Films Included: <ul><li>Ghost Ponds</li><li>Pipe Dreams</li><li>Saving Juliette</li><li>Mapping Survival</li><li>Virtual Recorded Q&amp;A Session</li></ul>

In the farmland of England’s East Anglia, a search and rescue mission is underway. A team is working to excavate land haunted by ghosts… but these are not ordinary ghosts… they are ghost ponds. Norfolk used to have more ponds than any other English county, but over the past 50 years the pressures of modern-day farming forced landowners to fill-in ponds, making room for new crops, while burying England’s wetlands at an exponential rate. With 1 in 3 freshwater species facing extinction, and the looming threat of a biodiversity crisis, could reviving lost ponds be an answer to these problems? ‘Ghost Ponds: a story of Norfolk’s pond revivals’ journeys to an ongoing pond restoration to meet two of the groundswell movement’s most passionate conservationists. Born and raised in the ponds of Norfolk, Carl is beholden to restore his nostalgic vision of once-thriving wetlands. Jack, having never cared much for ponds before, is driven not to dwell on the past, but rather, reimagine these ponds for a new-found appreciation. Among the backdrop of grand pastoral views and striking sunsets, these small waterbodies are unearthed, with that we uncover why farmland ponds are the conservation underdog, and why Carl and Jack are compelled to do this work. However, all is not as it seems… this restoration work is up against overwhelming odds. As wetlands continue to be filled-in, rare and declining wildlife species cannot afford to wait for large-scale ecosystem restoration projects to be initiated. Carl and Jack must convince everyone of the importance of ponds, before human-induced degradation is too severe. Despite the odds, the result from digging up burial grounds of once-thriving ecosystems holds much promise… even leading to staggering finds. Will it be the smallest changes that can make the biggest difference?

Ghost Ponds

In the farmland of eastern England, a team of conservationists are trying to recover a lost feature of the landscape... ghost ponds. With a looming biodiversity crisis, reviving farmland ponds is an unexpected last hope for England to protect freshwater wildlife.

A 24 year old runs to become the Imperial County's newest (and youngest) water director. Running on a platform of giving power back to the community and protecting their water claim; the largest of any claim on the Colorado River. A new generation of politicians have arrived.

Pipe Dreams

A 24 year old runs for office to save the future of his county; the Imperial Valley is the largest irrigation district in the United States yet decades of ignoring the Salton Sea’s ecosystem and transferring water away from the community has forced JB Hamby to get involved and run, because in the Imperial Valley, water is life.

The high cancer rates became town folklore in Juliette, Ga. Neighbors saw homes demolished, wells filled with concrete, and padlocks with the power company logo on the property gates. The 40-minute investigative documentary Saving Juliette follows residents soon after they’ve learned that their drinking water is contaminated by a leaking coal ash pond at the local power plant - the largest coal-fired power plant in the US. The residents around the plant don’t have access to city or county water lines. They’ve relied on water from their wells for decades. This film takes viewers into intimate moments in people's kitchens and heated community meetings in Churches, as residents share their own health issues and fears around the polluted water. “Saving Juliette” is a story of what happens when people galvanize their community, question their political leanings, and work to hold their representatives accountable, all in an effort to answer a question asked in the film by Juliette resident Gloria Hammond: “Will it ever be good water again?”

Saving Juliette

Suspicious of abnormally high cancer rates, a small town in Georgia investigates and then fights the state's largest power company for access to clean water. This is a story that questions personal politics, explores the lasting legacy of environmental policy, and shows just how powerful a community's voice can be.

This is the story of how a nomad in Chad, while advocating for the rights of her community, has become a leader in the fight against climate change and a voice for Indigenous people across the planet.

Mapping Survival

Wow a nomad in Chad, while advocating for the rights of her community, has become a leader in the fight against climate change and a voice for Indigenous people across the planet.

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