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- DirectorJennifer PeedomJoseph NizetiStarsWillem DafoeA stunning exploration of the timeless relationship between human civilization and Earth's rivers, in all their majesty and fragility.
- DirectorDavid McIlvrideRoger WilliamsStarsJason PriestleyMark AngeloOrsola De CastroRiverBlue chronicles an unprecedented around-the-world river adventure, led by renowned paddler and conservationist, Mark Angelo, who ends up uncovering and documenting the dark side of the global fashion industry.
- DirectorJeff Orlowski-YangStarsJames BalogSvavar JónatanssonLouie PsihoyosFollow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers.
- DirectorAlex PritzStarsNeidinha BandeiraBitaté Uru Eu Wau WauWhen a network of Brazilian farmers seizes a protected area of the Amazon rainforest, a young Indigenous leader and his mentor must fight back in defense of the land and an uncontacted group living deep within the forest.
- DirectorNeil GelinasStarsChris BoyesJack BoyesSteve BoyesA passionate conservation biologist brings together a river bushman fearful of losing his past and a young scientist uncertain of her future on an epic, four-month expedition across three countries, through unexplored and dangerous landscapes, in order to save the Okavango Delta, one of our planet's last pristine wildernesses.
- StarsF. Murray AbrahamOtto ClemensDereck JoubertExperience the wildlife of the Okavango Delta, an oasis and lush paradise in Botswana, Southern Africa that connects a wide variety of creatures.
- DirectorSachi CunninghamJennifer GalvinStarsLili TaylorThe Memory of Fish is a documentary portrait of one man, the wild salmon he loves, and his fight to free a river.
- DirectorRoger WilliamsStarsMark AngeloRob CatchloveDanny CattFrom the producers of the multi international award-winning film RiverBlue comes the feature length documentary, Last Paddle; 1000 Rivers 1 Life. This inspirational and visually stunning film chronicles the amazing lifetime journey of renowned river advocate Mark Angelo who has paddled more than 1000 rivers in well over 100 countries; perhaps more than any other individual. Last Paddle chronicles a life-long commitment to river conservation and restoration around the globe. The film also delves into Mark's current efforts, including the need to better protect and restore city waterways, understanding the impacts of climate change on rivers, and doing more to conserve the planet's greatest river environments. In acknowledging Mark's accomplishments, including the founding of World Rivers Day, Last Paddle makes an eloquent plea to cherish and better care for our life-giving waterways while also offering hopeful insights into how we might attain a more sustainable future.
- DirectorRush SturgesIn this documentary, a kayaker sets out to become the first man to paddle the four great rivers that flow from Tibet's sacred Mount Kailash.
- DirectorBritton CaillouetteStarsPanajot ChorovskiNatasa CrnkovicTihomir DakicBlue Heart tells the story of the last wild river system in Europe and the people fighting to protect it.
- DirectorMiha AvgustinRozle BregarMatic OblakStarsArse AvakumovskiCatherine BohneBob BrownFollow a crew of kayakers standing up for the last wild rivers of Europe, threatened by 2700 dams. From Slovenia to Albania they protest and paddle supporting the locals fighting along the way.
- DirectorRozle BregarStarsBranko DjokovicSabina KogovsekCarmen KuntzThere is a river that flows from the heart of the Julian Alps through four countries and many landscapes, all the way to Belgrade, where it flows into the Danube. It is called the Sava and is the home river of most of the team behind and in front of the cameras of this film. Despite living next to her, many never take the opportunity to really get to know her. A kayak trip through the entire Slovenian part of the river (258 km) provides just that, so they decided to make it happen. The documentary follows their journey, but leaves it to the river to tell its story, share its secrets, problems and hopes. Everything but sterile, the film offers insight into the opinions of individual kayakers on the river, nature conservation and life, and the combination is spiced with many of the adventures that befell them on this exciting 11-day journey.
- DirectorKasimir BurgessThe story of Australia's most significant environmental battle to save the remote Franklin River from being dammed by a hydroelectric project in the 1980s, as told through the lens of a current-day solo rafting adventure.
- DirectorRory McLeodOne of Australia's worst environmental disasters. The film calls upon experts, Indigenous elders and locals, to unravel the cause and effects of this catastrophe on people and wildlife.
- DirectorVictor KossakovskyWater and ice are shown around the world, in all of their many powerful forms.
- DirectorJennifer BaichwalEdward BurtynskyStarsInocencia González SainzMarcus SchubertBill NanceA documentary on how water shapes humanity.
- DirectorBen HamiltonA young wildlife filmmaker ventures to Alaska to discover the importance of Wilderness today.
- DirectorJohn GussmanJessica PlumbStarsEnvironmental ActivistsLower Elwha Kllalam Tribe Ben CharlesLower Elwha Klallam Tribe Frances Charles'Return of the River' tells the story the largest dam removal in history, currently unfolding on the Elwha River in Washington State. The film explores an extraordinary community effort to set the river free, and shows an unlikely victory for environmental justice. Told by an ensemble cast of characters, 'Return of the River' offers hope amid grim environmental news, chronicling a dramatic success story that has drawn international attention to the Olympic Peninsula.
- DirectorCaroline BacleStarsCaroline BacleOnce upon a time, in almost every industrial city, countless rivers flowed. We built houses along their banks. Our roads hugged their curves. And their currents fed our mills and factories. But as cities grew, we polluted rivers so much that they became conduits for deadly waterborne diseases like cholera, which was 19th century's version of the Black Plague. Our solution two centuries ago was to bury rivers underground and merge them with sewer networks. Today, under the city, they still flow, out of sight and out of mind... until now. That's because urban dwellers are on a quest to reconnect with this denigrated natural world. LOST RIVERS takes us on an adventure down below and across the globe, retracing the history of these lost urban rivers by plunging into archival maps and going underground with clandestine urban explorers. We search for the disappeared Petite rivière St-Pierre in Montreal, the Garrison Creek in Toronto, the River Tyburn in London, the Saw Mill River in New York, and the Bova-Celato River in Bresica, Italy. Could we see these rivers again? To find the answer, we meet visionary urban thinkers, activists and artists from around the world.
- DirectorJeff NicholsStarsMatthew McConaugheyTye SheridanJacob LoflandTwo young boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the vigilantes that are on his trail and to reunite him with his true love.
- DirectorCurtis HansonStarsMeryl StreepKevin BaconDavid StrathairnRafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.
- DirectorJeff BlecknerStarsKevin BaconSean AstinJonathan WardThe story of a shy boy who gets convinced by his parents to spend a few summer days in the mountains. So, he joins a group, and the vacation begins. Unfortunately, things turn out to be a little tough for our small friend.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack HawkinsBritish POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
- DirectorMike GabrielEric GoldbergStarsMel GibsonLinda HuntChristian BaleAn English soldier and the daughter of an Algonquin chief share a romance when English colonists invade seventeenth century Virginia.
- StarsDavid OyelowoPeter DrostAn immersive expedition into the remarkable biodiversity, captivating landscapes, and fascinating human stories along the Amazon, Mississippi, and Nile rivers.
- StarsMichael J. HayesUsing new technology and exclusive stories, Rivers of Life reveals a wider and fresh perspective on the extraordinary landscapes, surprising wildlife, and extraordinary people of the Nile, the Mississippi, and the Amazon.
- StarsSigrid ThorntonJohn WatersDarius PerkinsOrphaned after a shipwreck off the Victorian coast of Australia, the beautiful and spirited Philadelphia Gordon finds both love and adventure aboard a paddle-steamer on the Murray River.
- StarsDavid OyelowoPeter DrostA series that looks into three of Earth's major rivers.
- DirectorGeorge MonbiotStarsGeorge Monbiot
- DirectorBob ConnollyStarsAntonius MoscalJohn Bluthal
- DirectorSteve BestAnna GrieveStarsMax AngusBob BrownHilary EdwardsIn the early 1970s Lake Pedder, an alpine lake isolated in the heart of the wilderness of south-west Tasmania, was flooded to make way for a massive hydro-electric scheme. The campaign to save the lake became the first national environmental battle in Australia's history. In the fight to save Lake Pedder the world's first green party was born. By the time the Franklin River was under threat the environmental lobby in Tasmania was highly skilled and organised as a result of the Lake Pedder experience and subsequently was able to campaign successfully for the Franklin River to be saved.
- DirectorMichael PetersonFour obsolete dams choke off access to thousands of miles of rivers. Removing these dams will save money, salmon, and orcas.
- DirectorMark RydellStarsMel GibsonSissy SpacekShane BaileyA farming family battles severe storms, while taking a valiant stand against a bank foreclosure and a powerful land grabber.
- DirectorBen KnightTravis RummelStarsEdward AbbeyBruce BabbittLori BodiThis powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers.
- DirectorTodd HaynesStarsMark RuffaloAnne HathawayTim RobbinsA corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.
- DirectorShane AndersonA Story of salmon, timber, weed and wine along California's mighty Eel River.
- DirectorShane AndersonJesse Andrew ClarkFaced with worsening floods and a prized salmon population on the brink of extinction, communities along Washington's Chehalis River must decide how to prepare for climate impacts and if a new dam is the answer.
- DirectorMandi StarkStarsDavid AttenboroughThe need for fresh water is as strong as ever. However, the supply is becoming increasingly unpredictable for all manner of species.
- DirectorJohn StruzenbergStarsTerran WardenThe mission of Changing Currents is to raise awareness, encourage environmental stewardship, and advocate for increased public dialogue about effective river protection efforts.
- DirectorJosh MurphyStarsBrett GalyeanYvon ChouinardJim LichatowichA look at the challenges ecologists and conservationists face in the lucrative salmon-hatchery industry.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartKatharine HepburnRobert MorleyIn WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.
- DirectorJohn BoormanStarsJon VoightBurt ReynoldsNed BeattyIntent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
- DirectorRobert RedfordStarsCraig ShefferBrad PittTom SkerrittTwo sons of a stern minister - one reserved, one rebellious - grow up in rural 1920s Montana while devoted to fly fishing.
- DirectorRandall WoodStarsMia WasikowskaTake a birds-eye-view journey into the world of the migratory shorebird. The world's greatest endurance athletes fly up to 9 days non-stop, and they need your help. Come along and hear the message from the birds
- DirectorNick HaywardChadden HunterStarsPete WalshPeter Walsh studies the platypus in an urban river in Hobart , Tasmania.