A Better Life

A family in Oxford, Mississippi hires contractor Bill Lilly to re-build their guest house after a fire. Bill plans and builds an energy-efficient three-bedroom home out of three recycled shipping containers, and powers it with solar and geo-thermal energy. To compete in the Mississippi Home Corporation's Growing a Greener Mississippi contest, Lilly has just four months to start and complete the building process.

Con Hemp Playtion orchestrates a chaos of audio-visual snippets. Marijuana in vending machines, making popcorn via cell phones, Babies conceived without men and the heat of technology quickly create the highs and lows through birth and death. Your personal experience is to be celebrated.

Borderlanders is a documentary film following a motorcycle ride along the Texas/Mexico border taken in March of 2018. Each day chronicles interviews with borderlanders sharing their views of what everyday life is like along the border and their opinions on the proposed wall.

Uncertain Ice is a stylized, unique character driven story about dedication, observation, and a passion for place. Set in the rugged peaks of the Pacific Northwest, it uses striking cinematography to tell the story of Mauri Pelto and his team of researchers as they travel on the melting glaciers of the North Cascades. For twenty-seven years Mauri, a world-renowned glaciologist, has hiked high into the mountains to measure the health of the glaciers and forecast their future. The inspired original soundtrack and thoughtful pace transport the viewer to glaciers cover mountainsides, hanging on to the edge of survival. Uncertain Ice is not an alarmist climate change movie, but a thoughtful story about the commitment of one man and a beautiful, changing part of our world.

How the world's energy companies met their match in a small group of Native American elders in the hottest desert on the planet.

Urban Gastronomy is the way the city of Curitiba, in south Brazil, is seen worldwide. Urbanism for consumption, like fast-food. Its been decades since its peak as a model city and ecological capital, and Curitiba now has to face the consequences of its excessive marketing. From the former mayor, to the owner of a bankrupt wheat mill, to an eloquent beggar, distinguished characters show us how the city was once considered nearly perfect, is now rotting before our very eyes.