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Mufflers, honks, and drilling; the perpetual soundscape of Toronto. Fed up by sleepless nights, a few activists take their fight to city hall in the hopes of changing outdated noise bylaws.

Documentary | 8 min

Do You Hear What I Hear?

Two female filmmakers fight alongside Indigenous leaders and scientists to protect a critically endangered species of orca, their collapsing ecosystem, and all human life in the Pacific Northwest.

Current Affairs | 94 min

Coextinction

In Planet Wonder, Johanna Wagstaffe asks unexpected climate questions, on a journey of discovery through science, connecting perspectives on and solutions to climate change.

News | 1 season

Planet Wonder

Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of food waste from farm and retail, right to the back of their own fridge.

Documentary | 73 min

Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story

From cricket chips to nutty black soldier fly grubs, Edible Insects leaps across cultural and culinary boundaries to explore the insect food industry, and how it could benefit our health and planet.

Documentary | 53 min

Edible Insects

For a growing number of young people, the climate crisis is affecting decisions about whether or not to have kids.

Documentary | 44 min

The Climate Baby Dilemma

One Newfoundlander’s obsessive quest to clean up coastal ocean floors and bring attention to an environmental crisis.

Documentary | 1 episode

Hell or Clean Water

Professor Tim Flannery investigates how seaweed in helping to save the world - from growing the foods of the future, helping save the reef, and even combating climate change.

Can Seaweed Save the World?

14-year-old Ella is determined to travel the length of the Inside Passage by kayak in order to protect her home. She plans to protest a proposed pipeline that would have oil tanker traffic spoil her beloved homeland’s waters. Ella is prepared to handle all of the challenges put in front of by her this adventure, but most of all the challenge of her whacky family. Her neurotic aunt, her cranky uncle, her wayward cousin, and the memory of her late uncle all tag along for the ride, throwing Ella for a loop. From Tla'Amin to Klemtu, British Colombia, this family navigates their blend of cultures and ideals, while their spirits honour the coast as a place for not just Ella, but everyone to call home.

Action and Adventure | 92 min

Kayak to Klemtu

Peace River Rising offers an intimate view of the connection between violence against Indigenous women and violence against the land. In this short documentary we see Fort St. John, B.C. and the breathtaking surroundings of the Peace River region through the eyes of Helen Knott, a Dane-Zaa/Nehiyaw social worker, poet, and activist. Helen takes us through the dramatic changes she’s witnessed in her home territory. Woodlands she explored as a child have disappeared to make way for pipelines and housing developments to accommodate the influx of transient workers. Contamination from industrial endeavors has turned traditional activities - like berry picking - into potential hazards. Helen explores the dangers of these industrial expansions, bringing to light the fact that Fort St. John, now primarily an oil and gas town, has a per capita crime rate that is nearly double that of Vancouver. On the streets of Fort St. John, Helen and a fellow lifetime resident reflect on the overwhelming ratio of men to women in their city: what was once a city of familiar faces is now overrun with strangers who have minimal personal attachment to the area. Helen shares personal stories about the violence she’s encountered, and her beliefs about how important it is to give voice to these experiences. She leaves us with a deeper perspective into why she does the work she does - and her hopes for a new world.

Documentary | 10 min

Peace River Rising

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