Video Resources

Live Earth harnesses the power of music and film to raise awareness for the environment, and to provide simple ways for individuals to solve the problem. Made by award winning filmmakers from around the world, our film collection engages the global audience and demonstrates solutions to the climate crisis.

We have also included other documentaries/featured movies as suggested viewing at your event that have water and the environment as their subject.

If you register to host a Friends of Live Earth Event, you can download some of these resources:

Live Earth Short Films:

ARAL SEA
Directed by SERGEI NAUMOV
2007, Uzbekistan/U.S.A., 9:55
Synopsis: This film documents the first small steps fight back against one of the world’s worst ecological disasters. Narrated by Juliet Stevenson (“Mona Lisa Smile”).
Director’s Biography: Sergi Naumov is an independent journalist and filmmaker for over twenty-five years, specializing in ecological issues.
http://video.liveearth.org/video/AralSea-mp4

GENERATION G
Directed by KARENA ALBERS
2007, U.S.A., 4:47
Synopsis: Documentary highlighting how schools can become greener, aiding both the planet and our children’s health, and providing them with an environment conducive to learning.
Director biography: Karena Albers executive produced the PBS series, "e2 design," a six-part documentary on sustainable architecture, narrated by Brad Pitt.
http://video.liveearth.org/video/GenerationG-mp4

H2 UH-OH
Directed by MATT MAHURIN
2007, U.S.A., 5:07
Synopsis: Set in the near future, one man journeys from a world that is flooded, to a world that has no water at all.
Director biography: Matt Muhurin is a photographer and illustrator who notoriously did the OJ Simpson Time Magazine cover. He has published several books and has several pieces in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's permanent collection. He has directed hundreds of music videos for artists like Peter Gabriel, U2, R.E.M., Sting, Metallica and David Byrne. As a filmmaker, he wrote and directed “Mugshot” and “Feel.” His feature documentary is entitled “I Like Killing Flies.”
http://video.liveearth.org/video/H2UhOh-mp4

LORRAN E GE
Directed by CASEY AFFLECK
2007, U.S.A., 8:14
Synopsis: An uplifting look a group of children living in the slums who create a cleaner, more beautiful world to play in with their imaginations.
Director biography: Casey Affleck recently starred in "Gone Baby Gone" and was Oscar nominated for his role in "The Assignation of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford."
http://video.liveearth.org/video/LorranEGe-mp4

MERMAID
Directed by MATT TOMASZEWSKI
2007, New Zealand, 2:58
Synopsis: This poetic film examines the impact of climate change on the coral reef told through the voice and perspective of a five-year old girl who thinks she is a mermaid.
Director biography: Matt Tomaszewski is a multiple-award winning documentary director and environmental scientist, who combines a unique and informed perspective of the ocean with a natural ability to explain its details and wonder to the lay person.
http://video.liveearth.org/video/Mermaid-mp4

POLARBEARMAN
Directed by BIG TV
2007, U.K., 4:39
Synopsis: A man struggles to survive as his house becomes taken over by water against the backdrop of a wildlife documentary commentary about polar bears.
Director biography: Big TV is an award-winning commercials and film directing duo.
http://video.liveearth.org/video/Polar-Bear-Man-mp4-2

THE REWIND
Directed by MATT TOMASZEWSKI
2007, New Zealand, 2:21
Synopsis: A beautifully shot underwater music video about how the seas were born and how they are being affected by climate change.
Director biography: Matt Tomaszewski is a multiple-award winning documentary director and environmental scientist, combines a unique and informed perspective of the ocean with a natural ability to explain its details and wonder to the lay person.
http://video.liveearth.org/video/TheRewind-mp4

TOXIC SEAS
Directed by Adam Yamaguchi
2007, USA, 10:08
Synopsis: From Current TV comes this film illustrating how warming waters, excessive fishing and agricultural and industrial chemical runoff are feeding sea algae in ways never seen before causing a catastrophic toxic effect on sea life.
Director biography: Adam Yamaguchi made this film with Current, a network co-founded by Al Gore which enlists its viewers to become creative partners, making it the first television network in history whose programming is supplied in part by the audience who watch it.
http://video.liveearth.org/video/ToxicSeas-mp4

WIND
Directed by CHEL WHITE
2007, USA, 4:15
Synopsis: Montage of motion controlled time-lapse photography of the earth and weather. Set to a poem by Antonio Machado and read by actor Alec Baldwin ("30 Rock").
Director biography: Chel White is an independent short filmmaker.


Documentaries/ Feature Films:

Want to host a movie night? Here are some additional films you can show with water themes. Some are available online, and others will be available at your local video store or via iTunes.

“Flow" - 2008
http://www.documentarywire.com/flow-for-the-love-of-water

“The Story of Stuff” – 2007
http://www.storyofstuff.com/

“Addicted to Plastic” – 2007

“Tapped” – 2009

“Chinatown” - 1974

“Blue Lagoon” – 1980

“Step Into Liquid” – 2003

“Water World” - 1995