Protecting Our Green and Blue Spaces

Varför är levande valar värda trillioner dollar? Eller hur kom Grönlands djur till? Detta är en serie med 8 korta dokumentärer som alla är ett kärleksbrev till naturen.

SERIES: EVERY LIVING THING (31 min)
(Save the Whales Again - 9 min, Bees - Plight of the Pollinator - 7 min, Jaguars - Guardians of Reality - 6 min, Wolves - Born to Rewild - 9 min) 
Most mainstream media paints nature as survival of the fittest theatre but there’s more to the natural world than wildlife flouncing around for our entertainment. Meet the keystone species who keep our delicate disco of ecosystems, and you, alive. Find out why we need bees to keep getting busy; why whales are worth over a trillion dollars - alive, not dead; and why wolves and jaguars are born to re-wild. And most importantly, learn from the experts what you can do to give the species that support all life, the kiss of life, they deserve. Get your fix of conscientious caffeinated content with Every Living Thing and fall in love with nature all over again.

REBELS WITH CAUSE (14 min)
Guerrilla gardening is not for the faint-hearted. Or at least, that’s what these two rebels tell us, as we follow them on an eye-opening journey around London - throwing seeds everywhere and anywhere, planting spider plants, and planning their ‘Big Project’. But when they finally track down the Original Guerrilla Gardeners (OGGs), and learn what guerrilla gardening really entails and how it's helping our communities, their beliefs and friendship are put to the test. In this humorous mockumentary, we meet the people who are doing their bit to bring ‘botanarchy’ to our urban spaces.

BROKEN WINGS (9 min)
The bird, a symbol of freedom, is being poached at a pace never seen before. Bird communities are vital to healthy ecosystems due to their cross-pollination and insect control. Without them, nature cannot thrive. Broken Wings is a unique documentary-music film that tells the untold story of bird poaching around the world. Imagine a world where forests are silent. Right now, millions of songbirds are caught every year, taking the magic from our forests. They’re then traded in huge bird markets and eventually end up living the remainder of their life in cages throughout big cities, far from the forest. Made with Ludovico Enauldi, this unique music documentary tells this untold story. Together we can stop the caging of these precious birds. WaterBear Original film made by Studio Birthplace. Original music by Ludovico Einaudi. Supported by Thrive Conservation, Universal Music & Paul Hilton.

MOTHER OF THE SEA (8 min)
This short film tells the legend of The Mother of the Sea - a tale that virtually every Inuit from Greenland to the Canadian Arctic knows in some form or another. This is a "living story", it's not about the past; this story is taking place right now. Updated with plastic trash and climate change, telling this tale does more than scare children away from the dangerous ice-- it warns us all about the perils of disrespecting Mother Nature.

THE BLACK MERMAID (9 min)
Throughout history, Black communities have had a treacherous relationship with water, depicted as a powerful yet destructive entity by African folklore. This is a modern-day tale of the Black Mermaid, Zandile Ndhlovu, who is changing the perception of the ocean in her community since 2016, when she overcame her fears and fell in love with freediving. Following Zandile’s expedition to see the Sardine Run, this intimate story shows us the danger of incomplete narratives, particularly around Black people and water; unpacking the challenges faced by minorities, who are living one step away from the ocean but often excluded from enjoying its natural wonders.