Atlanta Documentary Film Festival 2026: "The Tree Economy" (Day 3)

From the venue:

The Atlanta Documentary Film Festival returns March 19 - 22 at Synchronicity Theatre in Midtown Atlanta for our 21st annual celebration of documentary films.

This year’s program includes powerful investigative films, personal stories, and documentaries that are funny, surprising, and deeply human. Some films will challenge you. Others may make you laugh or see something in a new way. That range of tone is part of what makes documentary filmmaking so exciting.

For the first time, the festival will also present a separate collection of films online, March 23 - April 6, giving audiences another way to discover documentaries beyond the theater.

Join us in Atlanta for four days of remarkable nonfiction storytelling. If you can't make the live event, be sure to check out our online selections.

The Tree Economy
Director James Schroeder - USA - 102 min.

The City of Atlanta, Georgia is known as "The City in the Forest." It has the highest tree canopy density of any major city in the United States.

But with increased growth and development, Atlanta is losing trees at an alarming rate.

Can "The City in the Forest" maintain its tree canopy?

Screening Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM at Synchronicity Theatre