Chris Jordan-Bloch is a filmmaker and photographer in Oakland, CA
Director Photographer Editor
Chris Jordan-Bloch is a filmmaker and photographer in Oakland, CA
Director Photographer Editor
Update - 12/17/2014 : Instead of caving to pressure from the oil and gas industry, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo's Department of Environmental Conservation has concluded that the health risks of fracking are too great, and it will not permit the controversial practice to move forward in the state.
Dryden
The story of a town who discovered strength in unity and turned the tables on the powerful oil & gas industry. (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)
Daily Life
A portfolio of the people, places and moments that I have had the privilege of documenting.
Growing change
People told Jim Cochran that no one cared about healthy food and healthy workers. He decided to prove them wrong. (Director, Editor, 2nd Camera)
When the coal industry dumped their pollution on a small community they didn't expect this to happen.
A Line in the sand
The coal industry dumped their pollution on small community thinking no one would notice. They were wrong. (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)
CLICK HERE TO PROTECT WOLVES - https://secure.earthjustice.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1821 Wolves once roamed the United States before decades of unregulated slaughter wiped them out. It wasn't until they were missing that people began to recognize the crucial role wolves play in maintaining the health of the natural world.
THE FABLE OF THE WOLF
A history of the relationship between humans and wolves. (Co-Producer, Co-Writer with Maggie Caldwell)
CHARACTERS
A portfolio of people - some wonderful, some mysterious, all interesting - who have allowed me to take their picture.
See the whole project at http://www.earthjustice.org/illwind The Moapa River Indian Reservation, tribal home of the Moapa Band of Paiutes, sits about 30 miles north of Las Vegas and about 300 yards from the coal ash ponds and landfills of the Reid Gardner Power Station.
An Ill Wind
It starts with a warning, then its just a matter of which the way the wind blows. (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)
When he watched mountaintop removal mining raze the mountain all around his home and family's land on Kayford Mountain in West Virginia, Larry Gibson became one of the country's first people to speak out against this extreme and egregiously irresponsible mining practice. He has been inspiring people to fight against the unjust practice ever since. He has started a foundation, saved land, been in documentary movies, spoken at thousands of community meetings and shown thousands of people the destruction of mountaintop removal first hand by opening his property up visitors. It’s been more than three years since mountaintop removal fighter and environmental hero Larry Gibson died, and the mountains that he fought so hard to protect are still being destroyed. Take action and call your elected officials to stop mountaintop removal coal mining.
A Hero Doesn't Get Used to This
A portrait of Larry Gibson - environmental hero and mountain top removal fighter. (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)
MY FRIEND RUDY
A story of some photos and the friendship they helped create. (Photography, Words)
A youth pastor trains to become a cage fighter. Photography, Audio and Editing by Chris Jordan
FAITH AND COMPETITION
A local youth pastor feels God is opening a door for him as he pursues his dream of becoming a cage fighter. (Director, Photography, Audio, Editor)
A Leader Lost
A photographic essay about the murder of 21-year-old Fairfield City Councilman Matt Garcia and the community and people that were forever changed by his life and death
Take a walk through the Mineral King Valley and experience the beauty of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
walking the king's high ways
Take a hike through one of the first places that Earthjustice used the courts to save. (Co-Director, Co-Editor, Co-Cinematographer - with Sam Edmundson)
12/19/2014 Update :The EPA coal ash regulation has been released. It is a first step, but It does not go far enough to protect communities. Click here for details. http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2014/epa-s-first-ever-coal-ash-rule-leaves-communities-to-protect-themselves A small community was promised a recreational dream. Instead they got a toxic nightmare.
LITTLE BLUE
A small community was promised a recreational dream. Instead they got a toxic nightmare. (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)
Scenes from a Recession
A Photographic essay about the great recession and its impact on the people of California
On May 1, 2009, in the midst of the deepest recession in a generation, the Fairfield-Suisun School Board voted to close four schools and layoff more than 80 teachers. It was a local impact of a national problem. This short documentary follows one school from closure announcement through the last day of school
Even Walls Make a Difference
On May 1, 2009, in the midst of the deepest recession in a generation, the Fairfield-Suisun School Board voted to close four schools and layoff more than 80 teachers. It was a local impact of a national problem. (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)