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THE SACRIFICE ZONE, 31min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Julie Winokur
If you travel down a one-mile stretch of Doremus Avenue in Newark, NJ, you pass a natural gas plant next to a sewage treatment facility next to an animal fat rendering plant next to a series of ominous looking chemical storage containers behind acres of fencing. Airplanes pass overhead every two minutes, their engines rattling windows, while a putrid smell wafts from the open pools at the sewage treatment plant.
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GHOST FOREST, 4min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Michael Fodera
A documentary following world-famous artist, Maya Lin creating her new installation, Ghost Forest, which envisions the future of our planet dismantled by climate change.
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2 FEET, 6min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Kalie Granier
“2 FEET” explores the aesthetics of macroalgae and their majestic kelp forest through the lives of five women from five continents.
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LOOKING FORWARD, 26min., France, Documentary
Directed by Laura Lardeux
Looking Forward (“Avenir” in French) is the charming and uplifting portrait of a collective in search of meaning, in the shadow of global warming. This 26-minute documentary tells the story of a group of people who get politically involved for the first time. In an attempt to get elected to the town council, they tackle the issues of climate crisis and democracy, which threaten their Alpine ski-resort, La Clusaz.
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Environmental Film and Screenplay Festival 