Derek Knowles

Citizen Nation

This four-part documentary series is an inspiring coming-of-age story that follows teenagers from across America as they face off in the nation's premier civics competition. Culminating in a championship showdown in the nation’s capital, high school students with diverse personal and political backgrounds grapple with critical questions about democracy.

The Bird Rescue Center

A cinematic window into the world of a California bird rescue sanctuary and the people who give wildlife a second chance.

Between Earth & Sky

For her entire professional life, renowned ecologist Nalini Nadkarni pioneered climbing techniques to study "what grows back” after an ecological disturbance in the rainforest canopy. Now, after surviving a life-threatening fall from a tree, she must turn her research question onto herself in order to understand the effects of disturbance and recovery throughout her life.

Sentinels

An immersion into the world of young environmental activists who undertake a homespun tree-sitting campaign to stop one of the largest logging companies in the western United States from clear cutting a redwood forest in Northern California.

Last Days at Paradise High

The most destructive wildfire in California history leveled Paradise in November 2018. As the seniors of Paradise High finish out the school year away from their shuttered campus, they must reconsider what it means to leave home.