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Baraka (1992) – Director Ron Fricke 
A masterpiece on the diversity of scenery that our planet offers. Whether it has an ecological message or not is debatable; it can be interpreted in different ways. The photography is breath-taking.
Earthlings (2003) – Director Shaun Monson 
A chilling look at the way we humans treat the other animals on the planet. Whether for food, shelter, or fun, our practices, especially in industrialized countries, are horrifying. More than one person will become a vegetarian from(after) seeing this documentary.
Thanks for the recommendation, Diego.
The Future of Food (2004) – Director Deborah Koons García 
Offers an in-depth investigation into the unsettling truth behind the genetically modified foods that have quietly filled grocery stores around the world in the last decade.
Who Killed the Electric Car (2006) – Director Chris Paine 
-In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were fast and quiet, did not produce exhaust, and ran without gasoline…Ten years later, these cars were almost entirely gone. It’s interesting that this documentary is from Disney Studios.
An Inconvenient Truth (2006) – Director Davis Guggenheim 
The most famous ecological documentary of modern times. Ex vice-president Al Gore presents concrete scientific data about global warming, and he is one of the most cutting-edge leaders of today’s environmental movement.
A Crude Awakening – The Oil Crash (2006) – Directors Ray McCormack, Basil Gelpke, Reto Caduff 
This documentary tries to awaken us to the concept that the world’s oil is being used up much more quickly than we thought. Seeing images of dry oil fields really made an impact on me. This video does not offer solutions, but it does illustrate our tremendous dependence on oil.
Manufactured Lanscapes (2006) – Director Jennifer Baichwal 
Manufactured Landscapes is a “triple work” —part documentary, part poem, part protest piece. The title comes from Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky, from the 2003 book with the same name. His large-scale images represent the way that industrialization has transformed the environment.
The 11th hour (2007) – Director Nadia Conners 
Actor Leonardo Di Caprio in a way continues the work of Al Gore, but he proposes (offers/suggests) solutions and gives hope that between all of us we can make a difference and confront global warming.
Energy Crossroads: A burning need to change course (2007) – Director Christophe Fauchere 
This is another movie that’s very similar to A Crude Awakening. As our world population and its appetite for energy increase, the exhaustion of resources and global warming have become the most urgent questions facing humanity today. Most experts agree that the worldwide peak of oil production, when the demand exceeds supply, will occur in the next 15 years and will drastically change the very structure of our world.
Zeitgeist Addendum (2008) – Director Peter Joseph 
Zeitgeist Addendum and her older sister Zeitgeist are two documentaries that are a little more “underground” and are distributed exclusively online. They introduce us to the Venus Project, a fast-growing movement that attempts to create a radically different, and better, world on the ecological, political, and social levels.
The World according to Monsanto (2008) – Director Marie-Monique Robin
A documentary about Monsanto’s practices regarding genetically modified crops and their associated pesticides. Robin shows this company’s attempts to hide data about the damage these foods can cause, both to our health as well as that of the environment.
Flow: for the Love of Water (2008) – Director Irena Salina 
How can it be that a couple of companies are stealing all of the water?
Water is the essence of life, maintaining (keeping all the beings of this planet alive) all of the beings on the planet. “Flow” faces the unsettling reality that our fundamental resource is becoming scarce and (that) greed is one of the (main) principal reasons for it.
National Geographic: Six Degrees Could Change the World (2007) – Director Ron Bowman 
Actor Alec Baldwin presents possible future scenarios according to the average global temperature increase.
The BBC Natural History Collection featuring Planet Earth (2008) – David Attenborough 
With an unprecedented budget of USD $25 million, the BBC brings us one of the best productions of all times, filmed for 5 years using 40 cameras in more than 200 locations.
Life After People (History Channel) (2008) – Director David de Vries 
Welcome to Earth: Population: 0. The concept of this documentary is fascinating. What would happen to the Earth if we humans disappeared? The 94 minutes of Life After People are so captivating that you forget that you wouldn’t be here either.
Blue Gold: World Water Wars (2008) – Director Sam Bozzo
The wars of the future will be fought for water, just like they currently are for oil. Giant corporations, private investors, and corrupt governments will compete to control the supply, inciting protests, lawsuits, and civilian revolutions that fight for the right to survive. Past civilizations have collapsed because of poor water management. Can the human race survive?
The Great Squeeze: surviving the human project (2009) – Director Christophe Fauchere 
Our actions over the last 150 years have brought our civilization to new heights, but at an enormous price. We are now at the point where human demand for natural resources is greater than Earth’s capacity to sustain us. For several decades people have been talking about saving the Earth, but now they are realizing that this isn’t really the question. The central question is civilization itself, and if (whether) we are able to save it. We have to accept the new reality; the human economy is part of nature, not the other way around.
HOME (2009) – Director Yann Arthus-Bertrand 
Its powerful images could even move Bush. It teaches us to be grateful to have been given a habitat as fantastic as (is)our Earth. In order for us homo sapiens to come into being, an almost magical number of factors had to exist, and this balance that has been achieved is fragile, and much more fragile now that there are almost 7 billion inhabitants with so much technology based exclusively on oil.
Arthus-Bertrand explains all of this magic, and shows us the places where life began, with the first bacteria that knew how to take advantage of the sun which gave rise to our trees. But he also shows us our fingerprint, the amount of trees that we have eliminated, the rivers that we have contaminated, and the fuels that we have burned to find ourselves so close to the point of no return.
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