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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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