Greenlit is a great little documentary about the impact the film industry has on the environment. The movie chronicles the filmmaker herself, Miranda Bailey, during the making of a movie called "The River Why". The filmmakers hire an outside company to come in and help make their movie "Green" which ends up being quite the process. The green consultant who comes in helps the cast and crew of the movie recycle and implement different techniques to make the set more eco-friendly. Through this narrative, the movie manages to be both engaging and informative at the same time. This is what's great about the movie; that it is both a well made film as well as being an educational documentary. The movie definitely stays with you, showing the negative impact that things as seemingly insignificant as discarded plastic bottles have on the environment. It definitely makes you think twice about some of your bad habits. For film enthusiasts and people in the industry, it strikes an even deeper chord, showing how much energy and material is wasted across film sets every day. Most of the techniques used by the green consultant for the film shoot aren't that difficult to do, most as simple as separating trash from recycling. However, the movie is keen to show that just one individual's mistake can ruin the entire process. The film does an excellent job at reminding us that the biggest impact on the environment comes from the smallest of personal habits.

This documentary shows a real-life attempt at making a film set more environmentally friendly. It is very realistic, showing that making anything more green is challenging. Producer Miranda Bailey faces uncooperative crew members and challenges that show how negatively film production impacts the environment and how hard it is to fix that. I came away surprised at how negatively production impacts the environment and surprised that members of the production team weren't more caring. Unlike most environmental documentaries that are often accusatory, demanding that people do more, this film really shows how difficult that is in reality, while at the same time makes you want to do more for the environment.

I usually hate Hollywood and everything it stands for so as you can imagine I was a little skeptical when my friend insisted I watch this movie. I was surprised to find that I loved it. It was objective and fair and even funny. Hollywood people usually congratulate themselves on being liberal and green when it's such a wasteful industry. I've been saying this for years and I'm glad they're finally looking to change their ways. Good on you. This documentary really raised awareness about how much waste the movie industry actually creates. Hopefully the old codgers like me who have been fighting for this since the 60s can share this movie with the younger kids and it will open their eyes to how much change we still have left to implement. Good for you, whoever thought of this movie, I think it will really help.

GreenLit turns the camera on the film industry to shed some light on the problems with productions trying to stay as environmentally friendly as possible. Following film producer Miranda Bailey, this documentary visits the set of The River Why, as it attempts to film in an ecologically responsible way. Employing the help of environmental impact consultants, the cast and crew struggle to adhere to the policies set in place in order to be "green." Miranda's willingness to learn and explore the avenues that a production company can utilize to reduce their impact on the environment is noteworthy. However, the overall sense of the crew seems to be that the "green" policies are more inconvenient than helpful.The documentary turns to the waste management companies to get an inside look at the way our garbage is handled once it leaves our homes. Providing varying viewpoints throughout the film, we get a fairly wide representation of peoples' concerns about recycling.Surprisingly, the results of the "green" efforts on set turn out to be rather impressive, as the final data is presented. The film highlights the exuberant and sometimes illogical waste in the industry, while also showing room for everyone to learn more about what they can do to make changes. Overall, the message is clear. We can do better. We just need to start by making the small changes until we come to a point where we practice these habits naturally. GreenLit provides great examples, not only for filmmakers, but everyone to be more responsible with our environment.