https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APJAQoSCwuA

The Beatles - Now And Then - The Last Beatles Song

(Short Film)

Now and Then's eventful journey to fruition took place over five decades and is the product of conversations and collaborations between the four Beatles that go on to this day. The long mythologised John Lennon demo was first worked on in February 1995 by Paul, George and Ringo as part of The Beatles Anthology project but it remained unfinished, partly because of the impossible technological challenges involved in working with the vocal John had recorded on tape in the 1970s. For years it looked like the song could never be completed. But in 2022 there was a stroke of serendipity. A software system developed by Peter Jackson and his team, used throughout the production of the documentary series Get Back, finally opened the way for the uncoupling of John’s vocal from his piano part. As a result, the original recording could be brought to life and worked on anew with contributions from all four Beatles. This remarkable story of musical archaeology reflects The Beatles’ endless creative curiosity and shared fascination with technology. It marks the completion of the last recording that John, Paul and George and Ringo will get to make together and celebrates the legacy of the foremost and most influential band in popular music history.

The Beatles - Now And Then

Official Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opxhh9Oh3rg

Official Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW55J2zE3N4

#NowAndThen #short #documentary #film #TheBeatles #music #JohnLennon #PaulMcCartney #GeorgeHarrison #RingoStarr #Beatles #PeterJackson #GilesMartin #JeffLynne #GeorgeMartin #OliverMurray #AppleCorps #OrofenaFilms #docu-films

https://vimeo.com/655144047

Pushed Up the Mountain

Pushed Up the Mountain is a poetic and emotionally intimate film about #plants and the #people who care for 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. Patiently observed footage of conservationists at work combines with centuries-old landscape paintings and my speculative voice to create a thought-provoking film about human efforts to protect nature for and from ourselves.

Director’s Statement

The inspiration for this film began in my godfather’s rhododendron garden in Scotland. I was there filming a short piece about a group of rhododendron enthusiasts gathered to work on a conservation project. What I learned was that most of these plants were originally from China, brought during the height of the British Empire, and that some were now endangered in their native habitat. In fact, some plants had even been reintroduced from the UK to augment threatened populations in China. The idea of this plant leaving and then returning home intrigued me. At first glance, it looked like an example of global cooperation to protect biodiversity against human caused threats. But what did it look like in reality given the legacy of colonialism at its core? Could this showy garden shrub reveal something about our entangled relationship with nature?

In 2015, I set out to answer some of those questions. Over the next four years, I and the film’s co-producer Mengqi Jiang filmed throughout China’s mountainous southwest and in its urban centers to the east. This combined with filming in Taiwan and more location shooting in Scotland. We interviewed nature conservationists, environmental historians, and philosophers, art historians, literary scholars, and horticulturalists. All people who cared deeply about nature but thought about it from different perspectives.

The result is Pushed Up the Mountain, a film that I hope will encourage people in countries around the world to think more deeply about the plants all around them and ultimately work to protect them. The coronavirus has powerfully demonstrated how interconnected we all are. The rhododendron gives us one more example of how we must come together across national divides to address the existential threats facing our species and our planet.

#PushedUpTheMountain #documentary #film #nature #environment #biodiversity #endangered-species #conservation #protection #preservation #GengYuying #DavidChamberlain #FangZhendong #SunWeibang #IanSinclair #LiuHuajie #HouShen #PanFujun #ZhangChao #MengqiJiang #JuliaHaslett #GOODDOCS #docu-films

https://vimeo.com/708871732

DELIKADO

Defending paradise has never been so dangerous

#Palawan appears to be an idyllic tropical island. Its powder-white beaches and lush forests have made it one of Asia’s hottest new tourist destinations. But for a tiny network of environmental crusaders and vigilantes trying to protect its spectacular natural resources, it is more akin to a battlefield.

DELIKADO follows Bobby, Tata and Nieves, three magnetic leaders of this network, as they risk their lives in David versus Goliath-style struggles trying to stop politicians and businessmen from destroying the Philippines’ “last ecological frontier”.

It is a timely film emblematic of the struggles globally for land defenders as they are being killed in record numbers trying to save natural resources from being plundered by corporations and governments. As the world faces its sixth-mass extinction and the climate emergency worsens,

It is also a unique expose of President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs’ in the Philippines, which has claimed thousands of lives and the International Criminal Court of Justice has said may amount to a crime against humanity. DELIKADO shows the drug war is used as a tool for politicians to control the levers of economic and political power.

DELIKADO offers a story of courage and resilience to inspire others into action.

The battles being led by Bobby, Tata and Nieves in DELIKADO are the same as those being fought by local communities in #Brazil, #Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of #Congo and elsewhere around the world where #corporations and #governments are seeking to plunder increasingly valuable natural resources.

They are being killed for trying to stop #mining, #agribusiness and #logging. Many of the deaths occur in remote villages or rainforests. The victims are often from indigenous communities and the killers are rarely caught. The powerful masterminds behind the murders virtually never. All these factors are in play in Palawan.

The film has a special relevance and urgency in highlighting the perilous fate of Palawan, the most biodiverse part of the Philippines and home to two UNESCO World Heritage-listed natural wonders.

Palawan, due to its remoteness, had long avoided the corrupt development seen around the rest of the Philippines over recent decades as the country’s population has boomed. Palawan’s rainforests are among the biggest, oldest and most diverse in Asia. They are home to thousands of animal and plant species.

But few people know it is on the path to environmental destruction. Politicians and businessmen are destroying Palawan at an unprecedented rate to extract its forests, minerals and fish. #Urbanisation and #tourism are other pressures leading to the depletion of Palawan’s natural resources.

Once the last of Palawan’s majestic #Apitong, #Kamagong, #Ipil and other endangered trees are cut down, these species will be forever lost. With the demise of these #forests will come the loss of Palawan’s incredibly diverse range of endemic animal species. Some of the world’s largest butterflies - bigger than an outspread human hand - can only be found in Palawan’s rainforests. They are also home to seven-foot monitor lizards, turquoise and violet-winged peacocks, giant grey bear cats, bulging-eyed geckos as long as an adult’s arm, flying squirrels and dirt-brown “horned” frogs.

Centuries-old #traditions and #customs for the tribal people still living in the forests will also disappear if the forests are destroyed. Other communities living in towns and villages outside of the forests will face floods and droughts when the forests are gone.

#Delikado #DelikadoFilm #documentary #film #nature #environment #activism #advocacy #Indigenous #Peoples #land-defenders #natural-resources #conservation #protection #preservation #Philippines #KarlMalakunas #ThoughtfulRobot #NarraviFilms #docu-films

https://vimeo.com/518756378

The Seeds of Vandana Shiva

When you control seed you control life on earth.

In her colorful sari and large scarlet bindi, Dr. Vandana Shiva is an arresting presence: She galvanizes crowds, advises government leaders, fields constant calls from the media, then retreats from big-city buzz to work alongside small farmers across the developing world.

Who is she? What is her mission? How did this woman from an obscure town in India become Monsanto’s worst nightmare: a rebellious rock star in the global debate about who feeds the world?

Among those engaged with organic food and farming, climate change, biodiversity, seed sovereignty, globalisation, and social justice, Vandana Shiva is an icon of a global movement.

But even among those who pride themselves on being well-informed, she’s relatively unknown. Few are aware of how this daughter of a Himalayan forest conservator rose from obscurity to become a world leader of Gandhian stature.

Hers is the remarkable and unlikely story of a girl who trekked from highland cabin to cabin alongside her father, tended a garden alongside her mother, and passionately pursued an education that freed her from the caste and gender constraints of traditional Indian society that culminated in a degree in Nuclear Physics, and then a Ph.D. in the Philosophy of Quantum Theory.

But those achievements were merely a prelude to her awakening as a fully-committed activist.

Vandana Shiva brought her scientific expertise and Gandhian principles of non-violent resistance to the struggles of poor Indian villagers whose livelihoods were being crushed by corporate capitalism. She has become a formidable opponent to those corporations whose drive for privatization and profit are destroying the environment and changing the climate. Their predations in the name of a ‘green revolution’ with its promises of wealth and freedom and ‘feeding the world’ through patented and chemically-dependent GMO seeds are reducing traditional farmers and entire communities to inescapable servitude. In India, the fruits of the Green Revolution are an epidemic of rural suicides.

The Seeds of Vandana Shiva focuses on the people, circumstances and seminal events in Vandana’s life—what shaped her thinking and defined her purpose. It also shows how the battle against multinational agribusiness has become an international struggle between two visions for feeding the world: The first, a multinational corporate model of chemically dependent monoculture that rewards a capitalist imperative of profit and growth. And the other, ‘Earth Democracy, that honors ecology, biodiversity, sustainability and community—what Dr. Shiva demonstrates is the only way forward for the future of food.

#TheSeedsOfVandanaShiva #documentary #film #nature #environment #food #movement #awakening #seed #seeds #seed-freedom #seed-saving #seed-sharing #seed-sovereignty #advocacy #activism #CamillaBecket #JimBecket #BecketFilms #docu-films

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjPsgUsjjsI

Anne Murray: Full Circle

It’s a surreal and sometimes unnerving feeling to watch your life replay itself on screen, but I am honoured to have my story told by such a creative team. Seeing the old footage and hearing the words of my dear friends and collaborators takes me back to both the good times and the not so good ones. Throughout my career, the loyalty and support of my fans have been a constant. They were there with me every step of the way, even when others were not. I hope they enjoy this trip down memory lane. — Anne Murray

A small-town girl from a Nova Scotia coal mining town becomes a Canadian icon and international superstar. Pure, honest, or just plain ol’ good, no matter how Anne Murray’s voice was described, it was always clear she has a remarkable gift. Throughout Anne’s decades-spanning international career, her songs topped the charts, her TV specials set records, she performed and collaborated with music royalty, and she converted casual listeners into die-hard fans with her undeniable talent. Anne Murray: Full Circle is a full-length, fully authorised documentary featuring an original, in-depth interview with Anne sharing anecdotes, memories, and observations as 19 familiar hit songs and breathtaking archival footage illuminate Anne’s storied career. Original new interviews with the artists, collaborators, and colleagues who knew her best including Shania Twain, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, Jann Arden, Kenny Loggins, Gordon Lightfoot, Bruce Allen and others are seamlessly woven into the story and paired with rarely seen material from her personal archives, telling the story of a ground-breaking woman who seized control of her career and soared to the heights of fame without failing to stay true to herself. Throughout the film, we not only celebrate the unforgettable music of Anne Murray but experience the full spectrum of the small-town singer turned superstar, pioneer, and icon.

https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/specials/anne-murray-full-circle-1.6254011

https://www.umusic.ca/press-releases/new-cbc-documentary-anne-murray-full-circle-to-premiere-across-canada-in-december-produced-by-network-entertainment-in-association-with-universal-music-canada/

#AnneMurrayFullCircle #documentary #film #AnneMurray #life #memories #music #career #legacy #ShaniaTwain #kdlang #BonnieRaitt #JannArden #KennyLoggins #GordonLightfoot #BruceAllen #Canada #AdrianBuitenhuis #MorganElliott #NetworkEntertainment #CBC #RadioCanada #docu-films

https://vimeo.com/667937215

CARBON

The Unauthorised Biography

With Carbon in the news every day, you might think you know everything about her. But you’d be wrong. This spectacular and surprisingly unorthodox documentary reveals the paradoxical story of the element that builds all life, and yet may end it all. Narrated in first person by Sarah Snook (Succession), Carbon tells of her birth in the violent core of an exploding star and of turbulent sagas through the fabric of our evolving Earth. Accompanied by celebrated scientists, unique animations and a stunning orchestral score, Carbon reminds us of our humble participation in the most extraordinary story in the universe.

#thecarbonmovie #documentary #film #environment #carbon #element #DaniellaOrtega #HandfulOfFilms #docu-films

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/feelsgoodman

Feels Good Man

When indie comic character Pepe the Frog becomes an unwitting icon of hate, his creator fights to bring Pepe back from the darkness. A Frankenstein-meets-Alice in Wonderland journey of an artist battling to regain control of his creation.

What happens when an innocent character created in an artist’s early adulthood morphs into a widely recognizable symbol of hatred only a decade later? This is the issue that underground comic book artist Matt Furie must grapple with as he seeks to reclaim his character, Pepe the Frog, from the grip of the Alt-Right.

In the early 2000s, San Francisco based artist Matt Furie shared his comic Boy’s Club on the internet via MySpace. The series followed a group of anthropomorphic post-college friends and their misadventures. Among them was Pepe the Frog, a peaceful, laid-back character. Managing to catch on as a popular meme, Furie initially found Pepe’s status funny and scoffed at the idea of enforcing his legal copyright. That opinion drastically changed as the tenor of Pepe’s use online took a sinister turn.

After a bizarre series of events, the factions of the internet that heavily imprinted on Pepe went to the extreme lengths of “ironic” bigotry to keep him under their control. In doing so, Pepe became widely recognized as a hate symbol, even gaining official recognition from the Anti-Defamation league as such. Now thoroughly wrenched from his original context, Pepe helped indoctrinate wide swaths of internet denizens to the philosophies of the then-burgeoning Alt-Right movement, helping to set the stage for the contentious 2016 election and its ultimate outcome.

The film takes viewers on a wild journey through various corners of the internet to show how far one’s creation can get away from their original intention and explores the power of symbols and iconography. If the genie cannot be put back in the bottle, can it at least be transformed into something else? Various artists, psychologists, lawyers, and internet culture analysts also share their perspective on this iconic cartoon frog.

With trippy Furie-esque animations, Feels Good Man puts forward a message of hope and positivity to combat a constant cycle of cynicism and hatred.

#FeelsGoodMan #documentary #film #animation #art #PepeTheFrog #cartoon #frog #politics #alt-right #hate #hatred #symbols #iconography #internet #MattFurie #AdamJones #GiorgiAngelini #ReadyFictions #GiantPictures #docu-films

Sharing is the new owning

https://vimeo.com/127297293

This is documentary film about collaborative consumption and the spread of sharing practices in #Barcelona, #Malmo and #London and interviews with experts. We see hands-on examples of sharing - tool pools, platforms for sharing of consumer goods, open DIY repair shops, bicycle kitchens, clothing libraries, peer-to-peer car sharing and co-working spaces. In the film initiators, users, experts and public officials describe their view of the collaborative economy, its potentials and prospects for the future.

#SharingIsTheNewOwning #documentary #film #sharing #collaborative #consumption #KarinBradley #LottaEkelund #LottaFilms #docu-films

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/reflectionawalkwithwater/586474087

Reflection

A Walk with Water

The conditions that make life possible are rapidly changing. Reckoning with this reality on the cusp of another dry season that may very well ravage his community, 30-year old filmmaker Emmett Brennan embarks on a remarkable journey to find stories of hope and healing. Emmett sets out to walk 200 miles next to the iconic but aging Los Angeles aqueduct, where he encounters ecological iconoclasts, #indigenous voices, and #permaculture designers who are challenging the status quo on how we use Earth’s most precious resource. The film delves into a profound and far reaching look at our relationship with water and offers a vision for how to radically redesign our lives around it.

​Reflection: a walk with water takes a refreshing approach to confronting our current environmental and systematic troubles, showing how Los Angeles and other parts of California are bellwethers for change. The film features original music from multiple Grammy winner, Jacob Collier, who is Executive Music Producer of the film. With voices and stories that speak to today’s younger generations, Reflection is both a personal meditation on water as well as a practical road map for positive change.

#Reflection #ReflectionFilm #documentary #film #nature #environment #earth #resources #water #positive #change #hope #healing #iconoclasts #voices #stories #EmmettBrennan #CargoFilm #docu-films

https://vimeo.com/538050700

Refugia

Our documentary series, Refugia, is available to stream worldwide via Waterbear https://join.waterbear.com/. Through a positive lens, Refugia’s founder, Liana Cornell, activates her inescapable urge to do more, and gains a deeper understanding of the current crises in nature, and the people devoted to preventing them.

From the perspective of the five elements present in every living thing – earth, air, fire, water, spirit – Refugia reveals the good work undertaken by unsung, everyday heroes. We also celebrate communities and companies dedicated to nurturing nature, and preserving these pockets of protection.

Cinematically stunning, bold, personal and evocative, Refugia illuminates their rewarding stories, and inspires us to realise that we are the solution. When we react with action, we unite in a compassionate, global collective, creating continuing, constructive change.

To do so is in our nature… and our nature is in us.

Refugia would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we live and work. We would also like to pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

#Refugia #documentary #film #series #nature #people #aboriginal #Indigenous #Peoples #species #survival #collective #solutions #elders #firstnations #earthprotectors #LianaCornell #RefugiaPtyLtd #docu-films

https://vimeo.com/580117767

Thinking Like Water

Thinking Like Water offers a front row seat to the pioneering work of 86-year-old “water wizard” Bill Zeedyk, and his proteges and allies, who have continually devised ways of transforming degraded wetlands and drylands into more resilient ecosystems that help gird against the ravages of drought and climate change.

One project at a time, these frontline nature enthusiasts are helping the West’s forests, grasslands, meadows, semi-arid deserts and working landscapes to thrive. Through partnerships and collaborations, more communities are learning how to live in alignment with nature rather than against her…by Thinking Like Water.

Today, Zeedyk is a legend in the ecological restoration community. But when he began this work 25 years ago, after retiring from the U.S. Forest Service, his ideas were considered almost heretical.

Building on the work of Luna Leopold (son of famed conservationist AldoLeopold) and the river guru Dave Rosgen, Zeedyk coaxes straightened streams back on their natural meandering course, lifts the creek, raises the water table and recreates lost habitats. All while using simple restoration techniques he designed or innovated upon. These constellations of “Zeedyk structures” have slowly gained favor and now his methods have even been institutionalized.

This story hopes to celebrate and capture the philosophy and creativity at the root of Zeedyk’s decades long history of revolutionizing a field of restoration in a compelling, and sometimes humorous way, that leaves viewers enlightened, entertained, and inspired!

#ThinkingLikeWater #documentary #film #nature #environment #resilient #ecosystem #wetlands #drylands #restoration #LunaLeopold #DaveRosgen #BillZeedyk #ReneaRoberts #R3Productions #docu-films

https://vimeo.com/312278770

Advocate

Lea Tsemel defends Palestinians: from feminists to fundamentalists, from non-violent demonstrators to armed militants. As a Jewish-Israeli lawyer who has represented political prisoners for five decades, Tsemel, in her tireless quest for justice, pushes the praxis of a human rights defender to its limits. As far as most Israelis are concerned, she defends the indefensible. As far as Palestinians are concerned, she’s more than an attorney, she’s an advocate.

Advocate follows Tsemel’s caseload in real-time, including the high-profile trial of a 13-year-old boy — her youngest client to date — while also revisiting her landmark cases and reflecting on the political significance of her work as well as the personal price one pays for taking on the role of “devil’s advocate.”

When they aren’t busy chasing Tsemel through the courthouse halls, directing duo Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche assume the privileged position of a fly on the wall in her office, where a year of documenting is like gathering a lifetime of evidence. This evidence attests to the wrongs of occupation but also to the faults of those who try to resist it, the failings of those who try to defend them, and the fundamental flaws of a legal system that purports to serve justice but in fact serves the powers that be.

Tsemel spoke truth to power before the term became trendy and she’ll continue to do so after fear makes it unfashionable. As such, she’s a model we’re hard-pressed to preserve in Israel/Palestine, and elsewhere.

On the one hand, she’s the boy calling the Emperor naked, i.e. naming i.e. i.e. exposing the underbelly of Israeli security jurisprudence: the occupier is judging the occupied. On the other hand, she’s the boy with his finger in the dam, doing her utmost to uphold the rule-of-law before the flood of injustice drowns us all. As one judge is said to have put it: “If Lea Tsemel didn’t exist, we’d have to invent her.”

#Advocate #AdvocateFilm #documentary #film #LeaTsemel #injustice #law #justice #rule-of-law #Palestine #Israel #RachelLeahJones #PhilippeBellaiche #homemadedocs #docu-films

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/disturbingthepeace/203016461

Disturbing the Peace

In a world torn by conflict—in a place where the idea of peace has been abandoned—an energy of determined optimism emerges. When someone is willing to disturb the status quo and stand for the dream of a free and secure world, who will stand with them?

Disturbing the Peace is a story of the human potential unleashed when we stop participating in a story that no longer serves us and, with the power of our convictions, take action to create new possibilities. Disturbing the Peace follows former enemy combatants - Israeli soldiers from elite units and Palestinian fighters, many of whom served years in prison - who have joined together to challenge the status quo and say “enough." The film reveals their transformational journeys from soldiers committed to armed battle to nonviolent peace activists, leading to the creation of Combatants for Peace.

At a time in our world when societies are becoming more polarized and painfully few people are speaking of nonviolent solutions to our conflicts, popular movements like Combatants for Peace have the potential to capture the public’s imagination and shift the conversation from the inevitability of conflict, to the possibility and process of establishing lasting peace. While based in the Middle East, Disturbing the Peace evokes universal themes relevant to us all and inspires us to become active participants in the creation of our world.

#DisturbingthePeace #documentary #film #conflict #wars #stopwars #peace #non-violence #activism #Israel #Palestine #StephenApkon #Reconsider #docu-films

https://vimeo.com/559899564

Blood Scales

The head of operations and investigations at the Last Great Ape Organization (LAGA) hunts a ring of wildlife traffickers in possession of 550 pounds of pangolin scales as he recalls the events in his life that led him down this path. Meanwhile, a newly rescued tree pangolin fights to regain strength and freedom thanks to the professional care provided by the Tikki Hywood Foundation Cameroon. Pangolins are the world’s most illegally trafficked mammal.

#BloodScales #documentary #film #wildlife #extinction #trafficking #pangolin #LastGreatApe #organization #TikkiHywoodFoundationCameroon #AlessioBariviera #PaoloSodi #docu-films

https://vimeo.com/564662542

The Message of the Lyrebird

Lyrebirds hold the history of the forest in their song… but are they now singing the sad story of human encroachment?
Come on a magical journey through Australia’s native forests to understand the sophistication and complex artistry of the lyrebird, leading humanity to a deeper understanding of the continuation of life.

In 1998, wildlife cinematographer Nick Hayward filmed the famous lyrebird sequence for The Life of Birds, in which Australia’s most creative songbird perfectly mimics the sound of a chainsaw chopping down a tree.

The bird was filmed in captivity and ever since then, Nick and the world of birding enthusiasts have wondered, do lyrebirds imitate sounds of human origin in the wild? This question begins a journey deep into the native forests of Australia, where a cast of characters who love lyrebirds help us to understand not only the lyrebird’s sophisticated artwork, but what its message may be for humanity.

Nick tracks down a scientist, a lyrebird sound recordist, a study group, a lyrebird keeper, an activist, and a Knowledge-Holder descended from the People of the Lyrebird, within the D’harawal nation. Along the way, Nick captures spectacular footage of the bird’s behaviour in the wild valleys and mountains of their homes. These homes still exist – but as lyrebirds pick up human sounds from their environment, are they singing the sad story of human encroachment?

This is a film about the relationship between people and birds, set in a natural wonderland where an exquisite forest faery has been performing his astonishing song and dance routines for millions of years. It is a timeless journey of self-reflection and connection, and a call to remember to live without destroying the things we love.

#TheMessageOfTheLyrebird #documentary #film #nature #environment #wildlife #lyrebirds #birds #trees #firests #Dharawal #Australia #NickHayward #MarkBPearce #BalangaraFilms #docu-films

https://vimeo.com/553983264

Inhabitants

An Indigenous Perspective

Inhabitants: An Indigenous Perspective is a feature-length documentary that follows five North American tribes restoring their ancient relationships with the land while adapting to today’s climate crisis.

The film travels across diverse bioregions of North America, from deserts and coastlines, to forests, mountains, and prairies, highlighting the dramatic effects of climate change and stories of indigenous land stewardship practices, which continue to be resilient in the face of a changing climate. The film focuses on five stories: the return of prescribed fire practices by the Karuk Tribe in California; the restoration of buffalo on the Blackfeet reservation in Montana; sustained traditions of Hopi dryland farming in Arizona; sustainable forestry on the Menominee reservation in Wisconsin; and the revival of native Hawaiian food forests in Hawaii.

Although these stories are not connected geographically, and only represent a small portion of the many diverse indigenous communities leading efforts to maintain their cultural practices and identity, they all share the common dimensions of “traditional knowledges.” According to Guidelines for Considering Traditional Knowledges in Climate Change Initiatives,"[traditional knowledges] broadly refer to indigenous communities’ ways of knowing that both guide and result from their communities members’ close relationships with and responsibilities towards the landscapes, waterscapes, plants, and animals that are vital to the flourishing of indigenous cultures."

Climate change poses an immediate threat to Indigenous Peoples’ health, well-being and ways of life. Tribal nations are on the front lines of confronting climate change, including increased frequency and intensity of wildfires, higher temperatures, ecosystem changes, ocean acidification, forest loss, and habitat damage. Climate change also raises questions about what will become of spiritually and culturally significant ecosystem services that are essential to maintaining many tribes’ identities. Indigenous communities are disproportionately harmed by the changing climate as they depend more on natural resources than the US population as a whole. Negative impacts include threats to traditional foods such as fish and crops which have provided sustenance as well as cultural, economic, medicinal, and community health for countless generations.

Emerging threats have galvanized a concerted effort by several tribes to forge ahead with climate-change adaptation strategies. They are leading the way guided by indigenous traditions and are quickly adapting to and even directly counteracting the shifting climate. Examples like the Hopi dry land farming techniques show how to deal with extremely arid and hot weather; the raising of Native Bison on the prairie lands of the Midwest improves carbon sequestration while removing the need for feedstocks; and forest fire management that is being guided by native forestry practices are just a few of the stories that give insight into how much wisdom and importance the indigenous land use practices reflect; and how crucial it is that their story is heard. The indigenous land management practices in the forests, deserts, prairies and coastlines of North America have much to offer to the current conversation surrounding climate adaptation and mitigation.

The First Peoples are estimated to have lived in North America for 15,000 years. In a few short centuries Native Americans have had most of their population systematically erased, almost all their land taken, and also been forced to deal with the disastrous effects of industrialization on their remaining resources. Tribal communities have proven to be remarkably resilient, surviving in some of the most extreme environments and having endured very aggressive marginalization. We can now create a platform for helping these marginalized people share their wisdom about how to live in these lands and how their history and tradition can inform and guide us. This documentary is an effort to give Native Americans an opportunity to share their stories of resilience and wisdom in the face of extreme climatic stress. We as a society can listen and learn from these stories of time tested land use practices. Now is the moment to support Native peoples in becoming leading voices on how to design, create, imagine and live in a more sustainable and resilient world.

This past fall we had the honor of documenting the prescribed fire traditions of the Karuk Tribe in Northern California and the sustainable forestry operations of the Menominee Tribe in Wisconsin. These stories are being woven into a feature length documentary Inhabitants due out in 2020. Folks have been asking a lot about the Woodlanders series and although I took a break last summer to focus on this feature film we are ramping up for a new season of short films starting in the Pacific Northwest next month. Thanks for your patience and support. — Costa Boutsikaris (2019)

#Woodlanders is an online film series that seeks to document the work of people who care for and depend on forests for their livelihood and well-being throughout the world.

Even among today’s progressive movements of local economy and food systems, the vast global knowledge of forest livelihoods and economies are mostly undervalued and undocumented. From woodcraft and nut tree cultures of ancient Europe, to mushroom and forest medicines of Asia, there many fascinating ways of creating sustainable economies from the forests while maintaining their ecological health and complexity. While filming Inhabit - A Permaculture Perspective I fell in love with woodland cultures and felt called to research further. Over the past year I began to create an accessible archive of these stories and I hope to share this inspiring world with you. Sustainable relationships with forests regenerate and protect these wild places while also offering livelihoods to humans. Each episode will focus on a person or culture who has a sustainable relationship and/or livelihood with a forest. Join me on the journey and learn how much forests can offer. — Costa Boutsikaris

#Inhabitants #documentary #film #nature #environment #climate #FirstPeoples #IndigenousPeoples #tribal #lands #community #people #climate-change #land #reservations #land-use #aboriginal #management #fires #bushfires #wildfires #forestry #dryland #farming #food #food-growing #well-being #wisdom #way-of-life #culture #tradition #food #food-growing #practices #natural #resources #ecology #stewardship #knowledge #education #adaptation #Karuk #Blackfeet #Hopi #Menominee #Hawaii #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge #conservation #protection #preservation #sustainability #resilience #CostaBoutsikaris #InhabitFilms #docu-films

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thehiddenlifeoftrees

The Hidden Life of Trees

When we pursue nature protection, we’re not protecting nature. We’re protecting ourselves.

Branching off of his bestselling book, renowned forester and writer Peter Wohlleben guides us through his most precious ideas and understanding of how trees work in this enlightening documentary. Presenting ecological, biological and academic expertise with matter-of-fact candor, Peter inspires us to really see the forest for the trees. Traveling through Germany, Poland, Sweden and Vancouver, Peter discusses, debates and explains the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in the woodland, and the amazing scientific mechanisms behind these wonders of which we are too often blissfully unaware.

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https://vimeo.com/ondemand/calloftheforest

Call of the Forest

The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees

In a theatrical feature and 1-hour television documentary, we follow visionary scientist, conservationist and author, Diana Beresford-Kroeger, on her journey to the most beautiful forests of the northern hemisphere. From the sacred #sugi and #cedar forests of #Japan, the ancient #Raheen Wood of #Ireland, the walnut and redwood trees of #America, to the great boreal forest of #Canada, Beresford-Kroeger tells us the amazing stories behind the history and legacy of these ancient forests while also explaining the science of trees and the irreplaceable roles they play in protecting and feeding the planet.

Take a walk in the woods with acclaimed Irish-Canadian scientist and author, Diana Beresford-Kroeger, as she reveals our profound human connection to the ancient & sacred northern forests and the essential role that they play in sustaining the health of our planet.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70HNmSsJvVU https://vimeo.com/user94051347

The Wisdom of Trauma

One in five Americans are diagnosed with mental illness in any given year.
Suicide is the second most common cause of death in the US for youth aged 15-24. Depression kills over a million people a year globally and 50,000 in the USA. Drug overdoses kills 70,000 in the USA. The autoimmunity epidemic affects 23.5 - 50 million people in the US. What is going on?

The interconnected epidemics of anxiety, chronic illness and substance abuse are, according to Dr Gabor Maté, normal. But not in the way you might think.

“So much of what we call abnormality in this

culture is actually normal responses to an

abnormal culture. The abnormality does not

reside in the pathology of individuals, but in

the very culture that drives people into

suffering and dysfunction.”

— Gabor Maté

In “The Wisdom of Trauma”, we travel alongside bestselling author and Order of Canada recipient Dr Gabor Maté to explore why our wester society is facing such epidemics.

This is a journey alongside a man who has dedicated his life to understand the connection between illness, addiction, trauma, and society.

“Trauma is not what happens to you.

Trauma is what happens inside you,

as a result of what happens to you.”

— Dr. Gabor Maté

Trauma is the invisible force that shapes our lives. It shapes the way we live, the way we love and the way we make sense of the world. It is the root of our deepest wounds. Dr. Maté gives us a new vision: a trauma-informed society in which parents, teachers, physicians, policy-makers and legal personnel are not concerned with fixing behaviors, making diagnoses, suppressing symptoms and judging, but seek instead to understand the sources from which troubling behaviors and diseases spring in the wounded human soul.

About Dr. Gabor Maté

A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress and childhood development.

Rather than offering quick-fix solutions to these complex issues, Dr. Maté weaves together scientific research, case histories, and his own insights and experience to present a broad perspective that enlightens and empowers people to promote their own healing and that of those around them.

After 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, Dr. Maté worked for over a decade in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. The bestselling author of four books published in over twenty-five languages, Gabor is an internationally renowned speaker highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, childhood development, and the relationship of stress and illness. His book on addiction received the Hubert Evans Prize for literary non-fiction. For his groundbreaking medical work and writing he has been awarded the Order of Canada, his country’s highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver. His books include In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction; When the Body Says No; The Cost of Hidden Stress; Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder; and (with Dr. Gordon Neufeld) Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. He is currently writing his next book, The Myth of Normal: Illness and Health in an Insane Culture, out in late 2021. Gabor is also co-developer of a therapeutic approach, Compassionate Inquiry, now studied by hundreds of therapists, physicians, counselors, and others internationally. More on his books and programs elsewhere at this website.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh4r95VBU2Q

My Name is Pauli Murray

Fifteen years before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat, a full decade before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned separate-but-equal legislation, Pauli Murray was already knee-deep fighting for social justice. A pioneering attorney, activist, priest and dedicated memoirist, Murray shaped landmark litigation—and consciousness— around race and gender equity. As an African American youth raised in the segregated South—who was also wrestling with broader notions of gender identity—Pauli understood, intrinsically, what it was to exist beyond previously accepted categories and cultural norms. Both Pauli’s personal path and tireless advocacy foreshadowed some of the most politically consequential issues of our time. Told largely in Pauli’s own words, My Name is Pauli Murray is a candid recounting of that unique and extraordinary journey.

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