Videos from Raindancer Media

A Silent Forest

A Silent Forest is a point of view documentary about the unknown dangers to human health, and the environmental health of our planet, posed by the planned introduction of genetically engineered trees. With heartfelt commentary by Dr. Suzuki, and interviews with scientists as well as activists, A Silent Forest makes a strong case for much more research and testing before these test tube trees can even be seriously considered for introduction into our environment. To purchase this video please go to CustomFlix.

Our Land Our Future

A documentary about indigenous land rights and environmental issues in Nicaragua. 2nd place winner in the Coasta Rica International Environmental Film Festival. Proceeds are helping to fund the first Human Rights lawsuit in the history of Nicaragua. This program was televised on the Free Speech TV Network. For more info contact www.threeamericas.org

Beneath the Surface

Award-winning documentary about the health of the endangered Southern Sea Otters, and how the Otters’ plight relates to ocean health and to human health. Narrated by Betty White. This Video Contains rare underwater footage of the Southern Sea Otter feeding and playing in the underwater environment. For more info contact www.seaotter.org

Food for Thought

Produced in 1999, this documentary is about the dangers of introducing genetically engineered crops into the environment. Most of the forecasts made in this award-winning documentary unfortunately have become a reality. Only USA entry to be selected for the ECAT Environmental Film Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. For more info contact www.videoproject.com

The Return Home

The County of Santa Cruz Department of Public Works, with grant support from American Rivers and in partnership with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and Cal Poly State University, documents the Queseria Creek restoration project located at the Swanton Pacific Ranch in Santa Cruz County. Learn stream restoration techniques including engineered stream bank protection features such as large rock weirs, J-hook and cross-vane structures. Discover new revegetation techniques and how to establish a riparian corridor by using native materials from the site. Observe how to replace an existing undersized culvert with a bottomless arch culvert with a natural stream bottom to improve fish passage. The film is available to view on the County of Santa Cruz Department of Public Works: http://www.dpw.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/EROSIONCONTROL.htm

Our Place on Earth

A documentary about the indigenous peoples of Nicaragua. 2nd place winner at the Costa Rica International Environmental film festival. Filmed entirely on location in Nicaragua. "Today we, the indigenous people of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua, are asserting our rights to our ancestral lands - to preserve our way of life, and to preserve the life of the land itself". For more information, please contact: www.threeamericas.org

Return to Wilderness

Willow Creek Restoration Project

In June 1999 the founding board of the Ventana Wilderness Alliance made a two day traverse of the Willow Creek watershed from the Coast Ridge to Highway One. This trip was made as part of the statewide wilderness inventory that resulted in the introduction of the California Wild Heritage Act of 2002 and the Big Sur Wilderness and Conservation act of 2002.

In addition to viewing a spectacular watershed clearly worthy of wilderness protection, the trip identified several large deposits of trash and debris along the main stem of Willow Creek. These deposits were left on abandoned mining claims and by illegal human habitation. These trash deposits appear to be the largest concentration of trash sites within the Monterey Ranger District of the Los Padres National Forest. In January 2001, the VWA Board of Directors decided to undertake the cleanup and restoration of this area. More info here- http://www.ventanawild.org/video