Climate change is threatening to displace 2,500 inhabitants of the Carteret Atoll in the South Pacific. Their stories are the main topic explored in the Academy Award®-nominated film Sun Come Up.
Jennifer Redfearn's Sun Come Up Premieres at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Published April 8, 2010
Event date:
April 8, 2010 - 1:10pm
Excerpt from Press Release
Carteret Islanders have no time for debate about climate change. They are too busy counting the days they have left on their beloved islands before they succumb to the South Pacific Ocean. Already the rising waters have saturated their crops, requiring them to seek emergency aid from afar. Now they are forced to make the painful choice of whether to evacuate and resettle on a larger island or cling to their land and unique way of life.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
1:10 PM
Duke University
Cinema Three
How filmmakers Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger fell in love during the filming of their Oscar-nominated short documentary Sun Come Up.
The D.C. Environmental Film Festival will be showing Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger's Oscar-nominated short documentary at the AED Globe Theater.
