In March 2019 over 150,000 Australian students went on strike to demand climate change action. They risked their studies to unite their generation, while still doing their homework. This is the story of how young Aussies defied calls to stay in school and organised one of the largest youth-led movements Australia has ever seen, told by twelve diverse students who vlogged the whole thing. These young people shared their stories of who they are and captured what it took to organise a movement. Using only footage recorded by the students, this is their story, this is Youth On Strike!
Duration : 00:20:00
Filmmaker : Andrei Sebastian
Theme : Marine Conservation, Science
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Vladimir, a scrappy but aging Russian marine mammal biologist, unexpectedly hitch hikes aboard a boat filled with adventure photographers out of a desperate need to return to his science monitoring stations. His boat, 2 weeks prior, was lost to the explosion of the Raikoke volcano. He is on a mission to help fulfill his quest to understand and protect the Kuril Islands before his age fails him, and so together the team sets out in one of the most remote and accessible volcanic island chains in the world to help Vladimir
Duration : 00:10:43
Filmmaker : Colin Sytsma
Theme : Wildlife
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The only gorilla in Thailand has spent the last 30 years in a concrete cage on the 7th floor of a high rise zoo. One Thai woman is looking to change that.
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Ramon, a fur seal pup, was rescued from an oil spill when he was just a few days old. He lives now in a marine wildlife rescue center, with many animals that also carry plastic issues.
Ramon’s story is about hope and survival.
Which ocean do we leave to him?
Duration : 00:08:30
Filmmaker : Isaac Kerlow
Theme : Science, Community Empowerment
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Tsunami survivors reflect about faith and science as they remember the Indian Ocean tsunami that caught by surprise the city of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in 2004.
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Indigenous scholar and poet Lyla June challenges the status quo when she decides to run for House of Representatives in New Mexico’s District 47. Future Ancestor follows her through a 7-day “fast for the future” on the steps of the Capitol building. Fueled by prayer and bone broth, Lyla is an unlikely candidate who reveals a new vision for leadership, urging us to “think seven generations ahead”.
Duration : 00:14:45
Filmmaker : Daniel Casado
Theme : Water
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On a far away planet, home to Bobtors, an astronaut-doctor suffers from a lack of oxygen. To survive she has to pay the highest price as a human and as a doctor…
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Since the age of 4 years, Emmanuela Shinta grew by breathing smoke due to forest fires in central Kalimantan.
It was a painful childhood that made him form Ranu Welum, a community filled with young children who wanted to restore forest functions as they are.
Duration : 00:23:30
Filmmaker : Sapto Agus Irawan
Theme : Forest, Community
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Living in harmony with nature is not impossible. In the inland of Jambi province, residents of the Durian Rambun village are able to do that. The forest of Rio Kemunyang which surrounds the village is preserved while at the same time being used wisely. Custom and wisdom become their breath. Greed is a taboo character that will be faced with strict customary rules.