First Friday

A documentary, with the indigenous Hawaiians,about the survival of their culture after the takeover of Hawaii by U.S. businessmen and military in 189orld are experienced. Rare interviews throughout the islands, 2005-2009, reveal their economic, cultural, and social future depends on the resurgence of indigenous rights, sovereignty, and access to their land. While bridging past knowledge with tools of the future, they reveal our own future depends on our connection with the natural world and responsible decisions for the care of the planet and the sustainability of all people.

When new motherhood meets mental health complications in America, no one is listening. Two mothers, confront the American health care system, demanding answers, asking why so many women are slipping through the cracks?

One Man Mission: A man who created a forest of 1360 Acre on his own during the span of 35 years. Deforestation and desertification are some of the major critical issues in India that have led to barren land, increased soil erosion, decreased agricultural production and devastated local wildlife.However this man in India had started planting and cultivating a forest of 1360 acres which has now became a thriving ecosystems. It all started from the devastating 1979 floods of Assam, eastern province of India, many snakes and reptiles were washed to the sandbars and after few days all of them were found dead. This was the sight that changed the life of this man "Jadav Payeng" and decided to go on a fight and make the better world.

Desperate conservationists struggle against oil interests as native people in the heart of Ecuadorian Amazon vie to preserve their culture. A filmmaker-biologist reveals the rich biodiversity in peril and those who call it home.

'Black and Cuba' follows street-smart students, who are outcasts at an elite Ivy League university, as they band together and adventure to Cuba to see if revolution is truly possible. While filming their poignant encounters with AfroCuban youth, breathtaking sites and moving hip-hop performances, the travelers confront realities behind myths of color-blindness and social mobility. This edgy and artful documentary of their journey uncovers renewed hope for equality and human rights. 'Black and Cuba' is the feature film directorial debut of international human rights advocate and scholar Robin J. Hayes, PhD.

What will it really take, to transition from oil and coal, to the energies of tomorrow? SWITCH goes where no film has gone before, deep into the world's most restricted energy sites, to depoliticize competing power sources, make the technical accessible, and discover the truth of our energy future. Test audiences have raved, calling it, 'The most important energy film since An Inconvenient Truth.'