A virtual letter to the current generation from the next generation. The film highlights the opinions of several children as they write letters to President Trump about the importance of Protecting the Paris agreement, and that human caused climate change is a reality. ...
“If you're a cephalopod, you're super easy to eat,” says Sarah McAnulty, a squid biologist. “You're basically a swimming protein bar.” McAnulty studies a species of cephalopod called the Hawaiian bobtail squid. While most cephalopods have flashy adaptations to stay off predators’ dinner menus this...
Follow one of the forest's funkiest creatures into a gangly gathering of amphibious affection...
After the loss of an important display feather a famous Superb Lyrebird called 'The Pretender' struggles to win a mate during the most competitive song and dance competition in Australia....
In “ A Day in the Park” we are introduced to a monologue by a grandfather who explains to his grandkid how things used to be, or maybe; how they are now. Screening Opening Night February 21, 2019 at The Paley Center for Media ...
Deep in the heart of Liberia’s jungles, hundreds of chimpanzees were taken from the wild. Captured, bred, and infected with hepatitis, our closest animal relatives were to unlock the mysteries of human diseases. But what started in the 1970s as an ambitious medical experiment took...
Drawing from over 100 hours of never-before-seen footage that had been tucked away in the National Geographic archives for more than 50 years, award-winning director Brett Morgen tells the story of Jane Goodall, a woman whose chimpanzee research challenged the male-dominated scientific consensus of her...
Is the zoo getting rich from selling the animals' poo? After overhearing that zoo poo is valuable, self-obsessed gorilla Jurgen is convinced the zoo's poo is being sold behind his back. To stop anyone cashing in, he calls a poo strike - no one is...
Three National Geographic “Adventurers of the Year” embark on an insane kayaking mission in Greenland. Propelled by kite skis, they tow their whitewater kayaks over 600 miles of the Greenland Ice Cap to reach unexplored territory in the northernmost river ever paddled....
Maule Dhan Rai is the last man in the remote Nepal village of Saadi who has been visited in a dream by a wrathful forest spirit called Rongkemi. If no one else in the village has the dream, a generations-old tradition may die....
Wildlife photographer Megan Lorenz returns to Florida to film burrowing owls. Having already witnessed some peculiar “dancing” behavior in her 2014 visit, which led to the original Owl Dance-Off video, this time Megan is fortunate enough to catch a tandem owl routine....
Renowned National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore is in search of endangered animals to document for his unprecedented “Photo Ark.” The project reaches a milestone when Joel photographs his 5,000th species, the Persian leopard, in Budapest. In the Czech Republic, in one of the film’s most...
The Last Pig is a lyrical meditation on what it means to be a sentient creature with the power to kill. Deeply immersive and experiential, the film follows a pig farmer through his final year of slaughtering pigs. Through sparse, intimate musings, the farmer reveals...
Filmmaker James Redford embarks on a colorful personal journey into the dawn of the clean-energy era as it creates jobs, turns profits and makes communities stronger across the U.S. Unlikely entrepreneurs from Texas, to to New York, reveal pioneering clean-energy solutions while James’s discovery of...
Charged chronicles the life-changing journey of chef and outdoorsman Eduardo Garcia after being shocked by 2,400 volts of electricity in a freak accident while hiking in the remote backcountry of Montana. Eduardo lost his hand, ribs, muscle mass and nearly his life, but more important...
Rise of the Warrior Apes tells the 25-year story of the rise of the largest and most powerful troop of chimpanzees ever known -- the formidable Ngogo community in Uganda, The story is told using previously unseen archival footage and witness testimony from the scientists...
A story of strength over adversity, a Finnish freediver uses cold water treatment to save her leg from amputation but goes on to become the world champion freediver under ice....
Ben Page is bicycling around the world and seeking an adventure of perfect solitude in the Canadian Arctic. Yet, as he comes to realize, the harsh truths of traveling in such a formidable environment are a long way from the romanticism of a Jack London...
