Films That Move
Unleash hope, inspire change with our free environmental film series
Join us to experience a free, virtual community screening series brought to you by The Redford Center, a leading US nonprofit dedicated to environmental impact filmmaking, and our larger filmmaker network. We are proud to present an enhanced Redford Center film offering, Films That Move – a free screening series that is packed with inspiring content to move you and your community into action.
Subscribers to The Redford Center’s newsletter can enjoy one to two virtual film screenings per month, available for a week, featuring solutions-based environmental stories from grassroots activists, frontline communities, and talented filmmakers worldwide. Subscribers will also receive timely calls to action and exclusive invitations to in-person film screenings in the Bay Area and across the country, providing opportunities to network, connect with the community, and engage with filmmakers.
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Set on Tangier Island in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay, described as “America’s first climate casualty,” a vanishing island often reduced to political shorthand, Been Here Stay Here offers a quiet and deeply human look at a place long used as a symbol but rarely heard on its own terms.
Through the eyes of those who call the island home, the film reveals a community bound by faith, memory and a devotion to place, even as the land around them disappears. There are no narrators or experts, only the rhythms of everyday life unfolding against the slow encroachment of the sea.
Director David Usui invites us to listen closely. What emerges is not a story about denial, but about devotion: to each other, to the water and to resilience.
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David Usui has spent more than 15 years crafting character-driven documentaries featured by The New York Times, PBS, ITVS, The Atlantic, and VICE. His collaboration with Albert Maysles on In Transit premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and received the Special Jury Prize for Best Feature Documentary.
As co-founder of Lost & Found Films, Usui has worked with NGOs, broadcasters, and brands to tell stories rooted in empathy and place. He also teaches at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, guiding new storytellers to approach the world with curiosity and compassion.