Films Included: <ul><li>The Hungry Heron (OC)</li><li>Plasticnic (CC available)</li><li>Imalirijit (OC)</li><li>Aquariums: The dark Hobby For You (CC available)</li><li>Drift (CC available)</li></ul>Total Run Time = 166 minutes *This is a Captioned Collection. Captions are accessible and convenient for all regardless of age, size, disability, or ability. This collection may include films with optional closed captions, open captions, English subtitles and films with no dialog (only instrumental music). Closed captions are optional and may be turned off at the viewer's discretion.

A hungry heron has trouble finding food in a famous American river that is sadly full of trash.

The Hungry Heron

This very short film is for children (and their parents) in hopes it will inspire them to care for the environment and the preservation of all wildlife, now and throughout their lives.

A short animated poetry video about plastic consumption in the summer: we seek to enjoy nature while destroying it.

Plasticnic

A short animated poetry video about plastic consumption in the summer: we seek to enjoy nature while destroying it.

The inspired journey of a young Inuit community researcher.

Imalirijit

Tim is a young father living in Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Just as his grandfather did, he wants to start his own research to study water quality to benefit his community.

In Hawaii, a group of Native Hawaiians and conservationists struggle politically to protect the exotic fish being looted from the reefs. Turtles, whales, and dolphins are all protected, but not the fish. Now many verge on extinction. 28 million fish are in the aquarium trade pipeline at any given time. They undergo bladder piercing, fin cutting and starvation for shipment and reach the mainland dead or dying. They would have lived up to forty years on a reef. Fish species are in crisis worldwide and many are caught with cyanide and dynamite.

Aquariums: The Dark Hobby

Hawaii is ground zero in the global struggle to save marine wildlife. Hawaiian Elders, conservationists, and scientists battle aquarium fish collectors to protect species that are targets of a trade worth billions.

Barnegat Bay is an estuary. A convergence of fresh water from rivers and creeks with salt water from the Atlantic. It is one of the most productive ecosystems in the country. It is the stage on which species play out life’s performance to reproduce, restore, relax. It is unrepeatable. This film speaks to the past 50 years of human presence on the bay and the concerns that face the estuary. Varying issues voiced by scientific experts are embedded in stories designed to connect with all the stakeholders on the bay; fishermen, boaters, hunters, tradesmen. and residents. Whether demonstrating the negative impact of invasive species such as bay nettles, or the glorious return of the once-decimated coastal raptors such as osprey, the film moves from topic to topic in a stirring and breathtaking manner. The message is clear: we all must be unabated in our efforts to protect this natural wonder for ourselves, for Explore: Wildlife, and for future generations.

Drift

Barnegat Bay is unrepeatable. 42 miles of brackish water, 50 years of overdevelopment, and scores of humans and Explore: Wildlife hoping to circumvent her demise.

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