San Francisco Green Film FestivalShowcase from 2013 interfilm Berlin, that reveals how the forces of nature are fighting back. In this shorts program from around the world get new perspectives on the impact we are having on our planet. See The Elements Strike Back at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Saturday, May 31, 2014.
Sticky - San Francisco Green Film FestivalThe story of a remarkable stick insect, exiled from the tropical paradise where they evolved, a tiny population survived under a single windswept bush. Sticky is screening at the San Francisco Green Film Festival, May 29-June 4.
Thin Ice: The Inside Story of Climate Science - San Francisco Green Film FestivalTravel through the Arctic, Antarctic, Southern Ocean, New Zealand, Europe and the USA with geologist Simon Lamb to get this insider's view of the astonishing range of people working to understand the world's changing climate. Thin Ice is screening at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Tuesday, June 3, 2014.
Mondo Banana - San Francisco Green Film FestivalA delicious blend of video art and ethnographic film exploring the personal, cultural, and environmental importance of bananas and the age-old connection between people and plants. Mondo Banana is screening at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Friday, May 30, 2014.
Amazon Gold - San Francisco Green Film FestivalNarrated by Academy Award winners, Sissy Spacek and Herbie Hancock, Amazon Gold is the disturbing account of a journey to bear witness to the apocalyptic destruction of the rainforest in the pursuit of illegally mined gold. Amazon Gold is screening at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Saturday, May 31, 2014.
Uranium Drive-In - San Francisco Green Film FestivalAn intimate portrait of the American West and the effects of its nuclear industry. In a Colorado small town, the health and environmental impacts of an Uranium mill suddenly become pit against the opportunity of work and a better life for residents. Uranium Drive-In is screening at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Tuesday, June 3, 2014.
Lost Rivers - San Francisco Green Film FestivalUnder our cities, rivers still flow, out of sight and out of mind... until now. Lost Rivers takes us on an adventure down below and across the globe, retracing lost urban rivers with clandestine urban explorers. Lost Rivers is screening at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Wednesday, June 4, 2014.
Project Wild Thing - San Francisco Green Film FestivalThe hilarious, real-life story of one man's determination to get children out and into the ultimate, free wonder-product: Nature. Project Wild Thing is screening at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Saturday, May 31, 2014.
Seeds of Time - San Francisco Green Film FestivalA perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler races against time to protect the future of our food. Gene banks of the world are crumbling, crop failures are producing starvation inspired rioting, and climate change are already affecting farmers globally. Seeds of Time is screening at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Monday, June 2, 2014.
Emptying the Skies - San Francisco Green Film FestivalBased on Jonathan Franzen's essay in The New Yorker, this powerful documentary shows the secret struggle to save the millions of songbirds that are illegally poached each year in the Mediterranean. Emptying the Skies is screening at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Friday, May 30, 2014.
TELOS: The Fantastic World of Eugene Tssui - San Francisco Green Film FestivalA portrait of eccentric and visionary Bay Area architect Eugene Tssui, who questions traditional building standards and puts nature and the environment at the forefront of his designs. TELOS is screening at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Saturday, May 31, 2014.
Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek - San Francisco Green Film FestivalThe painful but inspiring journey of Derrick Evans, a Boston teacher who moves home to coastal Mississippi when his ancestors graves are bulldozed to make way for the sprawling city of Gulfport. Over a decade, the film shows the resilience of a community that stands together for their rights. Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek is screening at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Saturday, May 31, 2014.
Angel Azul - San Francisco Green Film FestivalA beautiful film about Jason deCaires Taylor, who combines art with an important environmental solution: the creation of artificial coral reefs off the coast of Cancun, Mexico, made from statues cast from local residents. Angel Azul screens at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Tuesday, June 3, 2014.
Chinatown (1974) - San Francisco Green Film FestivalIn the 40th Anniversary year of this classic film, California faces its worst drought in decades. Based in part on real events that formed the California Water Wars, it is set during a serious drought in LA, where a private detective gets caught up in a web of deceit, corruption and murder. Chinatown is screening at a special 40th anniversary event at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Saturday, May 31, 2014.
Wrenched: The Legacy of the Monkey Wrench Gang - San Francisco Green Film FestivalWrenched captures the passing of the monkey wrench from the pioneers of eco-activism to the new generation which will carry Edward Abbey's legacy into the 21st century. Wrenched is screening at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Wednesday, June 4, 2014.
Watermark - San Francisco Green Film FestivalWatermark reunites award-winning filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal and renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky (Manufactured Landscapes) as they weave together diverse global stories that show our relationship with water. The filmmakers' message resonates with California's current water shortages, as it shows our dependence on and fight to control our most precious resource. Watermark is screening at the San Francisco Green Film Festival on Sunday, June 1, 2014.
