Looking for films to show at your Transition Town or climate change group? Or just to watch yourself? Here's a selection of good environmental films, in no particular order. Feel free to suggest others...
Green movies
Age of Stupid - great documentary about climate change
End of the Line - about overfishing
A Sea Change - on ocean acidification - if you don't know what it is, watch this.
Power of Community - doco about Cuba's organic food revolution, inspiring for local food groups, community gardeners, etc
Australia Pumping Empty - peak oil from an Australian perspective.
The Future of Food - a critical look at GM food.
The Real Dirt on Farmer John - a quirky but engaging US film about community supported agriculture.
Home - stunning, inspiring photos of planet Earth from the air.
Koyaanisqatsi and Baraka - amazing, epic, wordless montages of images of Earth, nature and human activity with pounding soundtracks. Cinematic landmarks.
A Crude Awakening - documentary about peak oil.
The Corporation - companies as psychopaths… an interesting perspective.
Who Killed The Electric Car what happened to GM's first electric car?
Strange Days on Planet Earth - shown on ABC, a very good National Geographic 4-part series looking at environmental issues.
The Eleventh Hour - Leonardo Di Caprio narrates this climate change doco.
The End of Suburbia - examines the unsustainable nature of suburbs.
In Transition - sort of "Transition Towns: The Movie"
Food Inc - a cold hard look at the industrialised food industry
Addicted to Plastic - documentary about plastic and what happens when we throw it away.
No Impact Man - follows a New Yorker aiming to reduce his environmental footprint.
The Garden - doco about a US inner-city community garden, and it's fight for survival.
Out of Balance: ExxonMobil's Impact on Climate Change - how the oil giant tries to influence debate on climate change.
How to Save the World (One Man, One Cow, One Planet) - inspiring documentary about biodynamic farming in India.
Trashed - the story of rubbish
A Hard Rain and Blowin' in the Wind - Australian filmmaker David Bradbury investigates uranium mining and the use of depleted uranium.
Radiant City - I haven't seen this but it's described as "End of Suburbia meets Spinal Tap".
Manufactured Landscapes - photographic documentary exploring the impact of industrialisation on the natural world.
A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil - about a Brazilian city implementing environmental solutions.
The Cove - shocking documentary about dolphin slaughter in Japan.
Our Seeds / Yum Blumi - doco about seedsaving in Australia and the Pacific.
The Seedhunter - an Australian biologist travels the world looking for rare seeds to protect agricultural biodiversity
Short films (15-20mins)
The Power Down Show - an Irish series of 20-minute programs on Transition Town themes.
Think Global Eat Local - 15 minute film exploring community food networks
The Story of Stuff - short, sharp, witty little film about the environmental problems of consumerism. Free download from website.
A Good Home Forever - eco-home renovation advice.
Where to buy green movie DVDs
New Internationalist online store
Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk - check the DVD format is suitable for Australia
"Do we need permission to show this movie?"
It varies. Some film-makers encourage free use, other request a small licence fee. Look on the websites or DVD packaging for information, or email the producers or national distributor, if listed, for details. Of course, it is unlikely most film-makers will find out about a small community screening of their movie in somewhere like Australia, so in that sensee it's up to you, but licence fees help support independent film-making. Free screenings are often considered "educational" and exempted from licence fees.
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End of the Line due a cinema release in Australia in April. Look out for it.