Free Film: The Vanishing of the Bees
Bees are disappearing all over the planet and no one knows exactly why. The situation is both dire and all too real. An important documentary exploring this subject.
Bees are disappearing all over the planet and no one knows exactly why. The situation is both dire and all too real. An important documentary exploring this subject.
Dirt! The Movie - takes you inside the wonders of the soil. It tells the story of Earth’s most valuable and under-appreciated source of fertility–from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation. The Movie brings to life the environmental, economic, social and political impact that the soil has. It shares the stories of experts from all over the world who study and are able to harness the beauty and power of a respectful and mutually beneficial relationship with soil. DIRT! The Movie is a call to action. What we’ve destroyed, we can heal. |
Film: Drill Baby Drill
HASL presents Drill Baby Drill, a film by Lech Kowalski.
One day the people who live in a small village located in far eastern Poland near the Ukrainian border, an ecologically pristine agricultural area called the lungs of Poland discover that Chevron, the world's fourth largest energy corporation plans to build a shale gas well in their village. At first the villagers are not against the construction of the gas well but after doing some research they discover that maybe having a shale gas well so near the farms is not a good idea. The filmmaker Lech Kowalski was there to film the first ever farmer rebellion against Chevron. But energy companies and the Polish government hope to hit a golden shale gas jackpot and the odds are against the farmers winning. The story about their struggle weaves around their actions and the realities that are taking place far away in Pennsylvania, called the “Saudi Arabia” of shale gas mining. It’s too late to stop the energy companies in Pennsylvania but can the farmers win in Poland? What happens is a surprise, even to the farmers in this small village of fifty families. |
'Growing Change'
Growing Change is a documentary that looks at one of the most exciting experiments in the world to grow a fair and sustainable food system. In Venezuela, from fishing villages to cacao plantations to urban gardens, a growing social movement is showing what's possible when communities, not corporations, start to take control of food. Members of Sussex Food Sovereignty Movement will be coming along to lead a discussion following the film.
The Yes Men Fix the World.
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The History of Oil
Free showing of The History of Oil Robert Newman
A mixture of stand up comedy and introductory lecture on geo politics and peak oil - arguing that 20th Century Western foreign policy should be seen as a continuous struggle by the West to control Middle Eastern oil. 'Intelligent comedy at it's finest ' 'Entertaining as well as enlightening ' |
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97% Owned
97% Owned is a new documentary that reveals how money is at the root of our current social and economic crisis. Featuring frank interviews and commentary from economists, campaigners and former bankers, it exposes the privatised, debt-based monetary system that gives banks the power to create money, shape the economy, cause crises and push house prices out of reach. Fact-based and clearly explained, in just 60 minutes it shows how the power to create money is the piece of the puzzle that economists were missing when they failed to predict the crisis
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Permaculture: the growing edge
Today, anyone who loves the earth knows that we face a huge crisis. Climate change, oil spills, toxins and habitat destruction threaten the viability of ecosystems around the world, and damage the life-support systems that we all depend upon. The reality is alarming and sometimes overwhelming. And yet—solutions to our most grave problems do exist. While governments stall and politicians prevaricate, ordinary people around the world are making changes in their lives and trying out new ways of growing food, providing for human needs, and building community.
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Gasland
A film by Josh Fox. The technology of "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing is considered in this film. This is particularly relevant as there is a proposed site for fracking at Balcombe, north of Haywards Heath in East Sussex and a local campaign against fracking. Local News in National Press
Home
A 2009 moving, and beautiful, documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand.
It shows the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is threatening
the ecological balance of the planet. The documentary chronicles the
present day state of the Earth, its climate and how we as the dominant
species have long-term repercussions on its future. A theme expressed
throughout the documentary is that of linkage—how all organisms and
the Earth are linked in a "delicate but crucial" natural balance with
each other, and how no organism can be self-sufficient.
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Beyond the Brink
A young filmmaker’s take on the climate change debate. 18-year-old Ross Harrison spent a year chasing up experts, studying the news and filming to create a short documentary that answers the ever-pressing questions, are we really causing climate change, and who cares? The result is a 40 minute film the knowns and the unknowns of the science. Interviews with Sir David Attenborough, Mark Lynas, David Shukman, Prof Dieter Helm, the UK Youth Climate Coalition, and Ross’ grandparents among others, offer fresh perspectives on a subject that saturates the media, divides the public, and yet is still meaningless to many.
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The 11th Hour
The last moment when change is possible... The film explores how we've arrived at this moment : how we live, how we impact the earth's ecosystems, and what we can do to change our course. Featuring ongoing dialogues of experts from all over the world, including former Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev, renowned scientist Stephen Hawking, former head of the CIA R. James Woolsey and sustainable design experts William McDonough and Bruce Mau in addition to over 50 leading scientists, thinkers and leaders who discuss the most important issues that face our planet and people.
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The Age of Stupid
Starring Pete Postlethwaite as a man living in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?
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The Story of Stuff
Highlights "How Our Obsession With Stuff Is Trashing The Planet, Our Communities, Our Health - And A Vision For Change". It is an extremely well researched and eye-opening fast pace animation about our lifestyles and obsessions with material products and the impact on all our "stuff" has on our world.
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The Power of Community: How Cuba survived Peak Oil
An American documentary film that explores the Special Period in Peacetime and its aftermath; the economic collapse and eventual recovery of Cuba following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Following the dramatic steps taken by both the Cuban government and citizens, its major themes include urban agriculture, energy dependence, and sustainability. The film is a reflection of the peak oil scenario argued by oil industry experts and political activists. Cuba began a slow recovery focused not on finding new energy sources, but on rejecting consumption in favor of sustainable growth.
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The Story of Cap and Trade
A fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill. Host Annie Leonard introduces the energy traders and Wall Street financiers at the heart of this scheme and reveals the "devils in the details" in current cap and trade proposals: free permits to big polluters, fake offsets and distraction from what’s really required to tackle the climate crisis. If you’ve heard about cap and trade, but aren’t sure how it works (or who benefits), this is the film is for you.
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The Corporation
A 2003 Canadian documentary film written by Joel Bakan. Critical of the modern-day corporation, considering its legal status as a class of person and evaluating its behaviour towards society and the world at large as a psychiatrist might evaluate an ordinary person. This is explored through specific examples.
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