5x5: Voices of Change from the Forests of Indonesia + Hope: Indigenous Climate Change Solutions

Five short films from Indigenous communities across Indonesia show their response to threats to their forests posed by miners, loggers, palm oil plantations and global warming. In the sixth film a Dayak Iban community inspires hope as it offers a simple solution to the global climate crisis.

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Face to Face Media | 2008 | 37 minutes

The Absent House

Sustainable design in the tropics. The story of a Puerto Rican architect pioneering locally-suited green buildings for over thirty years.

Icarus Films | 2013 | 55 minutes

Aiming High

Focuses on Uganda's successful economic recovery in the wake of Idi Amin's regime.

Bullfrog Films | 2005 | 26 minutes

Airsick: An Industrial Devolution

Created with 20,000 photographs and a haunting soundtrack, "Airsick" plays out like an unsettling dream. Photographer Lucas Oleniuk examines our addiction to fossil fuel - and its consequences.

MediaStorm | 2010 | 5 minutes

Anais Goes to War

A young woman's struggle to forge her own path and start a farm.

Icarus Films | 2014 | 46 minutes

The Art of Being Human

A remarkable artist who helps us see the humanity in others.

Bullfrog Films | 1995 | 28 minutes

Banking Nature

By assigning financial value to elements of nature, can markets save the planet?

Icarus Films | 2014 | 90 minutes

Barcelona or Die

Madou, a Senegalese fisherman, risks his life on an illegal boat to Europe.

Icarus Films | 2008 | 52 minutes

Beijing Besieged By Waste

Director Wang Jiuliang traces the flow of garbage from his apartment to hundreds of toxic and illegal dumps grazed by sheep and plowed under by developers on the expanding edge of Beijing. He also discovers a determined community of scavengers who live in the wastelands. This title has one or more clips.

Face to Face Media | 2011 | 72 minutes

Big Spuds, Little Spuds

The impact of climate change and monoculture on one of the world's staple food crops.

Bullfrog Films | 1999 | 52 minutes