In this special fall edition of "Earth Focus Presents," KCET and Link TV partner with Patagonia Films to debut the broadcast world premieres of eleven films in seven curated episodes.
Tied to the award-winning investigative series "Earth Focus," this new documentary strand offers fresh perspectives on some of today’s most pressing environmental issues, from a Southern California environmental justice youth group’s fight against urban oil and gas drilling to the struggle against damns along Europe’s last wild river system.
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DamNation
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Tule Elk: The Killing of a Native Species (Preview)
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Treeline / It's All Home Water: A Northern Light
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Takayna / Lessons from Jeju
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Fishpeople / Harvesting Liberty
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Blue Heart / Vjosa Forever
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District 15 (Preview)
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District 15 | One Word Salwamem | Tule Elk: The Killing of a Native Species
We’ll follow young activists as they push the LA City Council to stop oil and gas drilling operations, visit a native tribe in Mount Shasta to explore how healing the planet could be facilitated through respect and reciprocity, and investigate the National Park Service’s plan to kill Tule elk to allow for expanded private ranching within Point Reyes National Seashore.
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56:35
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Treeline / It's All Home Water: A Northern Light
A story written in rings. Plus, a film about protecting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
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56:51
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Takayna / Lessons from Jeju
What if running could save a rainforest? Plus, Kimi Werner explores how a self-sufficient sisterhood of diving mothers and grandmothers represent feminine strength and resilience.
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59:11
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Fishpeople / Harvesting Liberty
A film about lives transformed by the sea. Plus, a film about two non-profit groups working to reintroduce industrial hemp into Kentucky—and eventually U.S. agriculture.
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Blue Heart / Vjosa Forever
People are rising up to protect Europe’s largest wild river—the Vjosa.
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Public Trust: The Fight for America’s Public Land
As America’s system of public lands face unprecedented threats, the film investigates three heated conflicts and makes a case for their continued protection.
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The River and the Wall
Five friends embark on a 1,200-mile mountain bike, horse, and canoe expedition down the Rio Grande to document the borderlands before construction of a wall.
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The Human Element
Renowned environmental photographer James Balog explores wildfires, hurricanes, sea level rise, a struggling coal mining community and our changing air supply