IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:

AMAZONIA: VOICES FROM THE RAINFOREST
Profiles the struggle of the native peoples of the Amazon forest to defend their land, produced by Monti Aguirre and Glenn Switkes, 1991. 70 min

For the last 500 years the native people of the Amazon forest have defended their homeland against an invasion that has brought the mass extinction of over 700 tribes and the destruction of the rich rainforests in which they live. This film gives voice to these native people, as well as the riverine dwellers, rubber tappers, and small farmers, all of whom depend upon the rainforests along the Amazon River. Includes a 92 page research book.
For more information:
http://store.videoproject.com/ama-111-v.html

BILLION DOLLAR CROP
Explains the environmental interest in the non-drug variety of hemp as a versatile industrial fiber, and documents the history of its prohibition, directed by Barbara Ann Chobocky, produced with Michael Cordell and Jeffrey Bruer, 1995. 55 min

Billion Dollar Crop shows how the recently developed, non-drug variety of hemp is being researched and cultivated internationally because of the plant's versatile qualities and environmental friendliness. This program takes the audience on a world tour from Australia to the United Kingdom, and from The Netherlands to France and the US. It illustrates how hemp is being cultivated as an industrial fiber for use as an alternative to wood for paper production, to cotton for clothes, and to plywood for construction.
For more information:
http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/hemp.html

CENTRAL AFRICA: LAND OF THE PYGMIES
Explores how the Pygmies in central Africa protect their land and find place in the modern world. Produced by Mayer-Hohdahl Productions, 2000. 45 min

Timber logging is sounding the death knell for the Pygmies in central Africa. Short in stature and now short of land, the Baku and Bayakap pygmies are facing an uncertain future. With loggers, conservationists and the lure of "progress" closing in, can these small people, these "knowledge carriers of the forest," find a place in the modern world?
For more information:
http://www.mediarights.org/film/
central_africa_land_of_the_pygmies_timber_
logging_global_connections_series

THE FIRES OF THE AMAZON
Reports on the situation in the Amazon more than a decade after the filmmaker's series The Decade Of Destruction, directed by Adrian Cowell, UK, 2002. 44 min

Adrian Cowell spent the 1980s making the definitive film documentation of deforestation in Amazonia called The Decade of Destruction. Amongst those featured was his friend Chico Mendes, who was assassinated in 1988 for setting up forest reserves for rubber-tappers. In this new documentary, Cowell returns to Amazonia and finds that many of Chico's friends and colleagues are in power, including his closest associate, Mary Allegretti, who is now the federal government's Secretary for Amazonia.
For more information:
http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/foa.html

FORBIDDEN FOREST
Profiles two activists and their fight to save New Brunswick's public lands from logging, produced by Kent Martin and Lloyd Salomone, 2004. 70 min

Six multinational corporations control cutting on New Brunswick's millions of acres of Crown land. In Forbidden Forest, two very different men, Jean Guy Comeau and Francis Wishart, are united by a passion to save the forest and to bring some of the province's public forest under community control. Forbidden Forest is a tale of corporate greed, lax government oversight and people passionate about the places they love.
For more information:
http://www.mediarights.org/film/forbidden_forest

FOREST FOR THE FUTURE
Three part series looks at ecology and biology of old-growth forests, produced by SER, Alan Honick, Cedar Films, 1995. 3 Vols; 68 min

In this comprehensive series, leading scientists and forestry specialists present a hands-on look at the ecology and biology of old-growth forests, the impact of human activities on this ecology, and how ecology and economy might be balanced to preserve ancient forests for use by future generations.
For more information:
http://www.mediarights.org/film/forest_for_the_future

THE FOREST THROUGH THE TREES
Explores from the perspectives of environmentalists and timber workers the future of one of the most ancient ecosystems in the US, produced by Green TV, 1990. 60 min

Narrated by Sidney Pollack, this video provides a sobering look at the battle for Headwaters, the last remaining stands of virgin redwoods in the United States. The film presents competing interests, exposes alternatives to current logging practices, and explores the underlying public policy and resource issues that affect us all.
For more information:
http://www.greentv.org/

FURY FOR THE SOUND
Documents women's contribution to the battle to save the rainforest at Clayoquot Sound, directed by Shelley Wine, Canada, 1997. 86 min (52-minute version available)

This documentary shows how a small group of dedicated women activists came together to protest the clearcutting of the local rainforest and eventually found themselves in the midst of the largest civil disobedience action in Canadian history, the battle to save Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island.
For more information:
http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/fury.html

A FUTURE FOR THE FORESTS
Examines the aims of the Forest Stewardship Council, produced by J. Edward Milner, 1993. 25 min

Filmed in numerous international locales, the program shows both good and bad examples of forest management and how a new consumer awareness can encourage more responsible forest management worldwide and discourage the illegal trade in tropical rainforest timber.
For more information:
http://www.mediarights.org/film/a_future_for_forests

THE GOD SQUAD AND THE CASE OF THE NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL
A rare, behind-the-scenes look at the way politics shape environmental policy, produced by Emily Hart, US, 2001. 57 min

The God Squad investigates the controversial Endangered Species Committee proceedings over the Northern Spotted Owl and 44 proposed federal timber sales in Oregon.
For more information:
http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/gsquad.html

GOODWOOD
Explores how forest communities can have both jobs and trees, directed by David Springbett and Heather MacAndrew, Canada, 1998. 45 min

The question that lies at the heart of the ongoing debate about the world's forests is whether we can halt deforestation while still sustaining communities that depend on the forest for their livelihood. From a village chair-making project in Honduras to a design school in Nelson, B.C., and from a community-based forestry in Mexico to more than 3,000 items from certified wood sold in a British retail chain, Goodwood looks at four forestry-based places where communities are discovering - sometimes with help from surprising quarters - that it can be done.
For more information:
http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/good.html

GREEN DREAM$: THE FOREST DEBATE
Focuses on environmental and human issues surrounding the logging of old growth rainforests in British Columbia, produced by Daniel Gautreau and Yasha Spong, 1997. 24 min

From Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island in 1993 to the Stoltman Wilderness just north of Vancouver, in the summer of 1997 passions and tempers raged leading to protests and counterprotests. Environmentalists, First Nations people, and a cross-section of other citizens express their concerns for water rights, native land claims, wildlife habitat, community control of natural resources and preserving a wilderness heritage for future generations. On the other side of the debate forest workers, a forestry corporation CEO and a pro-forest-industry activist present their case for maintaining current harvesting practices and forestry jobs in the province.
For more information:
http://www.movingimages.ca/catalogue/
Nature/Nature_ag.html

IN GOOD HANDS: CULTURE & AGRICULTURE IN LACANDON RAIN FOREST
Profiles the sustainable rainforest farming practices of the Lacandon Maya of Chiapas in southern Mexico, produced by Jaimes Kibben, 1994. 27 min

In Good Hands follows Dr. James Nations, an ecological anthropologist, as he interacts with three Lacandon elders who show how they farm in the forests. The video also examines how culture, mythology and religion influence their agricultural methods. The Lacandon approach to farming provides the basis for developing a practical alternative to destructive rainforest farming.
For more information:
http://www.mediarights.org/film/
in_good_hands_culture_agriculture_in_lacandon_rain_forest

KEEPERS OF THE FOREST: THE REWARDS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FOREST STEWARDSHIP
Profiles forestland stewardship in Oregon, produced by the USDA Forest Service, 1996. 6 min

This video takes the viewer on a tour of the forestlands managed by four land stewards in northeast Oregon. On the way, viewers learn about the concepts, principles, and rewards of forestland stewardship.
For more information:
http://www.fs.fed.us/video/library/natural.htm#timber

NEW EXPLORERS: THE ENVIRONMENTAL SWAT TEAM
Follows a group of Rapid Assessment Program scientists as they evaluate one of the largest remaining tracts of dry forest in South America, produced by A & E Television, 2004. 50 min

In 1990, 42 million acres of tropical forest were destroyed at the rate of more than an acre a second. That year, Conservation International, in Washington, D.C., launched a revolutionary new approach to quickly assess the biological significance of poorly known natural areas. The Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) was designed to provide first-cut assessments of the biological value of unknown regions so government officials can set conservation priorities before they disappear forever. This film follows a group of RAP scientists as they evaluate one of the largest remaining tracts of dry forest in South America.
For more information:
http://www.aetv.com/class/admin/study_guide/archives/
aetv_guide.0224.html

OUR THREATENED HERITAGE
Provides an overview of the destruction of the rainforests and what can be done to stop it, produced by Phillip Kavits, National Wildlife Federation, 1989.

Our Threatened Heritage provides a concise overview of the destruction of the rainforests and what can be done to stop it. Images of fascinating wildlife and towering trees are vividly presented, along with comments from global experts about the causes and potential solutions to the destruction. The link between environment and development in the tropics is also explored.
For more information:
http://www.mediarights.org/film/our_threatened_heritage

OUR VANISHING FORESTS
Directed by Arlen Slobodow and produced by Public Interest Video Network, US, 1992 53 min

Our Vanishing Forests examines the history and policies of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). In 1891 large tracts of U.S. forests were established as reserves in an effort to improve and protect US's native forests. In 1906 these areas were designated National Forests and the USFS was empowered to manage them for the public trust. This film shows how the USFS, once the steward of wilderness, has abandoned its conservation ethic and now favors the interests of the timber industry.
Appropriate for grades 10-12.
For more information:
http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/vf.html

RAIN FORESTS: PROVING THEIR WORTH
Investigates how international marketing of foods, cosmetics, and crafts derived from tropical forests may provide native inhabitants with the economic means to protect their vanishing lands, produced by Jonathan Schwartz, 1990. 30 min

Rain Forests: Proving Their Worth explores the promising movement to market sustainably collected forest products. Several hopeful developments are presented: new groves of peach palms in Costa Rica, bustling markets on the Amazon, and environmentally conscious American companies successfully using renewable forest products. But obstacles remain: Brazil nut collectors aren't getting fair prices, and the trees that once sustained them are being burned for charcoal. Some forest inhabitants are concerned that outsiders will bring unwelcome change to traditional ways.
For more information:
http://www.mediarights.org/film/
rain_forests_proving_their_worth

TREES, TOILETS AND TRANSFORMATION: INSPIRATION FROM EL SALVADOR
Looks at the creative methods the people of El Salvador are employing to reclaim their land, water and forests, directed by Merran Smith and Michael Simpson, 1996. 28 min

This is the story of a Recycling Specialist who expects to share his expertise with the citizens of El Salvador, the second most environmentally devastated country in the western hemisphere. Instead he is deeply impressed with the many practical and ingenious methods which the common people are using to reclaim their land, their water, and their forests, including a massive planting of 75,000 trees to memorialize each one of the soldiers and civilians who fought in the civil war.
For more information:
http://www.mediarights.org/film/trees_toilets_
and_transformation_inspiration_from_el_salvador.php

WILDERNESS: THE LAST STAND
Investigates the status of America's last remaining virgin forests, produced by Miranda Smith, 1993. 53 min

Through interviews with conservationists, loggers, former Vice-President Al Gore, USFS, and former agency employees who are organizing to change USFS logging policies, this film examines the impact of U.S. Forest Service (USFS) policies, vividly documenting the continuing harm caused by clearcutting. Includes a study guide for science, social studies and English teachers.
For more information:
http://store.videoproject.com/wil-163-v.html