If curling up with some popcorn and a thinker film has appeal to you, check this out. These documentaries, released over the past year, have been generating a lot of buzz. They’re sure to get your gears going—or grinding.

American Meat

Four farmers debate whether large-scale organic meat farming is possible, and share their insights about shifting from the current agricultural model—mass animal confinement and processing—to open grazing and a local distribution approach.

www.americanmeatfilm.com



A Will for the Woods

In planning for his own funeral, a man with cancer discovers he’s not alone in wanting to have a sustainable funeral to preserve—and even protect—the environment.

www.awillforthewoods.com



Cafeteria Man

A culinary artist aspires to help overhaul one of the country’s great dysfunctional nutritional systems: school lunches.

www.cafeteriaman.com



Gasland Part II

A sequel to the 2010 documentary Gasland, Gasland II examines the damaging effects of fracking and questions the natural gas industry’s portrayal that the practice is clean and safe.

www.gaslandthemovie.com

GMO OMG

A look at how genetically modified organisms (GMOs) affect people, the planet, our food choices—and if it’s even possible to avoid them.

www.gmofilm.com



In Organic We Trust

Director Kip Pastor finds that not all organic food is created equal on his quest to define what organic actually is, and whether it’s better—or just a mass marketing ploy. www.inorganicwetrust.org



More than Honey

For 15 years, bee colonies have been mysteriously disappearing in a condition called “colony collapse disorder.” The film studies the possible reasons for this phenomenon, and warns about the critical threat to fruit and vegetable crops throughout the world.

www.morethanhoneyfilm.com



Pandora’s Promise

A film that questions whether nuclear energy could actually save us from climate disaster, Pandora’s Promise interviews environmentalists who were once staunchly against its merits, but now believe it could transform the lives of billions of impoverished people.

http://pandoraspromise.com



Uranium Drive-In

An economically downtrodden Colorado community wrestles with a proposal for a new uranium mill, as residents butt heads over the promise of jobs and concerns about the environment and their personal health.

http://uraniumdrivein.com



Watermark

Explores the ways in which humans have shaped, changed, and exhausted the world’s water resources.

www.edwardburtynsky.com