Movies: Pollution

As the use of plastic has gained ground in our lives over the years, there has been an inexplicable increase in a number of diseases and disorders amongst the population. In this film as part of the Why Plastic? series, we meet leading researchers lo...

The factories pollute the air so much that every living creature in town must wear a gas mask if they want to survive....

Whose Dominion? The Pollution of Cleveland County takes a very brief look at some of the environmental issues in Cleveland County, N.C....

Increasing pollution, over fishing and climate change are major threats our oceans are currently facing worldwide. This documentary follows us on our journey as we film devastating consequences of these harsh realities....

Eleni Mylonas’ SeaMonster II, is a performance for the camera drawing attention to the problem of plastic pollution in the Mediterranean Sea. In this work the artist stages her own body --a mature body which has experienced and has been nourished by ...

Jia Zhangke's short film for Greenpeace East Asia depicts the effects of air pollution in northeast China, a region frequently blanketed in dangerous levels of air pollution. 'Smog Journeys' traces two families from two different backgrounds; one a m...

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A young man pens a deeply personal letter to his "mother," expressing gratitude and seeking forgiveness. Yet, this isn't just any mother, she's the one we all share, the one we can't live without....

The video explores the issue of energy as a critical factor for the development of life conditions, at the same time energy is the reason for wars of power, environmental disasters, and economic monopolies. People suffer passively from this system a...

An experimental animation by Kazimierz Urbański about transportation. Combines various techniques: traditional cartoon film, cut-out, documentary photos, animation of objects, and effects caused directly on the tape....

A story about a building with an inner courtyard an its inhabitants. While the different character follow their everyday routines, trash slowly begins to pile up in the courtyard....

Exploring America’s consumption of computers and the hazardous waste we create in pursuit of the latest technology, Terra Blight traces the life cycle of computers from creation to disposal and juxtaposes the disparate worlds that have computers as t...

Whales beached after ingesting plastic, oceans soiled: a quarter of marine waste today comes from cans and plastic bottles. The drinks industry produces 470 billion single-use bottles each year, 25% of which come from Coca-Cola. Although the world's ...

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A meek young man allows a stripper to stay in his house while his domineering mother is hospitalized....

The fumes emanating from a traffic jam make everybody, and every animal, cough....

A cartoon film about the whole heterogeneous mixture of Canada and Canadians, and the way the invisible adhesive called federalism makes it all cling together. That the dissenting voices are many is made amply evident, in English and French. But this...

Earth's environmental crisis--brought about by uncontrolled technological progress--is endangering life on a global scale. At the core of the threats to the planet - wars, overpopulation, pollution, and the depletion of natural resources - is the ina...

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