"A Wave of Renewable Energy Resistance is Taking Root" (8 minutes)
This film tells the story of the Solar XL campaign, from where it started to where it's going. It takes you to the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota where the pipeline would run half a mile outside its border. It also shows the family farm of Jim Carlson in Nebraska where the first solar installation went up in his family’s corn fields.
Ultimately, Solar XL is about more than standing up to one pipeline. It’s about resisting with clean energy solutions that support communities and protect our climate.
"The Laura Flanders Show" (27 minutes)
Existing while Black is often a fatal offense in America. Former prosecutor Paul Butler talks about his book Chokehold: Policing Black Men. And the film Dispatches from Cleveland documents the community organizing that changed the prosecutor's office in Cleveland in the wake of the killing of Tamir Rice. Plus, Laura comments on how election night wins on the part of Democrats shouldn't conceal their internal fissures or the work being done by progressives.
"The Growing Danger of Nuclear War… and What We Can Do About It" (48 minutes)
The 2016 Joint Annual Dinner of the Sacramento Chapters of Physicians for Social Responsibility and the United Nations Association featured a keynote address by Dr. Ira Helfand, co-president of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). Dr. Helfand has spoken at the United Nations, at meetings of the International Congress to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), and at many other national and international venues regarding the ongoing threat of nuclear weapons and the urgent need to abolish these weapons altogether, and he's been actively involved in working toward this goal through PSR, ICAN, and the UN.
"Fukushima: Living with a Disaster" (17 minutes)
Many years after the nuclear accident in Fukushima, an end to the disaster is not in sight. This short documentary tells the story of the people from Fukushima, forced to leave their homes without knowing if they could ever return, and explores the work that Greenpeace has been doing in the region since 2011.
"How Africa Can Use Its Traditional Knowledge to Make Progress" (14 minutes)
Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu wants to see Africans unleash their suppressed creative and innovative energies by acknowledging the significance of their indigenous, authentic knowledge. In this powerful talk, she shares examples of untapped, traditional African knowledge in agriculture and policy-making, calling on Africans to make progress by validating and dignifying their reality.