Trouble in paradise / directed by Christopher Horner ; produced by Gilliane Le Gallic ; an ETC Production with the participation of Planète & Planète Future, Olivier Stroh, Marie Pierre Cabello, Sandrine Delegiewicz, La Centre National de la Cinématographie and the support of La Procirep-Société des Producteurs L'Angoa -Agicoa.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Horner, Christopher C., director.
• Le Gallic, Gilliane, producer.
• Wilson, Lambert, narrator.
• Educational Television Company, producer.
• Planète (Firm), producer.
• Documentary Educational Resources (Firm), distributor.

Series:

• Ethnographic video online.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Global warming--Tuvalu.
• Sea level--Environmental aspects--Tuvalu.
• Environmental conditions.
• Sea level--Environmental aspects.
• Sea level.
• Global warming.
• Tuvalu--Environmental conditions.
• Tuvalu.

Genre:

• Documentary films.
• Ethnographic films.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

• 1 streaming video (73 min.) : sound, color
• polychrome

Place of Publication:

Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, [2004]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This overview of contemporary life in the tiny South Pacific country of Tuvalu 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 spread over nine low-lying atolls 600 miles to the north of Fiji, Tuvalu has been inhabited for over four millenia. 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.

Credits:

Narrator, Lambert Wilson.

Notes:

• Title from title frames (Ethnographic video online, viewed on Feb. 29, 2012).
• Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.