A record producer, a PR man, and a black belt in karate foil a white supremacist plot to poison the water supply.
Documentary on water usage, money, politics, the transformation of nature, and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part miniseries.
Basada en els fets que van inspirar a tota una generació de joves noruecs. Un retrat apassionant i commovedor de la lluita dels Samis per la seva supervivència i reconeixement dins de la comunitat internacional. Durant l'estiu de 1979, Ester es muda a Alta, al nord de Noruega, per a començar a treballar com a mestra. Igual que molts samis en aquest moment, sent vergonya de la seva herència i oculta la seva ètnia. Ester fa grans esforços per encaixar-hi, fins i tot participa en acudits despectius. Quan el seu cosí Mikkhal la porta a un campament en el riu Alta, on la gent està manifestant-se en contra de la construcció d'una presa. Ester descobreix que la lluita pel riu també és una revolta contra anys de brutal racisme i discriminació contra el seu poble.
The Balkans cradles Europe's last wild rivers and supports abundant wildlife and healthy, intact ecosystems. These rivers are "The Undamaged" – clean, pristine, and undammed. With over 2,700 small and large hydro power plants planned or under construction in the Balkans, corruption and greed are destroying the last free-flowing rivers of Europe. Follow the Balkan Rivers Tour, a rowdy crew of whitewater kayakers, filmers, photographers and friends who decided to stand up for the rivers, travelling from Slovenia to Albania for 36 days, kayaking 23 rivers in 6 countries to protest the dams and show the world the secret wild rivers of the Balkans. The film honours everyday people and local activists who are fighting to defend rivers and aims to spread the word of the plight of these rivers, showing a new style of nature conservation that is fun, energetic and effective.
A successful novelist buys her dream home, an old turn-of-the-century home on a beautiful riverfront. However, a young project manager is in charge of building a hydroelectric dam on the river. The novelist has 30 days to change his mind.
Documentary filmed at the end of the Manic-Outardes hydroelectric projects on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence (1978) to pay tribute to the men and women who participated, for 20 years, in the first collective project in modern Quebec. Le Temps de la Manic allows us to follow live the moving end of this era in the company of Jean-Noël Laprise nicknamed “the Switch”, Andrée Laprise (Grenier) his partner, their 4 children Carole, Serge, Yvan and Hélène, by Édouard Hovington and Véronique Hovington, by Camille Brisson, Léo Boisclair, Denis Ouellet, Gérard Debigaré and Fernande Buissière. Everyone has experienced the time of the Manic adventure from the inside. The Prime Minister, Mr. René Lévesque, also appears in the film.