Environment
There’s no denying the relevance of environmental issues today, and these films not only showcase the urgency, but ways to help.
Image from ‘Seaspiracy’ / Netflix
*Note: Items listed may or may not have a blog post about them.
An Inconvenient Truth - Type: Documentary - Where to Watch: Amazon Video
A documentary about former Vice President Al Gore’s campaign to the public about the dangers of global warming. His campaign highlights the necessity to act on climate change now to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases.
Before The Flood - Type: Documentary - Where to Watch: Disney+
A film where actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio meets with other activists, scientists and global leaders to discuss necessary solutions to combat the climate crisis affecting everyone worldwide.
Dark Waters - Type: Movie - Where to Watch: Amazon Video
In this film, actor Mark Ruffalo portrays environmental lawyer Rob Bilott’s 20-year long battle to hold DuPont (multinational chemical company) accountable for dumping a chemical called C8. Based on real events, the film captures how major corporations tend to ignore how their practices affect the environment.
Seaspiracy - Type: Documentary - Where to Watch: Netflix
This heartbreaking yet educational documentary sheds light on the environmental impacts of mass fishing and worldwide marine consumption. British filmmaker Ali Tabrizi, travels to various countries (especially in Asia) documenting the mass production of seafood and the effects it is having on the ocean.
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret- Type: Documentary - Where to Watch: Netflix
Focusing on mass meat processing and consumption, this film educates on how factory farming is decimating the planet’s natural resources, and why this area has been largely ignored by environmental activists and world leaders.
FOOD, Inc. - Type: Documentary - Where to Watch: Amazon Video
A look into how major corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from where it’s grown to restaurants and supermarkets. The film covers numerous perspectives, from American consumers and their eating habits, to commentary from food experts.
This Changes Everything - Type: Documentary - Where to Watch: Amazon Instant Video
This film takes audiences into seven communities around different parts of the world displaying the idea that there’s still time to seize the climate crisis and transform systems that have failed and are failing to address the changes our planet is facing.
My Octopus Teacher - Type: Documentary - Where to Watch: Netflix
Showing the beauty of the environment and wildlife, a filmmaker captures the relationship he begins to build with a female octopus he meets while diving in a kelp forest of the coast of South Africa.
Kiss The Ground - Type: Documentary - Where to Watch: Netflix
In this inspiring film narrated by actor Woody Harrelson, it reveals a viable solution to combating climate change: turning to regenerative agriculture to save the planet’s topsoil, and use the power of plants to cut back on carbon emissions in the environment.
The True Cost - Type: Documentary - Where to Watch: Amazon or Tubi
In this documentary, filmmaker Andrew Morgan travels around the world to investigate the people and companies who make the world’s clothes. It examines connection between poverty and consumerism, mass media, globalization, and capitalism.
There’s Something in The Water - Type: Documentary - Where to Watch: Amazon Video
Directed by Elliot Page and Ian Daniel, this film covers the community activists who embark on a journey to protect the the environment from pollutants and other environmental dangers within Nova Scotia.
Greta - Type: Documentary - Where to Watch: Hulu
A film about teen environmental activist Greta Thunberg, this film tells the story of her journey from going on strikes in her hometown to speaking on world stages at climate conferences. A voice for the young generations, Thunberg shares her joys and struggles of the pressure sitting on her shoulder to fight against leaders to enact climate action.
Paris to Pittsburgh - Type: Documentary - Where to Watch: Disney+
A film looking at the country after the United States pulled out of the Paris Climate agreement, it covers individuals and communities fighting the effects of climate change in their own backyards. It covers cities in the US facing severe threats to their livelihoods due to the changing environment.
Chasing Coral - Type: Documentary - Where to Watch: Netflix
In this film, divers, scientists and activists dive into the mystery of disappearing and dying coral in the oceans. By the end of the film, the reveal the reasons behind the tragedy being notices in numerous areas in oceans across the world.
A Plastic Ocean - Type: Documentary - Where to Watch: Peacock
Shot between 2012-2016, and on more than 20 locations, this film explores a group of international scientists who reveal the causes and consequences of plastic pollution in the ocean, and possible solutions to fix it.
Eating Our Way to Extinction - Type: Documentary - Where to Watch: Tubi/Peacock/Amazon Video
A film bringing together some of the world’s leading scientists, it explores the impacts of our eating and dietary habits on the environment. It explores how our eating habits are leading to the destruction of the planet and what steps we can take to minimize the damage of our diets on the planet and our health.
Chasing Ice - Type: Documentary - Where to Watch: Amazon Video
A film primarily focused on addressing the planet’s melting glaciers, James Balog and his team display a multi-year process of the degradation of the earth’s ice glaciers.
Elemental: Reimagining our Relationship with Wildfire - Type: Documentary - Where to Watch: Amazon Video
As the planet gets hotter and drier each year, this film takes a dive with forest and climate experts to discuss this new reality and the effects it will have on our world’s future.
Carbon Nation - Type: Documentary - Where to Watch: Pluto/Amazon Video
A documentary with a more positive tone, it showcases various solutions to prevent or slow down climate change. It also explains current ideas and solutions that are in the works to dramatically help society reduce pollution.
The 11th Hour - Type: Documentary - Where to Watch: Tubi
Multiple scientists, scholars, and leaders discuss the pressing environmental issues in today’s world and how we are running out of time to address them. The film reveals how human actions affects the environment and and what can be done to reverse or slow down the effects of climate change.