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Adapting to a Changing Climate
· UNFCCC film; 19 minutes
· Full film available at link.
Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning, The
"Are We Changing Planet Earth?"
· Full film available here
Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock
· 2017, 1 hr 29 min
· Moving from summer 2016, when demonstrations over the Dakota Access Pipeline's demolishing of
sacred Native burial grounds began, to the current and disheartening pipeline status, AWAKE, A Dream
from Standing Rock is a powerful visual poem in three parts that uncovers complex hidden truths with
simplicity. The film is a collaboration between indigenous filmmakers: Director Myron Dewey and
Executive Producer Doug Good Feather; and environmental Oscar-nominated filmmakers Josh Fox and
James Spione.
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Blowout: Inside America's Energy Gamble
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
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· On NetFlix
· Full film available here
Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops
· Full film available here
Common Ground
· On NetFlix
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· Full film available at link
· Full film available at link
Doubt Machine: Inside the Koch Brothers' War on Climate Science, The
· Full film available at link
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· Full film available here
El Cacao: The Challenge of Fair Trade
Expedition to the End of the World, The
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· 2020, 54 min
· They are aged between 12 and 24. They have grown up in a world with increasing droughts, floods,
fires. And they share a common fight: the climate emergency. In spite of their cultural and geographical
differences, nine young female activists are united under the same struggle: raising awareness about the
climate emergency, fighting against the inaction of politicians, and promoting radical societal change,
so that nature and social justice become our top priority. In the wake of Greta Thunberg, the most
famous of them all, these young women, aged between 12 and 24 years old, already possess the
charisma and assurance of some of history's greatest political personalities. Who are these activists, set
on changing the world? How can we understand their anger? What hopes do they carry?
Global Warming: The Signs and The Science
Global Warming: What You Need to Know
Great Global Warming Swindle, The
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· rockhopper site listing 8 episodes
How to Let Go of the World and Love all the Things Climate Change Can't
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· Full film available here
Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, An
Inconvenient Truth...Or Convenient Fiction?, An
Into the Cold: A Journey of the Soul
· 2021. “An expedition into the polar night to discover how melting sea ice is leading to changes in
underwater light that may be radically altering the Arctic Ecosystem.”
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Last Call for the Bayou: Five Stories from Louisiana's Disappearing Coastline
L'Eau Est La Vie (Water is Life): From Standing Rock to the Swamp
· 2019, 24 min
· On the banks of Louisiana, Indigenous women are ready to fight—to stop the corporate blacksnake
and preserve their way of life. They are risking everything to protect Mother Earth from the predatory
fossil fuel companies that seek to poison it.
· 2019, 15 min
· On Wednesday, July 17th 2019, a heavily armed police force arrested 36 Native Hawaiian kūpuna
peacefully protecting Maunakea from desecration. The actions from that day sparked an international
outcry and brought new life to the ongoing movement for Native Hawaiians’ rights for self-determination.
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· Full film available here
· On NetFlix
Mossville: When Great Trees Fall
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Only One Earth: The Stockholm Conference (1972)
· This documentary series is available for free on Netflix; at the link, scroll down a ways to get to
Our Planet.
Out of the Blue
· A virtual reality film featuring the voice of Sylvia Earle
· Homepage (film not available here)
· VR for Good page
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Peril & Promise: The Challenge of Climate Change
· Full film available at link.
· Competitive Enterprise Institute review
· Yale Climate Connections review
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· Full film available here
· 2018, 77 min
· The film follows climate activist Ken Ward through a series of civil disobedience direct actions,
culminating with his participation in the coordinated action that shut down all the U.S. tar sands
oil pipelines on October 11, 2016. Facing 20 years in prison for his actions, the film reveals both
the personal costs and also the fulfillment that comes from following one's moral calling.
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· 2020, 51 min
· 20 years ago, a young group of social entrepreneurs joined a movement to change the world through
the pursuit of an alternative economic model and practice of conscious commerce. Seeding Change:
The Power of Conscious Commerce is about "triple bottom line" businesses that consider the social,
environmental and financial impacts of their companies and address some of today’s most challenging
issues. Seeding Change is an award-winning documentary that empowers viewers to be part of the
solution by voting with their dollars and supporting the brands and products that align with their values.
Six Degrees Could Change the World
· Full film available here
· DeSmog on director Mark Mathis
Survival of Spaceship Earth (1972)
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· 2017, 1 hr 27 min
· Five years ago Kisilu, a Kenyan farmer, started to use his camera to capture the life of his family, his
village and the damages of climate change. When a violent storm throws him and a Norwegian filmmaker
together we see him transform from a father, to community leader to an activist on the global stage.
· Full film available at link.
Thule Tuvalu: Investigating climate change
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Under the Dome
· There are at least two different versions of subtitles for this Chinese documentary; while these have
not been thoroughly vetted, the first version below appears to be the most complete:
· v1: Chai Jing's review: Under the Dome – Investigating China’s Smog (full translation)
· v2: Under the Dome (English subtitle,Complete) by Chai Jing: Air pollution in China
· Articles & info on the social & political phenomenon of Under the Dome:
· Chai Jing ~ seeing through the smog of China's air pollution [blog]
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· Full film available at link
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· 1981
· 2019, 22 min 29 sec
· Full film available here
· POV short version here
· When an energy company begins searching for natural gas in New Brunswick, Canada, indigenous and
white families unite to drive out the company in a campaign to protect their water and way of life.
What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire
· Full film available here
World Set Free, The (Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey)
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· Full film available on Amazon Prime Video
Environmental & climate change documentaries
The listing on this page is a highly eclectic selection out of thousands of environmental & climate change
documentaries. The list was initially gleaned from a Google search for <<climate change documentaries>>
and has grown substantially since then.
No filter for authoritativeness, accuracy, or legitimacy was applied for inclusion in this list, so handle it with care.
Also see:
Jazz Dottin of Brandeis University contributed to this page in 2021.
Climate change highlighted
While the majority of documentaries listed here cover climate change (& energy) in some way, those with a core focus on climate change & energy are highlighted in yellow.
