Roots of Tomorrow – Four Short Films for Choose Our Future
Dear friends,
Some of you have walked these grasslands with us.
Some planted willow cuttings along the Yellow River, scattered seeds across the pasture, helped build seed banks from yak dung, shared tea with nomadic families, or simply spent time listening to the wind on the Tibetan Plateau.
Those experiences have now become four short documentary films, story of the grassland, the nomads, the life and - YOU.
Over the past months, I have been developing Roots of Tomorrow, a documentary anthology exploring four possible pathways toward our shared future through real community-led grassland restoration. Rather than imagining distant futures, these films ask how the future is already being shaped by the choices we make today.
The four films are:
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The Voluntary Hands (Market Forces)
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The Earth’s Ceremony (Policy Reform)
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The Dung Seed Bank (Fortress World)
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Roots of Tomorrow (Great Transition)
They have now been submitted to the **Choose Our Future(**https://chooseourfuture.org) film competition, and I’d be grateful if you could take a look.
Watch the films here:
https://filmfreeway.com/DaLiu?__cf_chl_f_tk=giYIpvmCp1sYGy9LyArt_ivTJPuPWN55ACe8QbQdpvE-1783245354-1.0.1.1-HZn26zz5wZj3UADplq7Ufp_YOKt87NabU4BGLSBV8r8
If you were one of the people who joined us on the grassland, you may even recognize some familiar places—and perhaps yourselves—in these stories.
I would especially appreciate your honest feedback.
But our continuous actions are and will always be larger than filmmaking. It is part of our long-term commitment to restoring the Tibetan grasslands and documenting that journey over generations. Everyone who has visited, volunteered, or supported this work has helped shape these films.
Thank you for being part of this story. Whatever happens in the competition, I hope these films can spark conversations about regeneration, community, and our relationship with the living world.
With gratitude,
Da Liu