Films Included: <ul><li>Saging the World (CC available)</li><li>Yellowstone 88 - Song of Fire (CC available)</li><li>The Dam (English subtitles)</li><li>Fighting Fire with Fire (CC available)</li><li>Elemental: Reimagining our Relationship with Wildfire (CC available)</li><li>Virtual Recorded Filmmaker Q&amp;A </li></ul>Total Run Time = 209 minutes *This is a Captioned Collection. Captions are accessible and convenient for all regardless of age, size, disability, or ability.&nbsp;This collection may include films with optional closed captions, open captions, English subtitles and films with no dialog (only instrumental music).&nbsp;Closed captions are optional and may be turned off at the viewer's discretion.

“Saging” has gone mainstream. This viral trend is now common in movies, TV shows, social media, and cleansing rituals—people burning sage bundles in the hope of purifying space and clearing bad energy. Instead of healing, the appropriated use of saging in popular culture is having a devastating impact. White sage (Salvia apiana) is the key ingredient in the now ubiquitous sage bundles. This ecologically vital and culturally sacred plant only occurs in southern California and northern Baja California, Mexico. Indigenous communities have tended a relationship with white sage for thousands of generations. Today, poachers are stealing metric tons of this plant from the wild to supply international demand. Saging the World spotlights the ecological and cultural issues intertwined with white sage, centering the voices of Native advocates who have long protected and cherished this plant. The short documentary was produced by Rose Ramirez, Deborah Small, and the California Native Plant Society to foster awareness and inspire action for white sage. For more information on the film and ways to support white sage, visit cnps.org/sagingtheworld.

Saging the World

Sage smudging has become a viral trend. Discover the ecological and cultural truths behind the smoke, centered on the voices of Native advocates who have long cherished this sacred plant.

In the summer of 1988 dry lightning sparked a fire in the parched and drought ridden landscape of Yellowstone Park, igniting a blaze that would scorch over 1.5 million perimeter acres of the park. Song of Fire, a narrative poem, guides the animation of YELLOWSTONE 88 telling the story of this conflagration that raged unabated for months until a snow of such intense severity extinguished the flames. That winter surviving Fauna, exhausted from fire and weakened by hunger, die in greater numbers than those claimed by the fire. The cosmos turns from one season to another and another and life in the park begins anew.

Yellowstone 88 - Song of Fire

In the summer of 1988 dry lightning sparks a fire in the drought-ridden landscape of Yellowstone, igniting a blaze that rages for months until a severe winter snow extinguishes the flames. The cosmos turns from one season to another and life in the park begins anew.

The resistance of those affected by the biggest environmental disaster in Brazilian history - the failure of the Samarco dam, in Mariana - in the difficult negotiation process with the mining company. From the struggle, a sense of community and an identity emerges.

Barragem (The Dam)

Follow the story of the failed Samarco dam -- the biggest environmental disaster in Brazilian history and how it impacted the lives and identity of the surrounding community. (English subtitles)

The Nature Conservancy uses prescribed burning to help the forests of western Montana

Fighting Fire with Fire

The Nature Conservancy in Montana has been using fire for decades to reduce fuel loads, support rural communities, and protect cultural sites. See how it's done and what secrets lie in the old-growth ponderosa pine galleries.

As fire seasons grow longer, more destructive and more deadly, it is clear that our approach to reducing wildfire risk is failing. This film brings cutting edge science and indigenous knowledge into focus. It forces us, from city dwellers to seasoned fire professionals to rural citizens , to question what we believe and offers a science based way forward to live and thrive with fire.

Elemental: Reimagining our Relationship with Wildfire

A growing number of scientists, safety experts and firefighters see a way forward for us to live and thrive with fire. The costs of wildfires is growing, our warlike stance is no longer working and decision-making may have dire consequences.

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