1 Jan 2011 Jahr - The Island President

Beschreibung:

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.[1] Produced by Actual Films, an Oscar- and Emmy-winning American documentary film company based in San Francisco, and directed by Jon Shenk,[2] the film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival.

The film was funded by groups including the Ford Foundation, the American Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Atlantic Philanthropies and the Sundance Institute.[3]

At the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, The Island President won the Cadillac People's Choice Documentary Award