Search Results for "water cycle"

(1981, 16mm, color, sound, 5min.)

This short experimental film explores human interaction with freshwater ecosystems. The filmmaker collected plastic, sand, and moss from the New River and taped them to clear 16mm film leader in homage to Stan Brakhage’s work. The soundtrack is a mix of ambient noises ranging in place of origin from the river's headwaters on Snake Mountain in North Carolina to its mouth in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia.

A poetic collage of the various forms taken by the element of water. The film explores water’s vital importance and its never-ending motion. Lyrical scenes of wild mountain landscapes alternate with footage of people in the streets of a flooded city and images showing the useful power of water.

An award-winning short exploring man-made impacts on New Zealand’s water cycle.

A passionate conservation biologist brings together a river bushman fearful of losing his past and a young scientist uncertain of her future on an epic, four-month expedition across three countries, through unexplored and dangerous landscapes, in order to save the Okavango Delta, one of our planet's last pristine wildernesses.

A great flood arrives in a desert kingdom, transforming a dustbowl into a vast and lush wetland, in one of the most diverse habitats on earth. This breath-taking blue-chip natural history film is a journey through Okavango’s seasons, seen through the eyes of an indigenous River Bushman. Our storyteller guides us through the course of Okavango’s flood and into a savage drought, interweaving intimate and spectacular wildlife stories. The arrival and disappearance of precious water determines the destiny of the millions of animals that call Okavango home. For many, the flood is a lifeline. For others, it brings the greatest challenges. Everyone lives or dies by this epic event. It is the heartbeat of the Kalahari.

A documentary about a 15-day river-rafting trip on the Colorado River aimed at highlighting water conservation issues.

Philly and Lilly are part of a small community of rain drops in the cycle of water. Their short and humorous lives followed by the question: What happens when we leave this world and how to deal with it?