Wildlife 2015

Cowspiracy

Cowspiracy

Kip Andersen/ 2014/ 91 min/ Wildlife

FILM DESCRIPTION: Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary following intrepid filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers the most destructive industry facing the planet today – and investigates why the world’s leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it

Field Biologist

Field Biologist

Jared Flesher/ 2013/ 53 min/ Wildlife

FILM DESCRIPTION: Field Biologist is the story of 22-year-old Tyler Christensen, a talented but underemployed high school graduate from New Jersey still trying to figure out what to do with his life. Tyler’s great love is being outside, chasing birds and studying wildlife. One day he decides—brushing aside his lack of a college degree or scientific credentials—to drop everything and travel to Costa Rica to start doing his own conservation-oriented research on birds in the tropics.

From Billions to None

From Billions to None

David Mrazek/ 2014/ 57 min/ Wildlife

FILM DESCRIPTION: From Billions to None: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction reveals the compelling story of the unlikely extinction of the passenger pigeon. For millennia, the sleek long-distance flyer was the most abundant bird in North America and perhaps the world. Then, in a matter of decades, it was hunted to extinction.

Portrait of an Urban Bee Keeper

Portrait of an Urban Bee Keeper

Steve Ellington/ 2013/ 20 min/ Wildlife

FILM DESCRIPTION: This story follows Steve Repasky, a beekeeper in Pittsburgh, Pa., during his beekeeping efforts throughout the year. Urban beekeeping is not only about honey production. Educating the public, managing feral bee colonies and capturing swarms around the city keep Steve very busy, in addition to dealing with the calamity of Colony Collapse Disorder.

Virunga

Virunga

Orlando von Einsiedel/ 2014/ 100 min/ Wildlife

FILM DESCRIPTION: In the forested depths of eastern Congo lies Virunga National Park, one of the most bio-diverse places on Earth and home to the planet’s last remaining mountain gorillas. In this wild, but enchanted environment, a small and embattled team of park rangers - including an ex-child soldier turned ranger, a caretaker of orphan gorillas and a dedicated conservationist - protect this UNESCO world heritage site from armed militia, poachers and the dark forces struggling to control Congo's rich natural resources.