Chlotrudis Looks at Films Focused on Geography

Recently a new Chlotrudis member, Philip, posed a question on the Chlotrudis discussion list for a friend who wanted to know if there were any films focusing on geography, either documentary or narrative. He is pursuing his graduate degree in Geography and Geographic Information Systems. Aside from the Stellar Cartography scenes in the Star Trek TNG films, Philip couldn't think of anything off-hand, but when posed with this challenge, Chlotrudis members came back with several suggestions. We thought it might be nice to provide the list for any curiosity seekers who might wonder the same thing. Here they are... films about geography!

• Berlin: Die Symphonie der Großstadt (Berlin: Symphony of a City) (doc; Walter Ruttmann)


• David Thompson: the Great Mapmaker (narrative short; Bernard Devlin)


• Encounters at the End of the World (doc; Werner Herzog)


• Fata Morgana (narrative; Werner Herzog)


• Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse (The Gleaners & I) (doc; Agnes Varda)


• An Inconvenient Truth (doc; Davis Guggenheim)


• Keep the River on your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale (doc; David and Laurie Shapiro)


• La Soufriere (doc/short; Werner Herzog)


• Lektionen in Finsternis (Lessons in Darkness) (doc; Werner Herzog)


• Manhatta (doc/short; Charles Sheeler/Paul Strand)


• Chelovek s kino-apparatom (The Man with the Movie Camera) (doc; Dziga Vertov)


• Map of the Human Heart (narrative; Vincent Ward)


• The Mapmaker (narrative; Johnny Gogan)


• Manufactured Landscapes (doc; Jennifer Baichwal)


• My Winnipeg (doc/narrative; Guy Maddin)


• Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea (doc; Chris Metzler; Jeff Springer)


• À propos de Nice (doc/short; Jean Vigo)


• Regen (doc/short; Mannus Franken/Joris Ivens)


• Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (doc; Thomas Riedelsheimer)


• Tuvalu (narrative; Veit Helmer)


• Winged Migration (doc; Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats)

Can you think of anymore? Add to this list by posting in the comments.