Films

Welcome to the master directory of all Bullfrog Communities films. The titles below have been pre-licensed for you to use for public, ticketed screenings to engage your community in discussion and positive action.

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	'63 BOYCOTT Connects the massive 1963 Chicago Public Schools boycott to contemporary issues around race, education, school closings, and youth activism.
	THE ACTIVISTS Tells the story of activists who opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, including their lives, the tactics they used, and the historical context.
	AFTER THE SPILL Introduces us to some of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill's most aggrieved victims as well as those who are desperately trying to save Louisiana's eroding coastline.
	AFTER WINTER, SPRING An intimate portrait of an ancestral way of life under threat in a world increasingly dominated by large-scale industrial agriculture.
	AMÁ The untold story of the involuntary sterilization of Native American women by the Indian Health Service well into the 1970s.
	ANTHROPOCENE Examines whether human impact has tipped the planet into a new geological epoch, with all of its political, social and behavioral implications.
	AUGUST PACE: 1989-2019 Records the passing-on of an iconic work from the original performers to a new generation of dancers.
	AWAKE Tells the story of the massive peaceful resistance led by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to the Dakota Access Pipeline through their land and underneath the Missouri River.
	AWARE: GLIMPSES OF CONSCIOUSNESS AWARE explores boundary-pushing research in the understanding of consciousness.
	BACKFIRED Investigates the largest auto scam in the world, tracing VW's deliberate installation of defeat devices in their diesel cars to circumvent California and US vehicle emissions standards.
	BARBERSHOP PUNK A David & Goliath tale of one man's fight against restrictions by Internet service providers and governments on consumers' access to the internet.
	BEATRIX FARRAND'S AMERICAN LANDSCAPES Lynden B. Miller explores the life and work of America's first female landscape architect, Beatrix Farrand.
	BECOMING ANIMAL A journey to Grand Teton NP with geophilosopher David Abram to explore how the written word and technology have affected how we see the more-than-human world.
	THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS Cohousing offers both privacy and community—the best of both worlds!
	BETTER THIS WORLD The story of two young Texans accused of intending to firebomb the 2008 Republican National Convention reveals the workings of the post 9/11 security state.
	BETWEEN TWO WORLDS A personal essay revealing the passionate debates over identity and generational change inside today's American Jewish community.
	BIDDER 70 The story of Tim DeChristopher's extraordinary, ingenious and effective act of civil disobedience drawing attention to the need for action on climate change.
	BIOPHILIC DESIGN A design revolution that connects buildings to the natural world, buildings where people feel and perform better.
	BLIND TRUST Celebrates the life and work of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Vamik Volkan, a psychiatrist who brings enemy groups together for dialogue in traumatized areas of the globe..
	BLUEFIN The story of the thousand-pound tuna, a warm-blooded giant with gills which wholesales at up to a million dollars, and which is caught in an oceanic "last of the buffalo hunt."
	A BOLD PEACE Chronicles Costa Rica's abolition of its army almost 70 years ago and commitment to fostering a peaceful society, juxtaposing the national policy of demilitarization with their investment in education, health, and the environment.
	BORDER SOUTH A vivid portrait of Central American immigrants who disappear along the trail running from southern Mexico to the US border, exposing a global migration system that renders human beings invisible in life, as well as in death.
	THE BOYS WHO SAID NO! Young Americans, barely adults, find their faith in their country shaken by the Vietnam War. Inspired by Black America’s crusade for equal rights, young Americans choose to resist the Vietnam War, and openly refuse military service, risking prison to end the horrors of war.
	BRINGING IT HOME Extols the many benefits of industrial hemp for the environment and human health, while revealing the obstacles to what could be a thriving industry for U.S. farmers.
	BROTHER TOWNS An uplifting story about Jupiter, Florida's humane response to an influx of day laborers from Jacaltenango, Guatemala.
	CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? Unravels the ways that years of minority rule by one party have reshaped democracy in Wisconsin, where voters are finding their lives increasingly irrelevant to state lawmakers..
	CAPTURING THE FLAG A tight-knit group of friends travel to Cumberland County, North Carolina — 2016 “poster-child” for voter suppression — intent on proving that the big idea of American democracy can be defended by small acts of individual citizens.
	CATCHING SIGHT OF THELMA AND LOUISE Explores the same women's and men's reactions to the groundbreaking film, THELMA & LOUISE, 25 years ago and today.
	CELLING YOUR SOUL An examination of our love/hate relationships with our digital devices from the first digitally socialized generation, and what we can do about it.
	CHESHIRE, OHIO Follows a community devastated by coal, starting with American Electric Power's buyout and bulldozing of this Ohio River town, after exposing them to years of harmful emissions.
	COME HELL OR HIGH WATER When the graves of former slaves are bulldozed in Mississippi, a Boston teacher returns to protect the community his ancestors settled.
	THE COMING WAR ON CHINA John Pilger reveals that the United States and China, both nuclear-armed, may well be on the road to war.
	COMPLICIT A benzene-poisoned, Foxconn factory worker takes his fight against the global smartphone industry from his hospital bed in China to the international stage.
	A CONCERNED CITIZEN Marine toxicologist Dr. Riki Ott, who helped fishing communities hit by the Exxon Valdez and Deepwater Horizon spills, creates a civics course to help young activists become effective.
	CONNECTIVITY PROJECT A 3-part series of short films examining the ripple effects of our actions in an interconnected world.
	COOKED Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand reveals the ways in which class, race, and zip code predetermine unequal response and recovery to environmental disaster.
	A CRACK IN THE MOUNTAIN Tells the story of the incredible, recently discovered, world's largest cave passage and the opportunity and challenges it presents to the small, impoverished Vietnamese community nearby.
	A CRIME ON THE BAYOU A Black teenager is arrested for touching a white boy's arm! The unjustly arrested Black man and his young Jewish attorney take the case to the Supreme Court to fight for the right of all Americans to a fair trial.
	CRUTCH Chronicles the gravity defying life of Bill Shannon, an internationally renowned artist, breakdancer and skate punk—on crutches.
	CULTIVATING KIDS On South Whidbey Island, Washington, a school farm shows that a garden can be a valuable addition to the curriculum while encouraging a healthy diet.
	DAMNATION Explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers.
	A DANGEROUS IDEA Brings to light how false scientific claims have rolled back long fought for gains in equality, and how powerful interests are poised once again to use the gene myth to unravel the American Dream.
	DAY ONE Traumatized Middle Eastern and African teen refugees are guided through a program of healing by devoted educators at a unique St. Louis public school for refugees only.
	DEATH BY DESIGN Exposes the unintended environmental, health and social consequences of our addiction to our digital devices.
	DENIAL About electricity, identity, family, and about the many ways we lie to ourselves when faced with overwhelming facts. It is the story of a family coming to terms with hard personal truths against the backdrop of a global crisis.
	DIRTY BUSINESS Reveals the true social and environmental costs of coal power and looks at promising developments in renewable energy technology.
	DISTURBING THE PEACE A story of the human potential unleashed when we stop participating in a story that no longer serves us and, with the power of our convictions, take action to create new possibilities.
	DIVEST! Chronicles 350.org's Do the Math bus tour as it launched the fossil fuel divestment campaign onto the national and ultimately international stage.
	DIVIDE IN CONCORD Tells the entertaining tale of banning bottled water in small-town America, specifically in the town of Concord, Massachusetts, the birthplace of the Revolutionary War and Henry David Thoreau.
	THE DIVIDED BRAIN Explores Iain McGilchrist's pioneering exploration of the differences between the brain's right and left hemispheres and their effects on society, history, and culture.
	DON'T GIVE UP YOUR VOICE! Looks at the inspirational resistance of Argentinians to the government of Mauricio Macri, whose election preceded Trump's but whose style and policies are eerily similar.
	DR. FEELGOOD Tells the story of Dr. William Hurwitz — a preeminent pain specialist sentenced to 25 years in prison for drug trafficking — providing a window into the ethical dilemma and complexities involved in opioid painkiller prescriptions.
	EAST OF SALINAS José is an excellent student with a bright future except that he is undocumented, the child of migrant farm laborers in California's Salinas Valley. What is lost when kids like José are denied opportunities?
	ECOSOPHIA Some of the wisest ecological minds come together for an honest appraisal of our civilization without greenwash.
	ELDER VOICES Japanese Americans, European Jews and peace activists who came of age during the Depression and WWII address the political storm clouds gathering today.
	THE EMOJI STORY Explores the complex, conflict-prone, and often hilarious world of the creators, lovers, and arbiters of emoji, our world's newest pictorial language.
	THE ENEMY WITHIN The story of Britain's longest strike, the 1984-85 miners' strike, when Margaret Thatcher declared war on the unions, as told by those who lived through it.
	ENTANGLED How climate change has accelerated a collision between one of the world's most endangered species, N. America's most valuable fishery, and a federal agency mandated to protect both.
	EVER GREEN For almost 40 years, partners Marianne Edain and Steve Erickson have worked continually to retain the rural character and ecological diversity of Whidbey Island in Puget Sound, north of Seattle.
	EVOLUTION OF ORGANIC The story of organic agriculture, told by those in California who built the movement.
	FARMSTEADERS Follows Nick and Celeste Nolan and their young family on a journey to resurrect Nick's grandfather's dairy farm as a locally sustainable family farm.
	A FIERCE GREEN FIRE The documentary of record on the environmental movement.
	FIGHT LIKE HELL She dedicated her life to saving working families everywhere. The robber barons called her “the most dangerous woman in America,” but workers called her “Mother Jones.”
	A FINE LINE Explores why less than 7% of head chefs and restaurant owners are women, when traditionally women have always held the central role in the kitchen.
	FIXING FOOD Our food has a huge carbon footprint. FIXING FOOD tells five stories of creative new ways to lower the cost.
	THE FLAW Tells the story of the credit bubble that caused the financial crash of 2008, and clearly explains how excessive income inequality leads to economic instability.
	FOOD COOP Looks at the workings of a highly profitable supermarket, Brooklyn's Park Slope Food Coop, which for 44 years has been a shining example of a successful alternative economic system at work.
	FOOD FOR CHANGE Looks at the current resurgence of food cooperatives in America and their unique historic place in the economic and political landscape.
	FRENEMIES Presents a balanced portrait of Cuban life today and a compelling argument for why the US should lift the devastating 60-year embargo.
	FROM SEED TO SEED Follows a group of Canadian organic farmers over the course of one growing season as they adopt agroecological growing techniques to create sustainable and resilient food and farming systems.
	G IS FOR GUN Explores the highly controversial trend of arming teachers and staff in America's K-12 schools.
	THE GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE Through the heart and photographic lens of acclaimed photographer Jo-Anne McArthur, we become intimately familiar with a cast of non-human animals.
	GREEN FIRE Explores the life and legacy of famed conservationist Aldo Leopold (A Sand County Almanac) and his land ethic philosophy.
	GROUNDSWELL RISING Documents the opposition from both sides of the political spectrum to the ubiquitous practice of fracking for natural gas, and the health and environmental reasons behind it.
	GYAANGEE Famed Haida artist Robert Davidson carves his latest monumental totem pole and gives a rare insight into the deeper meanings of North Coast Indigenous art works.
	HAIDA MODERN Portrait of Haida artist, Robert Davidson, whose art and activism point the way towards a renewed connection with the natural world, perhaps saving us from ourselves.
	THE HAND THAT FEEDS Shy sandwich-maker Mahoma López unites his undocumented immigrant coworkers to fight abusive conditions at a popular New York restaurant chain.
	THE HERETIC Follows Rob Bell, an influential writer and speaker, who spreads a message of love and inclusion and searches for what it means to be human. From the filmmakers of THE TRUE COST.
	HORSESHOE CRAB MOON Looks at the decline of horseshoe crabs and the crash of the red knot that depends on horseshoe crab eggs for sustenance during migration, and suggests possible solutions.
	HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD AND LOVE ALL THE THINGS CLIMATE CAN'T CHANGE Filmmaker Josh Fox travels to 12 countries on 6 continents to investigate climate change and uncover the answer to a difficult and fundamental question: what is it that climate change can't destroy?
	HUMAN TERRAIN Examines and questions the US military's new counterinsurgency initiative, under which social scientists are embedded with combat troops.
	IN OUR OWN HANDS Follows the extraordinary steps ordinary people are taking to help millions with chronic diseases find their way back to health.
	INCARCERATING US Exposes America's prison problem and explores various criminal-justice reforms.
	INTO THE CANYON Two Friends. 750 miles. One Question. If the Grand Canyon isn't worth saving, what is?
	INTO THE NIGHT Features intimate, provocative stories of men and women forever changed by their encounters with mortality.
	ITHAKA Follows 76 year-old retired builder John Shipton's tireless campaign to save his son, Julian Assange.
	JOHN LEWIS: Get in the Way The first major documentary biography of civil rights hero, congressional leader and champion for human rights, whose unwavering fight for justice spanned over fifty years.
	JUMBO WILD Highlights the tension between the protection of wilderness and ever-increasing development interests in wild places, bringing to life the passionate fight to protect British Columbia’s iconic Jumbo Valley.
	JUST EAT IT Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of food waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge.
	LET THEM EAT DIRT Looks at the role microbes play in the development, physical and mental health of our children, and argues that good health may begin with kids playing in the dirt.
	LIKE ANY OTHER KID Follows the intimate relationships between incarcerated youth and staff who use love and structure to guide and teach youth offenders how to take responsibility for themselves.
	LOBSTER WAR Climate-changed ocean temperatures shift New England's lobster fishery across national boundaries, sparking international tension.
	LOVE & SOLIDARITY An exploration of nonviolence and organizing through the life and teachings of Rev. James Lawson, advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King.
	LUNCH LOVE COMMUNITY Passion, creative energy and persistence come together when Berkeley advocates and educators tackle food reform and justice in their schools and neighborhoods.
	MEAT THE FUTURE Follows Dr. Uma Valeti, co-founder of leading "cultivated" meat startup Upside Foods, as he and his team develop a game-changing solution to a global, unsustainable hunger for meat.
	MEDDLE Acclaimed Haida Manga artist, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, pushes the boundaries of the art world by challenging the divide between contemporary and so-called "Native Art".
	MELTDOWN IN DIXIE In Orangeburg, SC, a battle erupts between the Sons of Confederate Veterans and an ice cream shop owner forced to fly the Confederate flag in his parking lot.
	MONEY AND MEDICINE An investigation of the dangers the nation faces from runaway health care spending as well as the dangers patients face from over-diagnosis and over-treatment.
	MY COUNTRY NO MORE The oil boom in North Dakota sets off a crisis in a rural community, forced to confront the meaning of progress as they fight for a disappearing way of life.
	NATURE'S CLEANUP CREW Examines the lives of the busy scavengers who live among us in our cities, recycling the mountains of waste our consumer society leaves behind.
	NO FEAR NO FAVOR African communities on the front lines of the poaching crisis fight to protect their wildlife for future generations.
	NO TIME TO WASTE Celebrates legendary 99-year-old park ranger Betty Reid Soskin's inspiring life, work and urgent mission to restore critical missing chapters of America's story.
	OIL & WATER The true story of two boys coming of age as they look for solutions to the global problem of reckless oil drilling following one of the world's worst toxic disasters.
	THE OIL MACHINE Our economic, historical and emotional entanglement with oil gets ever more complex as we hurtle towards climate catastrophe. Can we break our addiction?
	ONCE WAS WATER Las Vegas provides an example to the world of how any city can and must create its own sustainable water solutions.
	ONE BIG HOME Tells a fascinating story of conflicting visions of economic development through the lens of gentrification, providing a contemporary example of how the values of individual consumption are pitted against the values of preserving community well-being and, ultimately, social and environmental sustainability.
	OPEN BETHLEHEM A story of a homecoming to the world's most famous little town and a campaign to keep Bethlehem open to the world.
	ORCHESTRATING CHANGE The inspiring story of Me2/Orchestra, the only orchestra in the world created by and for people living with mental illness and those who support them.
	OVERLOAD Reveals the increasing toxic burden on human health from chemicals in our environment.
	PLANE TRUTHS Explores increased activity at the navy base on Whidbey Island, Washington, which is making life unbearable for locals and wildlife — collateral damage in the ever increasing militarization of society.
	PLANEAT Makes the case for a plant-based diet, which is good for our bodies, good for the environment, and mitigates climate change.
	PLANETARY A provocative cinematic journey that explores our cosmic origins and our future as a species.
	PLASTIC PARADISE Angela Sun reveals the effects of our rabid plastic consumption as she investigates The Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
	PLAY AGAIN What are the consequences of a childhood removed from nature?
	PLEISTOCENE PARK An eccentric Russian scientist's quixotic quest to recreate a vanished ice age ecosystem and save the world from a catastrophic global warming feedback loop.
	POINT OF NO RETURN Documents the journey of the Solar Impulse — the first solar-powered, round-the-world flight — demonstrating the tremendous potential of renewable energy sources.
	POWER TO HEAL The untold story of how the twin struggles for racial justice and healthcare intersected: creating Medicare and desegregating thousands of hospitals at the same time.
	PRICELESS A non-partisan look at the consequences of big-money campaign donations and a Capitol overrun by lobbyists.
	THE PROVIDERS Follows three healthcare providers who bring care to a rural American community, showing the transformative power of providers' relationships with marginalized patients.
	A QUEST FOR MEANING Two childhood friends take an impromptu road trip attempting to uncover the causes of our current global crisis and to discover a way to bring about change.
	RACING TO ZERO: IN PURSUIT OF ZERO WASTE Presents new solutions to the global problem of waste.
	A RECKONING IN BOSTON In prosperous and progressive Boston, what keeps the gap between rich and poor, white and Black, so glaringly wide?
	REDEFINING PROSPERITY The story of how a mining town recovered from its legacy of pollution and prospered by building community around the battle to save their beautiful river.
	REFLECTION: A WALK WITH WATER Filmmaker Emmett Brennan walks the length of the Los Angeles aqueduct in search of a vision for humanity worth living for — what he discovers has everything to do with water.
	REGENERATING LIFE How to cool the planet, feed the world, and live happily ever after.
	THE RETURN Examines the unprecedented reform of one of the harshest criminal sentencing policies in the country through the eyes of those on the front lines.
	RUNNER Examines Guor Mading Maker's difficult yet triumphant journey from refugee to world-renowned athlete.
	SEMPER FI Reveals the Marine Corps' cover-up at Camp Lejeune of one of the largest water contamination incidents in US history.
	THE SEQUEL Looks at the influential work of David Fleming, who dared to re-imagine a thriving civilization after the collapse of our current mainstream economies and inspired the Transition Towns movement.
	SHADOWS OF LIBERTY Uses shocking examples of cover-ups and censorship by the US media to show how a few mega corporations exercise control over the content of our news.
	SHIFT CHANGE Tells the little known stories of employee-owned businesses that compete successfully in today's economy.
	A SILENT TRANSFORMATION Explores the transformative power of the co-operative enterprise model, illustrated with many inspirational examples.
	SPLIT ESTATE Cracks the sugarcoating on natural gas "fracking" and an industry that assures us it is a good neighbor.
	STANDING ON SACRED GROUND In this 4-part series, indigenous people from eight different cultures stand up for their traditional sacred lands in defense of cultural survival, human rights and the environment.
	STEWART UDALL: THE POLITICS OF BEAUTY A feature documentary that examines the trajectory of Udall's life from his childhood through his Mormon mission, his World War II service, his student years at the University of Arizona, his time in Congress, and then, most significantly, his years as Secretary of the Interior and beyond.
	SYMBIOTIC EARTH Explores the life and ideas of Lynn Margulis, a scientific rebel who challenged entrenched theories of evolution to present a new narrative: life evolves through collaboration.
	TAPPED An unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water.
	THEY KEEP QUIET SO WE MAKE NOISE Ride along with two activists from the Environmental Protection Agency of Kuala Langat, Malaysia, in search of illegal plastics recycling facilities.
	THE THIRD HARMONY Tells the story of nonviolence, the greatest overlooked resource in human experience.
	THIRST FOR JUSTICE Focuses on three battles for clean water—on the Navajo Reservation, in Flint MI, and at Standing Rock—united in the belief that Water Is Life.
	THIS IS HOME Sundance award-winner puts a human face on the global refugee crisis by providing an intimate portrait of four Syrian refugee families arriving in the US and struggling to find their footing.
	TOWN DESTROYER A high profile battle erupts over images of African American slaves and Native Americans in New Deal-era murals at a San Francisco high school.
	THE TOXIC REIGNS OF RESENTMENT An interview film on the emotion of resentment and how it defines culture and politics today.
	TRE MAISON DASAN An intimate portrait of three boys growing up, each with a parent in prison.
	TREES IN TROUBLE Documents how a city responds to the imminent tree crisis caused by invasive insects such as the emerald ash borer.
	TRIPLE DIVIDE [REDACTED] Investigates the impact of fracking and exposes the cover-up of related drinking-water contamination in the triple watershed of the Eastern US.
	THE TRUE COST Groundbreaking documentary film that pulls back the curtain on the untold story and asks us to consider, who really pays the price for our clothing?
	TRUTH TELLERS Chronicles the lives of Americans fighting for peace, racial equity, environmental justice and indigenous rights through the eyes of Robert Shetterly, a longtime activist and artist.
	THE VOW FROM HIROSHIMA Marking the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, this is an intimate portrait of Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of Hiroshima, who has devoted her life to ridding the world of nuclear weapons.
	THE WAR YOU DON'T SEE John Pilger's powerful and timely investigation into the media's role in war.
	WECONOMICS: ITALY Reports on the extensive and innovative cooperative economy in the region around Bologna.
	WE ARE NOT GHOSTS Detroiters are reinventing the old Motor City as a vibrant new self-sustaining and human-scaled city for a post-industrial world.
	WE ARE THE RADICAL MONARCHS Follows the Radical Monarchs, a group of young girls of color on the frontlines of social justice.
	WELCOME TO COMMIE HIGH An in-depth exploration of Community High School in Ann Arbor, MI, one of the sole survivors from America's early '70s "free schools" movement, now a thriving public school.
	WHAT OUR FATHERS DID: A NAZI LEGACY A compelling examination of brutality, self-deception, guilt and the nature of justice.
	WHICH WAY HOME The personal side of immigration as child migrants from Mexico and Central America risk everything to make it to the US riding atop freight trains.
	WHO'S NEXT? Examines the effects of hate speech and bigotry on the lives of Muslim-Americans.
	A WILL FOR THE WOODS An immersive, life-affirming depiction of people coming to terms with mortality by embracing their connection to timeless natural cycles.
	WINDSHIPPED Sail freight comes to the 21st Century.
	THE WISDOM TO SURVIVE Examines the challenges that climate change poses and discusses meaningful action that can be taken by individuals and communities.
	WORKS FOR ALL Since 2011 Co-op Cincy has been building an inspiring network of worker-owned cooperatives in Cincinnati to create a regional economy that works for all.

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