Shorts: Environmental Documentary
Tuhaymani’chi Pal Waniqa (The Water Flows Always)
Directed by Nils Cowan, Gina Milanovich
20:15 • United States
Tuhaymani’chi Pal Waniqa (The Water Flows Always) follows a Cahuilla, Cupeño, father and daughter attempting to reconnect in a journey through their Indigenous roots in the ancient springs of the Mojave Desert, just as a new water-mining project threatens their existence.
Trash & Burn
Directed by Bilal Motley
18:43 • United States
In Chester, Pennsylvania, Zulene Mayfield has been leading the 30-year fight against the country’s largest trash incinerator, impacting the majority-Black town.
The Return of Nóouhàh-Toka’na (Swift Fox)
Directed by Roshan Patel
15:43 • United States
At the Fort Belknap Indian Community in Montana, members of the Aaniiih and Nakoda tribes are working with the Smithsonian and other conservation partners to restore biodiversity and return Nóouhàh-Toka’na to the land.
Fl*shing Injustice
Directed by Astrid Malter
19:25 • United States
Sherry Bradley and Perman Hardy helped create a consortium of community members, academic institutions, nonprofits and government agencies dedicated to finding solutions for wastewater issues throughout Alabama’s Black Belt.
TreeHugger
Directed by Mac Wagstaff, Elliott Hamilton & Braden Fine
9:47 • United States
Alabama is the southernmost home of the Eastern Hemlock, a special grove of trees protected by Wild Alabama. The Eastern Hemlock faces grave threats from climate change and a particularly aggressive parasite.
Pine Grove: More Than a School
Directed by Janelle Proulx & Tyler Kirby
17:57 • United States
Pine Grove was built in 1917 to educate African American children in the South during the Jim Crow era. The historic schoolhouse is now listed on America’s “Most Endangered Historic Places.”