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FREE FILMS FOR CLEAN UP SEPTEMBER

Posted on August 28, 2025

September is a busy month in the environmental sphere. With days like International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, National Public Lands Day, and Climate Week, activists from around the world are coming together to make change and increase the environmental groundswell.

Also in September hundreds of volunteers — from toddlers to retirees, families to fishing clubs — unite for one purpose: to care for the river that runs through the heart of our community. Since 1997, the Yuba River Cleanup has brought people together not just to remove trash, but to build a healthier watershed and a stronger community.

To honor this movement, we’ve curated a short playlist of prior Wild & Scenic Official Selections that highlight films related to these themes:

After Ice (2021)  – Fight for Areng Valley (2014)  – 3.5% (2021) A Fistful of Rubish (2020) – Daniel: A Cyclist with TBI Making a Difference (2018)

 

AFTER ICE

Glaciers show us undeniable evidence that climate changes are happening and that human beings are transforming Earth’s systems. They reflect our past and reveal our future.

 

FIGHT FOR ARENG VALLEY

In remote Southwest Cambodia, the indigenous Chong people of Areng Valley, with the help of saffron robed monks, fight to protect their spirit forests, livelihood and heritage from the looming construction of a hydroelectric dam.

 

3.5%

In a not too distant future, the once picturesque city of Lucerne (Switzerland) has become uninhabitable due to the climate crisis.
3,5% is a hybrid of computer animation and live action.

 

A FISTFUL OF RUBBISH

A Western environmental documentary, A Fistful of Rubbish is set in the Tabernas Desert in Spain – Europe’s only desert. An area famous for being the backdrop of many famous Western films, sadly is being trashed. But now, with the help of some locals, an English ex-pat is forming a posse and taking things into his own hands

 

DANIEL: A CYCLIST WITH TBI MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Every day (and, we mean every day) you can see Daniel riding his bike along Highway 50. And, while he’s out there, he’s picking up trash and doing his part to make the Lake Tahoe area better for everyone. That is an amazing story in and of itself. But it is even more incredible when you learn that Daniel nearly died as a child from a fall and was in a coma for 8 months, and although he still suffers from traumatic brain injury (TBI), that hasn’t stopped him from making a difference.