Health

An Ill Wind

The Moapa River Indian Reservation, tribal home of the Moapa Band of Paiutes, sits about 30 miles north of Las Vegas and about 300 yards from the coal ash ponds and landfills of the Reid Gardner Power Station. Coal ash is the toxic ash and sludge left at the end of the coal burning process. [...]

Chris Jordan-Bloch | 2011 | 8 min. | USA

Kings of Flint, The

Karate Masters Jacky and Dora King are also Master Gardeners. They see farming as a means of self defense. They also see farming as a way to revitalize Flint. They sell the fruits, vegetables and eggs they harvest. When the Kings grow food, they also grow hope.

Troy Hale & Geri Alumit Zeldes | 2011 | 27 min. | USA

Mother Nature’s Child: Growing Outdoors in the Media Age

MOTHER NATURE’S CHILD calls us to consider the future of that which we hold most dear: the health and well-being of our children. Visually rich, inflected with humor and the unexpected, the film examines the benefits of unstructured outdoor play, risk-taking, urban connection with nature, healthy rites of passage, the use of technology, and what [...]

Camilla Rockwell, Wendy Conquest | 2010 | 56 min. | USA