Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/mitumba One person’s castaway is another person’s treasure. Second-hand clothing has become the main import in some African countries … Continue reading Mitumba, The Second Hand Road (2005)
Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/cant-do-it-europe Some people travel to Bolivia to go down the dangerous Silva mines, to witness contemporary medieval working conditions. … Continue reading Can’t Do It In Europe (2005)
Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/battle-chernobyl On April 6, 1986 the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the city of Pripyat, Ukraine exploded, melting down … Continue reading Battle of Chernobyl (2006)
Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/power-of-community-how-cuba-survived-peak-oil With the onset of peak oil looming over the world as a spectre, a crucial conversation has begun, … Continue reading Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)
Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/city-of-cigars Despite health risks attached to smoking there is still a growing appreciation for cigars. We know that the … Continue reading City of Cigars (Cigarbyen) (2005)
Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/worms-big-apple Composting is in, in New York City! In the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, along East River, in idyllic backyards … Continue reading Worms in the Big Apple (2006)
Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/fridays-farm “I eat food every day. I don’t know where it comes from or how it’s made.” Most of … Continue reading Fridays at the Farm (2006)
Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/fledging-expectations Wine growers and pest birds are at war in the Marlborough Vineyards of New Zealand. It is a … Continue reading Fledging Expectations (2006)
Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/reading-the-water “What are you reading daddy?”“I am reading the water”“Read it with me”Filmed off the coast of Maine, filmmaker … Continue reading Reading the Water: Lectures on Home Video Ecology from the Gulf of Me
Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/invisible Part environmental expose and part art film, this powerful crossover piece flies in the face of conventional documentary … Continue reading Invisible
Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/you-never-bike-alone Cyclists unite! A quirky feature about the critical mass movement, which has commuters, bike enthusiasts, activists and environmentalists … Continue reading You Never Bike Alone (2006)
Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/40-degrees-celsius It is -40 degrees and pitch dark in a small subarctic town. The phone rings. You bike to … Continue reading -40 Degrees Celsius (2007)
