Green Planet Films – Nature and Environmental films from around the globe

Green Planet Films is a non-profit distributor of Nature, Environment, and Human Ecology Films

See our new releases for educational usage or community screenings below…

CURRENT REVOLUTION Transforming America’s Electric Grid
$39.00 – $250.00

From substations to gas stations, boardrooms to military bases — this film tells the story of America’s energy industry on the brink of massive change. Whether it fails, prevails or adapts, the outcome will profoundly affect us all. This is the first in a series of new films about the future of the U.S. energy grid from American Resilience Project, producers of award-winning Tidewater.

Digital Site Licenses Available, contact sales@greenplanetfilms.org
Colleges/Universities $150
(includes Public Performance Rights)
K-12 Schools $79
Public Libraries $39
(Circulation Only)
Community Screening License $150

Family of Fear
$39.00 – $150.00

Family of Fear shares the story of a group of people brought together by their love of haunted houses. They come to scare people. Some come from broken homes, are bullied in school, have depression, loneliness and other concerns. But in the Arx Mortis haunted house they found a family. This documentary is about finding inclusion and community in one of the scariest places in the USA.

Digital Site Licenses Available, contact sales@greenplanetfilms.org

Colleges/Universities $150
(includes Public Performance Rights)
K-12 Schools $79
Public Libraries $39
(Circulation Only)
Community Screening License $150

Looking for the Wild
$39.00 – $129.00

Unai is a 10-years-old boy who travels with his family on an extraordinary journey around the world. His father, a nature photographer, has the mission to search for seven emblematic animals to photograph and communicate the delicate situation in which they find themselves. For over a year, following in his footsteps Unai shares with his sister and his mother experiences that convey an unconditional love for nature. Wolves, elephants, lions, bison, penguins, hornbills and crocodiles are the protagonists of this exciting journey across all continents.

Digital Site Licenses Available, contact sales@greenplanetfilms.org

Colleges/Universities $129
(includes Public Performance Rights)
K-12 Schools $79
Public Libraries $39
(Circulation Only)
Community Screening License $129

MOVE ! Dance Your Life
$39.00 – $150.00

STREET DATE 9-25-18

MOVE ! Dance your life is a beautiful, emotional, poetic and aesthetic film about dance around the world. Without narration or spoken word, the film’s primary language is Dance, a universal medium. Take a visual journey to 18 different destinations around the world and experience the beauty and emotion of dance with over 20 dancers wearing stunning and colorful costumes in a variety of indoor and outdoor scenes. MOVE ! shows humanity’s vital need for dance.

Digital Site Licenses Available, contact sales@greenplanetfilms.org

Colleges/Universities $150
(includes Public Performance Rights)
K-12 Schools $79
Public Libraries $39
(Circulation Only)
Community Screening License $150

Atlantic Salmon – Lost at Sea
$39.00 – $150.00

An epic journey through the oceanic kingdom of the Atlantic Salmon in an attempt to unravel the mystery of their life at sea. Salmon are plummeting to critical levels. The cause is mortality at sea. For the first time, using the latest DNA technology, scientists are tracking the salmon from the rivers into the vast North Atlantic and back again, in hopes of finding an answer before it’s too late.

Digital Site Licenses Available, contact sales@greenplanetfilms.org

Colleges/Universities $150
(includes Public Performance Rights)
K-12 Schools $89
Public Libraries $39
(Circulation Only)
Community Screening License $150

Searching for the Gold Spot
$39.00 – $149.00

Searching for the Gold Spot: The Wild after Wildfire is a film about the rapid and amazing comeback of the wild in forests after wildfire. The story follows teams of scientists through the Sierra Nevada, the Cascades Mountains and beyond, and shows hundreds of living, breathing reasons why our publicly owned forests need to be saved from large-scale logging projects.

Digital Site Licenses Available, contact sales@greenplanetfilms.org

Colleges/Universities $149
(includes Public Performance Rights)
K-12 Schools $79
Public Libraries $39
(Circulation Only)
Community Screening License $149

A Word to the Wise
$39.00 – $99.00

This documentary introduces us to Douglas Lui Fo’oa, a husband and father from the Solomon Islands, one of the most remote places on Earth. He is our guide and as he shares his wisdom with us, we travel around some of the Islands’ amazing locations, slowly understanding the almost idyllic qualities of this archipelago and its people.

Digital Site Licenses Available, contact sales@greenplanetfilms.org

Colleges/Universities $99
(includes Public Performance Rights)
K-12 Schools $59
Public Libraries $39
(Circulation Only)
Community Screening License $99

Ocean Cities
$39.00 – $250.00

In this era of climate change and sea level rise – How can coastal cities around the world innovate and connect to the oceans they border? Join Professor Timothy Beatley as he explores urban projects around the world representing the new green movement that hopes to move beyond our urban environments to a regenerative way of living. Filmed in New York, Miami, San Francisco, Monterey, Vancouver Baltimore Amsterdam and Rotterdam

Colleges/Universities $150

(includes Public Performance Rights)

K-12 Schools $89

Public Libraries (Circulation Only) $39

Digital Streaming License and DVD $250

Community Screening License $150

The Oyster Farmers
$39.00 – $195.00

The Oyster Farmers centers on coastal life in NJ, specifically the Barnegat Bay. The once prolific Eastern Oyster, an economic and cultural keystone, historically decimated, is poised to recapture its legacy. Oyster farmers in the Barnegat Bay lead a Baymen’s renaissance, cultivating a resurgence of the oyster, to restore its heritage.

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DVD: Colleges/Universities $195
(includes Public Performance Rights)
DVD: K-12 Schools $89
DVD: Community Screening License $150
DVD: Public Libraries (Circulation Only) $39

The Earth’s Furies: COLLECTION
$229.00 – $720.00

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Raging mega fires that burn for months. Super eruptions with the potential of a Hiroshima bomb exploding every two or three minutes. Asteroid strikes so violent they wiped out entire species. Devastating tsunamis, tornadoes and earthquakes. THE EARTH’S FURIES six-part series explores the science behind natural disasters in search of a deeper understanding. Through animated graphics, interviews with scientists and eyewitnesses, and stunning images, it brings these spectacularly destructive forces of nature to life.

BUY THE COLLECTION, SAVE 20% OFF INDIVIDUAL EPISODES. The collection contains 6 separate DVDs with SDH subtitles. 52 minutes each

DVD: Colleges/Universities $720
(includes Public Performance Rights)
DVD: K-12 Schools $450
DVD: Public Libraries (Circulation Only) $230

The Earth’s Furies: Avalanches
$39.00 – $150.00

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Anywhere on the planet where there is snow, no mountain is spared. Depending on the type of snow, the weather and the slope, an avalanche can reach incredible speeds: more than 300km per hour. A small avalanche can exert the same amount of pressure as a cyclone. Researchers and security experts have set up techniques to detect dangerous areas and limit their impact.

DVD: Colleges/Universities $150
(includes Public Performance Rights)
DVD: K-12 Schools $89
DVD: Public Libraries (Circulation Only) $39

The Earth’s Furies: Lightning
$39.00 – $150.00

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With new scientific knowledge, we know how electrical charges inside clouds are created, and new technology can monitor lightning moving through the sky. However, it can hit anything, anywhere, at any time…and it cannot be stopped. Nowhere is unaffected by this devastating and frightening natural

DVD: Colleges/Universities $150
(includes Public Performance Rights)
DVD: K-12 Schools $89
DVD: Public Libraries (Circulation Only) $39

The Earth’s Furies: Tornadoes
$39.00 – $150.00

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The USA is affected by 1,200 tornadoes every year and this phenomenon is growing all over the world. With wind speeds inside their vortex reaching up to 500 km per hour and travelling at the speed of a high-speed train, tornadoes are capable of destroying everything in their path. But how do they start? How can we predict them and minimise their destruction? Is global warming responsible for their increasing frequency?

DVD: Colleges/Universities $150
(includes Public Performance Rights)
DVD: K-12 Schools $89
DVD: Public Libraries (Circulation Only) $39

The Earth’s Furies: Earthquakes
$39.00 – $150.00

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With teams of experts tracking them all over the world, earthquakes are one of the most heavily-monitored natural phenomenons. Despite this, in places such as Haiti, Nepal and Italy, they continue to be devastating and deadly. But what causes this destructive force of nature? Could it be prevented, and how can we minimize the destruction? This documentary series focuses on the science behind natural catastrophes and helps audiences to understand these spectacular moments of Earth’s anger.

DVD: Colleges/Universities $150
(includes Public Performance Rights)
DVD: K-12 Schools $89
DVD: Public Libraries $39
(Circulation Only)

The Earth’s Furies: Volcanic Eruptions
$39.00 – $150.00

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Iceland, Indonesia, South America, the Reunion Island… The threat of volcanic eruptions never ceases to hound those who have chosen to live at the feet of volcanos on continents the world over. This threat requires humans to continually come up with new ways to both foresee the danger to come and to tame the violence of volcanoes; a violence that is indispensable to life on Earth. What do these volcanoes reveal about the way the Earth works? This documentary series focuses on the science behind natural catastrophes and helps audiences to understand these spectacular moments of Earth’s anger.

DVD: Colleges/Universities $150
(includes Public Performance Rights)
DVD: K-12 Schools $89
DVD: Public Libraries (Circulation Only) $39

The Earth’s Furies: Mega Fires
$39.00 – $150.00

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Devastating forest fires rage across California, and enormous fires reach the doors of major European cities… But these gargantuan fires are often impossible to stop without rainfall. With every new dry season, these fires devour the world’s forests and increasingly threaten human lives and homes. We need to solve the mysteries of mega fires in order to better prepare for their onslaught and to rebuild smarter after their devastation. This documentary series focuses on the science behind natural catastrophes and helps audiences to understand these spectacular moments of Earth’s anger.

DVD: Colleges/Universities $150 (includes Public Performance Rights)
DVD: K-12 Schools $89
DVD: Public Libraries (Circulation Only) $39

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