Documentary
A portrait of a small Ontario town, this film introduces its audience to the people of Holstein by filming them in the old-fashioned general store, the blacksmith's shop and the town granary. Old-time residents reminisce, while old-fashioned sleighs travel down the main road bordered by beautiful old frame houses.
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The Steel Garden
Who's More Important, What's More Necessary
Bauxita
Souvent l’hiver se mutine
Running Wild: The Cats of Cornwall
Milk Men
Legacy
Sam & Mattie Make a Zombie Movie
Fragile Harvest
The Balloonist
Peaks to Prairie: A Holistic Regenerative Approach
Killing the Colorado
Semences : les gardiens de la biodiversité
Ontario: 'Land of Lakes'
West of England
Farmsteaders
Black Ice
It's Tough to Be a Bird
Island Observed
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The Steel Garden
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2023
Tennessee outsider artist Billy Tripp has constructed a massive steel sculpture for the past 33 years, and is finally setting his sights on retirement. Former Brownsville native Randall Kendrick examines Tripp’s life and work as he builds one of the final pieces of his ever expanding sculpture, The Mindfield.Who's More Important, What's More Necessary
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1930
This film about agricultural advances in the USSR was meant to serve as a teaching aid. Featuring documentary footage and animation.Bauxita
IMDB 10 | Jul , 2023
Brazil is one of the most dangerous countries for environmentalists. The rural community of Belisário holds the country's second largest bauxite reserve, right below one of the most bio-diverse areas in the world: the Atlantic Forest. The small community was shaken when the beloved Gilberto, a Franciscan Friar, received a death threat followed by the lines: "you've been talking against mining way too much". PT: O Brasil é um dos países mais perigosos do mundo para defensores do meio ambiente. Em Minas Gerais, a comunidade rural de Belisário abriga a segunda maior reserva de bauxita do país, em uma das áreas de maior biodiversidade do mundo: a Mata Atlântica. A tranquilidade do pequeno vilarejo foi abalada quando Frei Gilberto, um franciscano que dedica sua vida à preservação da natureza, recebeu uma ameaça de morte com o seguinte aviso: "você tem falado demais contra a mineração".Souvent l’hiver se mutine
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2025
Running Wild: The Cats of Cornwall
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2020
Cats might be cute but they are decimating the environment just like other invasive species. As ecologists and activists try to control outdoor cat populations, not everyone is on board. Especially in Cornwall, Ontario, where advocates are fighting for humane solutions. Finding a fix won't be easy in this small city with a big cat problem.Milk Men
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2016
As the global economics of dairy farming has winnowed out most small and medium-sized dairies, the surviving farmers confront pressures to intensify production, even as they find that getting bigger presents new problems.Legacy
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2024
Is there a mental health crisis in agriculture in Colorado? Farming and ranching has become increasingly difficult over the years. An industry that is typically viewed as romantic, hardworking, and "salt-of-the earth" is actually a job full of tremendous stress outside of anyone's control. Combine that with the enormous generational pressure to continue the family farm, and you have a large group of people that are suffering silently. How do we take care of those that are taking care of us?Sam & Mattie Make a Zombie Movie
IMDB 6.7 | Apr , 2021
Documentary about the making of ’Spring Break Zombie Massacre.’Fragile Harvest
IMDB 0 | Feb , 1986
How safe is the future of the world’s food? This documentary explores a growing crisis in world agriculture. Plant breeding has created today’s crops, which are high yielding but vulnerable to disease and insects. To keep crops healthy, breeders tap all the genetic diversity of the world’s food plants. But that rich resource is quickly being wiped out. (NFB)The Balloonist
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2023
Meet Brian Boland—the beloved, eccentric hot air balloonist and artist from the rural Upper Valley of Vermont.Peaks to Prairie: A Holistic Regenerative Approach
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2025
How can we harness the power of mushrooms to fight climate change? In the American West, wildfires spread fast. To slow the flames, forest managers are thinning the forests. Cutting down trees. But where does all that wood go? Nearby on the agricultural prairie, soils sit degraded from generations of traditional farming. The soil lacks the organic matter they need to thrive. Could these two challenges provide solutions to each other— with a little help from Mother Nature? Peaks to Prairie is a short film about nature-based climate solutions and how mushrooms can play a key role.Killing the Colorado
IMDB 6 | Aug , 2016
The drought in the American West is predicted to be the worst in 1,000 years. Join five Academy Award-winning filmmakers as they explore the environmental crisis of our time and how to fix it before it's too late.Semences : les gardiens de la biodiversité
IMDB 4.2 | Mar , 2014
Ontario: 'Land of Lakes'
IMDB 0 | Feb , 1949
This Traveltalk series short visit to the province of Ontario begins in Ottawa, Canada's capital, then proceeds to Algonquin Park, Toronto, and Niagara Falls.West of England
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1951
The people, the scenery and the industrial traditions of the Stroud valley and the growth of the woollen industry.Farmsteaders
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2018
Clear-eyed and intimate, Farmsteaders follows Nick Nolan and his young family on a journey to resurrect his late grandfather’s dairy farm as agriculture moves toward large-scale farming. A study of place and persistence, Farmsteaders points an honest and tender lens at everyday life in rural America, offering an unexpected voice for a forsaken people: those who grow the food that sustains us.Black Ice
IMDB 7.5 | Jul , 2023
This incisive, urgent documentary examines the history of anti-Black racism in hockey, from the segregated leagues of the 19th century to today’s NHL, where Black athletes continue to struggle against bigotry.It's Tough to Be a Bird
IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 1969
Part cartoon and part documentary, this film offers a humorous look at birds and the ways people perceive them.Island Observed
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1966
A film record of M.E.T.E.I. (Medical Expedition to Easter Island), one of the most unusual scientific enquiries ever launched, headed by a McGill University research team. While the film is concerned mainly with the physical condition of Easter Islanders, it also provides glimpses of island activities, a village wedding, and the famous long-faced stone sculptures.Škůdce
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1949