MVF Films
Documentary filmmaking enables us to tell the personal stories about the larger conflicts in our society. Whether it be climate change, overfishing or alternative energy production, the real story is about the people involved and their journey. My collaborators and I started MVF films to tell important stories and have more impact thru reaching larger audiences that modern day film festivals, and streaming enable. We currently have three films in production that reveal real life and how people handle the complex challenges of living not his planet in this day and age.
In Production
Seafarer
Rockaway, NY
For those who have found the ocean to be the source of their connection to nature, she can be a doubled edge sword. One side is the raw power and incredible creatures that live there and the other is a fisherman's dilemma of overfishing and whether to stop fishing to let the fish recover. The story of a man who seeks his destiny in a world that wants him to follow the rules. Husband, father and fisherman, the ocean becomes his source of moments that define his way of life.
Whits End
Long Island,, NY
A man's fascination with the ocean leads him on a career of culinary challenges and success. His connection with the sea inspired him to open up an oceanside restaurant on Long Island.. His preparations and understanding of his ingredients match his insight of the sea and its bounty. The resulting dishes reveal the soul of the man and his connection to nature.
Road to Broome
Broome, Western Australia
When someone tells you their family has lived on their land for 30,000 years you might be suspect. But carbon dating of the rock art in the Kimberley has been verified that humans have lived on the land for over 30,,000 years. And more importantly the art contains the history of the land and establishes the importance of country to the mobs of the Kimberley.
Released Films
Part of the grants program at Marine Ventures was working with nonprofits to create, produce and release films that told their story. We offer this as a free service to nonprofits that we felt had a compelling mission and untold story. They usually premiered at film festivals ensuring reaching a wide audience. Some at available on Netflix.
Keeping Country
The Kimberley, Western Australia
The Kimberley, in Northwestern Australia is the size of California with only 40,000 residents. Nowhere else on the planet have people lived as long within, and in balance with, a landscape. Now, a cultural legacy over 40,000 years old is at risk from mining and development.
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After The Spill
New Orleans, LA
In 2005 Hurricane Katrina devastated the coast of Louisiana. Five years later the Deepwater Horizon exploded and spilled more than 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the worst ecological disaster in North American history. Jon Bowermaster's timeless film reminds us all of what can happenand the consequences of cleaning up people's lives as well as the ocean and wetlands.
Remains of a River
Colorado River Basin
From the mountains of Wyoming to the lettuce fields of Mexico, past dams and reservoirs and diversion canals, through plains and canyons and the lights of Las Vegas, Will Stauffer-Norris and Zak Podmore hiked, paddled and slogged their way down the Green and Colorado Rivers to the sea. Remains of a River is their unforgettable story.
A Changing Delta
Baja Norte, Mexico
Left for dead after decades of neglect, the terminus of the Colorado River in Northern Mexico was once a vibrant wetland ecosystem the size of Rhode Island. “A Changing Delta” chronicles the stories, issues, and people of the Colorado River Delta in Mexico, and what they’ve done to reconnect one of the most iconic American rivers to the sea.
