This December, we celebrate the power of people to nurture both communities and the planet. From regenerative farming and fighting food insecurity, to challenging human rights injustices while connecting with nature, to U.S. veterans rediscovering landscapes once marked by conflict, these films illuminate the ways humans and ecosystems thrive when justice and care guide our actions. We’ve curated three prior Wild & Scenic Official Selections that showcase resilience, stewardship, and the deep connections between people and the natural world. Enjoy this short playlist of prior Wild & Scenic Official Selections that highlight stories of sustainability, environmental justice, and the ways people and ecosystems thrive together:
THE ANTS AND THE GRASSHOPPER (2021) – FREE TO RUN (2022) – ADVENTURE NOT WAR (2018)
THE ANTS AND THE GRASSHOPPER
Anita Chitaya has a gift; she can help bring abundant food from dead soil, she can inspire the stubborn men in her village to fight for gender equality, and she can end child hunger in her community.
FREE TO RUN
UN human rights attorney, mountain runner and NGO founder, Stephanie Case, was training hard during the summer of 2021 to take on the hardest ultra trail marathon of her life-the daunting Tor des Glaciers 450km self-navigated race through the A’osta Valley of Italy.
ADVENTURE NOT WAR
U.S. veterans Stacey Bare, Robin Brown, and Matthew Griffin travel back into the mountains of Iraq on a mission to heal wounds and experience the country and its culture without the shadow of war.
