In their quest to identify the pollinator of the ghost orchid for the first time, a team of explorers, photographers, and filmmakers spent three summers standing waist-deep in alligator- and snake-laden water, swatting air blackened by mosquitoes, and climbing to sometimes nausea-inducing heights. They came...
Female aphids are the matriarchs of a successful family operation— taking over your garden. But don’t lose hope; these pests have some serious predators and creepy parasites looking to take them down. Screened at the FAMILY Program, Sunday, April 3, 2022 at The Explorers Club...
In Birds of North America, Jason Ward travels the country delighting audiences with his contagious curiosity about the natural world. When he and his younger brother, Jeffrey, head to Central Park, they discuss their "spark" birds, compare notes on birding while black and inevitably their...
In northern Kenya, a group of Samburu women joins forces to protect an endangered zebra species. Through this process, they also discover new ways to support each other, their daughters, and even the livestock everyone here depends on for survival. Screened at the Sunday Day Program,...
BOB OF THE PARK introduces the world to Robert ‘Birding Bob’ DiCandido. Central Park bird walk leader, and a mainstay in New York City parks for the last 30 years, Birding Bob is known for his use of pre-recorded bird calls to attract migratory birds,...
Volcanologist Kayla Lacovino is part science fiction sleuth and part mountaineer, investigating how volcanoes produce destructive power. Back at her experimental petrology lab at Jacobs-NASA Johnson Space Center, Lacovino ultimately provides information about the overall geological makeup and origins of Earth. Screened at the FAMILY Program,...
From the Neskowin Ghost Forest to the Devil's Punchbowl, a young boy explores the rocky intertidal zones of the Oregon Coast. Traveling with toys and art materials, he offers insights on the tide pool ecosystem, as well as on prehistoric life. Screened Family Program, Sunday, March...
Inspired by real events, the story of human-elephant conflict comes to life in a stop motion world made out of recycled paper. Screened Family Program, Sunday, March 1, 2020...
Tiny World focuses on the smaller side of life, revealing the often overlooked and down-trodden members of the animal kingdom as tiny heroes and showcasing the incredible ‘super-powers’ they have evolved in order to triumph against huge odds. Screened at the FAMILY Program, Sunday, April 3,...
A young boy reflects on camping and climate change during a family canoe trip to the Slate Islands of Lake Superior. Screened at the FAMILY Program, Sunday, April 3, 2022 at The Explorers Club...
We follow the journey of a plastic party cup, from shop shelves to sandy beaches. While trying to make friends with marine life, he unwittingly harms all those he encounters. Our students created a film that fights against the plastic pollution problem and the effects...
Follow Almer, a young Haast tokoeka kiwi chick, through his first year of life. Watch as Almer grows from a tiny ball of ginger fluff to a 2kg predator fighting machine, and witness the dedication of the people working hard to give him a chance...
In a Kenyan town bordering wildlife conservation land, two men try to hold onto their increasingly fragile status quo. A small-time ivory dealer fights to stay on top while forces mobilize to destroy his trade. When he turns to his younger cousin, a conflicted wildlife...
Over the past century, farming and the needs of a growing population have replaced nearly all of Ethiopia’s old-growth forests with agricultural fields. This film tells the story of the country’s Church Forests–pockets of lush biodiversity that are protected by hundreds of churches scattered like...
In a groundbreaking experiment, led by Laurent Ballesta, five of the most experienced underwater scientists in the world will dive at night among 700 starving sharks, the largest school ever recorded. It took them 3 years of preparation to dare descend among the predators. The challenge is to...
Wolves are recolonizing the state of Washington. How to Count a Wolf follows three wildlife biologists who try to find them as they get here. Learn about the methods they use and the risks they take to monitor recovery. Screened at the Saturday Afternoon Program, April...
Wildlife cinematographer, Neil Rettig, embarks on what could be the most challenging assignment of his career: to find and film the rarest eagle on the planet. Bird of Prey explores the vanishing world of the Great Philippine Eagle and reveals the people determined to save it. Q&A...
In 2013, the State of Alaska proposed building a 225-mile industrial access road to facilitate the construction of an open-copper pit mine near the village of Ambler. We traveled 350 miles through the Brooks Range along the road corridor to question the meaning of progress...
The Okavango River Basin provides a vital source of water to about 1 million people, the world’s largest population of African elephants and significant populations of lions, cheetahs and hundreds of species of birds. However, this once unspoiled oasis is now under siege due to...
