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The Disappearing of Tuvalu: Trouble In Paradise
written by Gilliane Le Gallic, fl. 2004 and Christopher Horner, fl. 1983; directed by Christopher Horner, fl. 1983; produced by Gilliane Le Gallic, fl. 2004 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2004), 1 hour 13 mins
A detailed overview of contemporary life in the tiny South Pacific country of Tuvalu, this film documents the earth's first sovereign nation faced with total destruction due to the effects of global warming. With a population of about 11,000 living on a total landmass of only 20 square miles – less than Manhatta...
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written by Gilliane Le Gallic, fl. 2004 and Christopher Horner, fl. 1983; directed by Christopher Horner, fl. 1983; produced by Gilliane Le Gallic, fl. 2004 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2004), 1 hour 13 mins
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A detailed overview of contemporary life in the tiny South Pacific country of Tuvalu, this film documents the earth's first sovereign nation faced with total destruction due to the effects of global warming. With a population of about 11,000 living on a total landmass of only 20 square miles – less than Manhattan – spread over nine low-lying atolls 600 miles to the north of Fiji, Tuvalu has been inhabited for over four millennia. A detailed o...
A detailed overview of contemporary life in the tiny South Pacific country of Tuvalu, this film documents the earth's first sovereign nation faced with total destruction due to the effects of global warming. With a population of about 11,000 living on a total landmass of only 20 square miles – less than Manhattan – spread over nine low-lying atolls 600 miles to the north of Fiji, Tuvalu has been inhabited for over four millennia. A detailed overview of contemporary life in the tiny South Pacific country of Tuvalu, this film documents the earth's first sovereign nation faced with total destruction due to the effects of global warming. With a population of about 11,000 living on a total landmass of only 20 square miles – less than Manhattan – spread over nine low-lying atolls 600 miles to the north of Fiji, Tuvalu has been inhabited for over four millenia. The warm-spirited and highly community-oriented people of this ex-British colony struggle to survive economically while confronting the likelihood of having to evacuate their homeland en masse within the next 50 years. As the industrial world just begins to address the threat and causes of global warming, rising seas and increasingly violent changes in climate have already left their marks on this poor island nation. The government of Tuvalu and other concerned organizations are directing their pleas for solutions to the wealthy countries whose high pollution emissions could be the central human contribution to this phenomenon. Observation, narration, and interviews with Tuvalu citizens from various walks of life flesh out a full portrait of a unique community confronting a dubious future on the front lines of a global environmental assault.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Gilliane Le Gallic, fl. 2004, Christopher Horner, fl. 1983, Hilia Vavae, Dr. Sarah Hemstock, Sir Tauripi Lauti, Enele Sopoaga, Lambert Wilson, 1958-
Author / Creator
Gilliane Le Gallic, fl. 2004, Christopher Horner, fl. 1983
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Lambert Wilson, 1958-
Topic / Theme
Tuvaluan, Islands, Floods, Cultural identity, Cultural change and history, Pollution, Environment, Climate, Ocean waves, Climate change, Waste disposal, Kyoto Protocol, December 11, 1997, Ethnography, Tuvaluans
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