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The following films from the multiple Media That Matters Film Festival collections explore the issue of environment. For even more films on this issue, visit MediaRights.org.

Asparagus! (A Stalk-umentary)

Journey to the “Asparagus Capital of the World” to discover why one little vegetable is so important.
Official selection of the Media That Matters: Good Food

Broken Limbs: Searching for the New American Farmer

More About Broken Limbs: Searching For The American Farmer from Directors and Producers Jamie Howell and Guy…
Official selection of the Media That Matters: Good Food

Diane Wilson, A Warrior’s Tale

Diane Wilson, A Warrior’s Tale is one of several short subjects that appeared in an hour-long Lifetime…
Official selection of the Third Annual Festival

E-Waste

More About E-Waste from Producers at GOOD Magazine If the transition from 386 to 486 resonates loudly…
Official selection of the Eighth Annual Festival

Esmeraldas: Petroleum and Poverty

Esmeraldas: Petroleum and Poverty was directed by Joshua Holst, a life-long student of the environment and human…
Official selection of the Third Annual Festival

Every Third Bite

More About Every Third Bite from the Meerkat Media Collective Two years ago, honeybees started to disappear.…
Official selection of the Eighth Annual Festival

Food for Thought

More About Food for Thought from Producer Kids on the Hill The Food for Thought animation was…
Official selection of the Media That Matters: Good Food

Food Justice: A Growing Movement

More About Food Justice: A Growing Movement from Directors and Producers Martina Brimmer and Zora Tucker Food…
Official selection of the Media That Matters: Good Food

Inch By Inch: Providence Youth Gardens for Change

Teachers and students in Providence, Rhode Island get their hands dirty and their lives enriched.
Official selection of the Media That Matters: Good Food

Neglected Sky

More About Neglected Sky from Citizens for Global Solutions The idea to submit a movie to the…
Official selection of the Fifth Annual Festival

One More Dead Fish

More About One More Dead Fishfrom Directors and Producers Allan and Stefan Forbes My family spent our…
Official selection of the Media That Matters: Good Food

Recycle

More About Recycle from Directors and Producers Vasco Lucas Nunes and Ondi Timoner Recycle is a portrait…
Official selection of the Media That Matters: Good Food

Ripe for Change

More about Ripe For Change from Producer Jed Riffe California — always a fascinating marriage of opposite…
Official selection of the Media That Matters: Good Food

Seeds of Hope: South Africa

More About Seeds of Hope: South Africa from the Director Sarah Hesterman Seeds of Hope was produced…
Official selection of the Fourth Annual Festival

Sovereign Nation / Sovereign Neighbor

More About Sovereign Nation/Sovereign Neighbor from Director and Producer Kendall Moore Sovereign Nation/Sovereign Neighbor explores the word…
Official selection of the Seventh Annual Festival

Terminator Tomatoes

More About Terminator Tomatoes from Director Suzanne Twining Suzanne Twining’s five minute animated short film, Terminator Tomatoes,…
Official selection of the Media That Matters: Good Food

The Farm Sanctuary

More About The Farm Sanctuary from Producer Fly Up Media The Farm Sanctuary is the nation’s leading…
Official selection of the Seventh Annual Festival

The Future of Food

More About The Future Of Food There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on…
Official selection of the Media That Matters: Good Food

The Luckiest Nut In The World

More About The Luckiest Nut in the World from Director Emily James I had been reading a…
Official selection of the Media That Matters: Good Food

The Meatrix

More About The Meatrix from Free Range Graphics The Meatrix is a humorous 4-minute Flash animation that…
Official selection of the Media That Matters: Good Food

The Next Wave

More about The Next Wave from Director Jennifer Redfearn The Next Wave presents the human face of…
Official selection of the Ninth Annual Festival

The Secret Life of Paper

More about The Secret Life of Paper from Inform Inc. Americans consume more paper than anyone else…
Official selection of the Ninth Annual Festival

Water Warriors

More About Water Warriors from Director and Producer Liz Miller Water is quickly becoming the liquid gold…
Official selection of the Media That Matters: Good Food

We are the Zaballeen

More About We are the Zaballeen from Director Mai Iskander “If there weren’t any garbage collectors, Cairo…
Official selection of the Seventh Annual Festival

World On Fire

A Message from Sarah McLachlan Sarah McLachlan wrote us this message about her music video and participation…
Official selection of the Fifth Annual Festival

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