There Once Was an Island. The Devastating Effects of Climate Change
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The people on a remote Pacific island face the devastating effects of climate change. As an enormous flood threatens to engulf their paradise, who will decide to flee and leave their culture behind forever? And who will stay, hoping that God will save them? "I like my home. I have the sea, I have the crops. I could live," Satty says, surveying the aquamarine sea. Like Satty, Telo knows that the tribe's culture - its unique language and ancient dances - would probably not survive if they moved to the mainland. Nevertheless, he boards the boat with his family to leave the island and enter a foreign land were trees are replaced by billboards. This powerful documentary demonstrates the very real cost of climate change.
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57 min
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[2012], c2010
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