EXCLUSIVE: Sasha Wortzel’s celebrated documentary River of Grass, a “luminous ode to Florida’s Everglades,” will soon reach U.S. audiences through a distribution deal with Fourth Act Film and ...

Sasha Wortzel’s “River of Grass” — playing all weekend at the True/False Film Fest — is about the Florida Everglades. The film is not only about that place, but a history infused within this unique ...

Everglades restoration was designed to replenish the drinking water supply in one of the fast-growing parts of the nation.

This story is part of True/False Conversations, a series of in-depth interviews with the filmmakers of this year’s True/False Film Fest. Find the rest of them here. Filmmaker Sasha Wortzel grew up ...

Marjory Stoneman Douglas was a journalist before she became one of the greatest champions for protecting the Everglades. She supported the efforts to turn it into a National Park and served on the ...

Chances are, if you've seen a Kelly Reichardt film, it would be Wendy and Lucy, a small, languorous, utterly heartbreaking 2008 drama with a big star, Michelle Williams, as a young homeless woman ...

In summer 2007, the South Florida Sun Sentinel Travel section — of which I was the editor — asked readers to name “The Seven Wonders of Florida.” In the state with the world’s most famous theme park, ...

The Parkland shooting trial began this week. The trial's penalty phase began yesterday after a long jury selection process. As the pandemic continues, you can rely on WLRN to keep you current on local ...

Few human beings ever reach the deep interior of the Everglades. 125 years ago, a wealthy “gentleman explorer” had a wild idea. While his peers at the Explorers Club were off shooting trophies or ...