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If your travel plans are taking you anywhere in or around the Sundance area this year, I have great news!  This year, unlike many years, there are actually quite a few great green films that you can take in!  That’s right, this year’s Sundance Film Festival doesn’t JUST have to be the glitz, glamour and independent showcases that you’re all accustomed to hearing.

This year, if you are lucky enough to be in attendance, you can actually choose to see some films that are striving to make a difference; some films this year are going green, and as such we here at Northern Tool and From the Workbench want to give our endorsement!  Here, according to reports, are 5 Green Films you shouldn’t miss this year:

“Earth Days: From the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 sprouted an environmental consciousness that would infiltrate Americans’ hearts and minds for decades to come.Through the eyes of nine citizens, including a congressman and an astronaut, this documentary recounts the modern environmental movement and the sweeping progress it prompted.

Dirt! The Movie: With humor and honesty, this film digs deep to deliver the voices of farmers, physicists, church leaders, children, wine critics, anthropologists, and activists sharing anecdotes about the ground beneath our feet — and the dangers of destroying it.

The End of the Line: You’d expect a documentary that trawls in the facts about overfishing’s devastating effects to have beautiful underwater scenes mixed with chilling scientific testimony, and this one does. It also incites shock and offers solutions to save seafood.

Crude: Filmmaker Joe Berlinger spent three years capturing the David-and-Goliath tale of five indigenous tribes fighting for justice against one of the world’s largest oil producers. After Chevron dumped 18 billion tons of toxic oil waste in the Ecuadoran Amazon, the people fight for their day in court in this broadly scoped documentary.

The Cove: Flipper inspired a love for dolphins that mutated over the years into an multibillion dollar entertainment industry, quietly supplied by Japanese porpoise-snatchers. Guards in Taijii, Japan, the world’s largest supplier of dolphins, patrol the coves to prevent photography from leaking their secret, until a small documentary team, led by a famous dolphin trainer, infiltrate and expose the cruel practice.”

There you have it.  Check out any of those films and fill your mind with Green and Good this year.  Who knows what could happen!