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A documentary with unique ways to see nature.
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MERU deserved an Academy Award nomination.
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For 18 years, I have participated in the ongoing conversation about mountaineering, social action, and the environment known as Mountainfilm in Telluride. It is a remarkable gathering in the remote San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. I'm always thrilled by the engaged lives of those who come to present their latest thinking represented in books, photography, and documentary films. Their inspirational creativity, dedication, and progressive ideas draw us all back to Telluride like ...
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In January 2008, the Sundance Institute presented Up the Yantgze in their festival's documentary competition. The films director-- Yung Chang, a Canadian of Chinese origins --used a powerful storytelling metaphor showcasing a single peasant family to tell a vast narrative about the social and environmental impact of the Three Gorges Dam being constructed across the Yangtze River in China. Utilizing compact digital cameras and with fluency in Chinese, Chang was able to film undetected. He ...