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On each Earth Cinema Circle DVD, you'll receive the 4 best full-length movies, documentaries and short films that we screen for that volume. Unless you go to a lot of of environmental films festivals, it’s unlikely you can see these films -- even on the "green" movie channels on cable TV.
In addition to seeing films otherwise difficult to find, joining Earth Cinema Circle gives you the pleasure of knowing you are helping to support dozens of independent filmmakers from around the planet. These filmmakers are dedicated to using their art to get out the message on subjects they care about the most: global warming, saving the planet’s natural treasures, wildlife, ecosystems, green living, alternative building techniques, sustainable architecture, solar power and more. The support that these filmmakers receive from you through your membership in Earth Cinema Circle is an important and helps them continue to create films that make a difference.
From all the films we screen, we select the ones that meet our mission: to educate, entertain and inspire you to make a difference. On each DVD you’ll receive nature and wildlife documentaries that will take you to the far corners of the earth to see its wildest creatures; green movie selections that tell you about environmental challenges and also show you solutions; films about everyday heroes dedicating their lives to saving our planet.
Suncookers: This emotion-stirring, hopeful documentary demonstrates how a simple technology and a few committed, organized people can bring about profound social transformation. The daily need for cooking wood in Africa is decimating forests. The film introduces suncookers: a solar device that uses the sun’s free energy to cook and pasteurize drinking water. Margaret Owina is bringing these suncookers to villages and refugee camps in Kenya, offering an instant solution to a land ready and willing to adapt to a changing world.
18 minutes in English. Directed by Catharine Scott.
Conversing with Aotearoa/New Zealand: This award-winning, animated documentary investigates the value of our human interaction and interdependence with the natural world. In an age of technology, what does our relationship with nature provide us? Filmmaker and animator, Corrie Francis, collected stories from New Zealanders describing their intimate connection to the land, adding animation to illustrate the inner journey of our deep connection to nature.
15 minutes in English. Directed by Corrie Francis.
Teachings of the Tree People: In this gentle documentary, nationally acclaimed artist and Skokomish tribal leader, Gerald Bruce Miller, interpreted the sacred teachings of the natural world to anyone who came to learn. In this film, we follow the life of this important man, learning the traditional ways of his people from his childhood days through his time in New York and Vietnam, and finally back home again. Once home, he claimed his place as a leader among his people, teaching the old ways to any who wanted to learn. This film reminds us of the teachings of our elders, the trees, asking us to remember how to live gently upon the earth.
57 minutes in English. Directed by Katie Jennings.
Who’s Got the Power?: Delving deeply into the issues we are facing today with the present system of coal, oil and natural gas powering the world’s energy needs, this powerful documentary examines the alternatives. Solar, wind and hydrothermal power are not only viable in today’s world, they are quickly becoming absolutely necessary in our overheated environment. See how small homeowners and large builders alike are turning to solar to cut costs and get green.
57 minutes in English. Produced by Casey Coates Danson.
For the Price of a Cup of Coffee: One coffee shop worker in San Francisco took her obsession about where all the “to go” cups come from (and where they all end up), and made this profound short documentary. Learn about what goes into each cup, and how many cups are loaded into landfills each day. If you don’t already drink from a reusable cup, what’s stopping you from making the switch?
15 minutes in English. Directed by Hypatia Porter.
Papa Tortuga: When Fernando Mantano was 16 years old, he began working to bring the Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle back from the brink of extinction. Now, 33 years later, Fernando continues his efforts in the village of Tecolutla in Vera Cruz, Mexico. He works tirelessly to keep the turtles thriving, with no outside funding and only his own hands to battle the weather, poachers and the rising tide of global change.
26 minutes in English and Spanish with English subtitles. Directed by Rob Wilson.
It’s Not Just Empty Space: David Suzuki is a world famous scientist with a clear message: Live right and we might just be able to continue living life as we know it! Dr. Suzuki explains in basic terms how we’ve gotten to the place of real crisis on the planet and what we can each do to make a difference from here on out. With fun graphics and heartfelt stories, you will be thoroughly entertained and inspired from start to finish.
26 minutes in English. Directed by Tony Papa.
King Corn: When two friends take a sample of their hair to be analyzed, what they find surprises them: They are mostly made up of corn! They set out on a journey to discover why they have so much corn in their bodies, eventually growing an acre of their own corn just to find out where it all goes once it’s harvested. King Corn is one of the most important films you will see to better understand government policies behind the corn industry and the ethanol movement.
88 minutes in English. Directed by Aaron Woolf.
