Filmography of environmentalism

Precursors[]

The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936) : documentary film of Pare Lorentz on the Dust Bowl ;
The River (1937) : documentary film of Pare Lorentz showing the Mississippi erosion problems ;
Wind Across the Everglades (1958) of Nicholas Ray : action movie which approaches the question of endangered species, in particular birds sought for their plumage by the fashion industry. Report for the early date!

The War Game (1965) : docu-fiction of Peter Watkins showing the consequences after a nuclear attack ;
L'An 01 (1973) : adaptation of an environmentalist and utopian BD, by Jacques Doillon, Jean Rouch and Alain Resnais ;
Soylent Green (1973) : science fiction film by Richard Fleischer, on an earth which have been exhausted all resources ;
Raoni (1976) : on the life of Raoni Metuktire. The film portrays issues surrounding on Kayapo people and the Amazon rainforest ;
La Jungle plate (1978) : documentary film Netherlands of Johan van der Keuken on the Wadden Sea ;
The China Syndrome (1979) : fiction about a nuclear accident released 15 days before the Three Mile Island accident !

(1980) : on the Anti-nuclear movement ;
The Atomic Cafe (1982) : compilation of documentary ;
Koyaanisqatsi (1983) : of Godfrey Reggio ;
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) : Japanese animated by Hayao Miyazaki ;
The Man Who Planted Trees (1987) : animated film of Frédéric Back, according to the text of Jean Giono ;
Gorillas in the Mist (1988) : of Michael Apted tells the true story of Dian Fossey and his work in Rwanda with mountain gorillas.

Anima mundi (1991) : of Godfrey Reggio. For the WWF ;
Le Fleuve aux grandes eaux (1993) : Animated short film of Frédéric Back ;
Déserts en Europe : les apprentis sorciers ! (1994) : documentary of Patrick Benquet ;
Greenpeace : les commandos de l'écologie (1995) : french documentary of Jean-Pierre Hosatte ;
La Belle Verte (1996) : utopian environmentalist fable of Coline Serreau ;

Darwin's Nightmare (2004) : documentary of Hubert Sauper ;
The 11th Hour (2007) : of Nadia Conners, Leila Conners Petersen and Leonardo DiCaprio.
The World According to Monsanto (2007) : of Marie-Monique Robin, one of the most controversial business of contemporaneous history ;
The Story of Stuff (2007) : a short animated documentary about the life cycle of consumer products ;

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014) : the film explores the impact of animal agriculture on the environment, and investigates the policies of environmental organizations on this issue. Environmental organizations investigated in the film include Greenpeace, Sierra Club, Surfrider Foundation, Rainforest Action Network ;
This Changes Everything (2015) : a documentary film by Avi Lewis which surveys environmental activists around the world. It is a companion project of the book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein ;