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shareDocumentary Shorts 8 spotlights people who refuse to back down in the face of massive environmental and industrial forces.
In Vs. Goliath – “Appalachia”, residents of the Blue Ridge Mountains confront the destructive path of a massive gas pipeline cutting through their land. Vs. Goliath – “Cancer Alley” follows a Louisiana grandmother and teacher who takes on one of the largest plastics companies in the world, proving that courage doesn’t require a title, just conviction. Finally, The Human Side of Plastic: Abby Barrows brings us to coastal Maine, where scientists and fishermen work together to imagine a cleaner, more sustainable future before their traditions disappear.
These films capture the fight to protect home, heritage, and the fragile ecosystems that hold both together.
A Q&A will immediately follow the program.
In this program
The Human Side of Plastic: Abby Barrows
Directed by Andrew Lynch, Ben Ayers, Rush Sturges
On Deer Isle, Maine, home to one of the world’s most productive lobster ports, warming waters and invisible microplastic pollution threaten a centuries-old way of life. As veteran lobsterman Joel Billings and his daughter Hannah reckon with the possible end of their family’s tradition, neighbor and microplastics researcher Abby Barrows offers a vision for a more sustainable future through plastic-free aquaculture.
Vs. Goliath – “Cancer Alley”
Directed by Nate Birnbaum, Sam Eilertsen
What motivates a special education teacher and grandmother to fight back against the continent’s biggest plastics plant? A…
Vs. Goliath – “Appalachia”
Directed by Maggie Lemere, Nate Birnbaum, Sam Eilertsen
Deep in the hollers of the Blue Ridge Mountains construction of a monstrous fracked gas pipeline is tearing…
