The Island President (2011)

Directed by

Jon Shenk

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the president of the Maldives as he fights to save his country from rising sea levels caused by climate change. It shows his political efforts on the world stage and the personal stakes involved for his island nation.

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What happens

The Island President is a 2011 documentary film about the efforts of then-President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed to tackle rising sea levels resulting from climate change. Produced by Actual Films and directed by Jon Shenk, the film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival. The film received critical acclaim and won the Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award for Documentaries. The government of the Maldives has predicted it would be inundated as a result of global warming since 1988, when its forecast was "completely cover this Indian Ocean nation of 1196 small islands with in the next 30 years". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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