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Washed Away
200352 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Patricio HenríquezJean Lemire
Production: Sally Bochner (National Film Board of Canada)Jean LemireÉric Michel (National Film Board of Canada)Colette LoumèdeStéphane Millière (Gedeon Programmes)
Script: Patricio HenríquezJean Lemire
Co-produced by Glacialis Productions, the National Film Board of Canada and Gedeon Programmes with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund, the Québec - Film and Television Tax Credit, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, Société de développement des entreprises culturelles - Québec, Culture et Communications Québec, with the collaboration of Télé-Québec, CBCTelevision Nature of Things, France 2, France 5, Centre National de la Cinématographie Canada-France, and Ministère délégué à la recherche et aux nouvelles technologies.
Climatologists fear that global warming will cause ocean levels to rise so drastically that whole islands will be submerged.
In Washed Away, we meet two island communities struggling to prevent the disappearance of land they have lived on for centuries. For residents of Shishmaref, Alaska, in the Far North, and tropical Tuvalu, a small country in the South Pacific, the situation grows more urgent every day.
Scientist believe that unless we reduce our consumption of fossil fuels, even the island of Manhattan is at risk because of rising water levels caused by climate change. Can something be done to prevent these impending catastrophes?
Arctic Mission is a collection of five documentary films that explore the impact of global warming on Canada's North.
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Subject categories
- Geography and Geology > Climate
- Developing Countries > Environment and Conservation
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > Environmental IssuesTraditional way of life
- Environment and Conservation > Environmental PerspectivesIndigenous Concerns
- Foreign Countries > United States
- Social Studies > Environmental Challenges
- Geography > Environmental Issues
- Indigenous Studies > Issues and Contemporary Challenges
- Science > Life Systems/Ecology
Credits
- direction
- Patricio Henríquez
- script
- Patricio Henríquez
- Jean Lemire
- script - collaboration
- Thierry Piantanida
- cinematography
- Sylvestre Guidi
- underwater cinematography
- Mario Cyr
- sound
- Philippe Scultéty
- Marie-Claude Gagné
- Serge Boivin
- picture editing
- Michel Grou
- original music
- Hervé Postic
- additional cinematography
- François Beauchemin
- additional sound recording
- Sylvain Bellemare
- online editing
- Denis Pilon
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- sound editing supervision
- Martin Pinsonnault
- sound editing
- Marie-Claude Gagné
- Anton Fischlin
- Claire Pochon
- Sonomar
- sound editing - assistance
- Frédéric Cloutier
- post-production
- Danielle Raymond
- Claude Chevalier
- Martine Forget
- Geneviève Lagacé
- musician
- Stéphane Blaëss
- Slim Pezin
- Mihi Kim
- Patrick Chartol
- Ghyslin Di Sacco
- Hervé Postic
- music recording
- Claudia Sound
- sound engineer
- Stéphane Blaëss
- assistant sound engineer
- Isabelle Perry
- insurance broker
- Taillefer Desjardins inc.
- Linda Dubuc
- auditor
- Fauteux Bruno Bussière Leewarden
- legal advisor
- Fernand Deveau
- Zénaïde Lussier
- Gylane St-Georges
- director-coordinator
- Jean Lemire
- script consultant
- Jacques Payette
- research
- Pascale Bilodeau
- Virginie Millière
- Catherine Giroul
- Sara Marino
- Sylia Taafaki
- line production
- Bertrand Jenny
- Emmanuel Piovano
- Christiane Germain
- Josée Roberge
- post-production manager
- Nathalie Trucco
- production administrator
- Nicolas Portes
- Camille Chapuis
- technical director
- Bruno Abate
- documentalist
- Delphine Gaillard
- Leyla D'Aragon-Krim
- communications director
- Laurence Corre
- communications - assistant
- Julien Bablon
- executive producer
- Sally Bochner
- marketing officer
- Élise Labbé
- Jocelyn Robert
- Moira Keigher
- technical coordinator
- Richard Cliche
- administrator
- Colette Brodeur
- Anouk Brault
- Catherine Beaudoin
- Anik Fournier
- Jean-Paul Landry
- administrative team
- Dany Delpy
- Lise Fortin Roy
- production coordinator
- Catherine Beaudoin
- Brigitte Breault
- production assistant
- Geneviève Lagacé
- Céline Lafrance
- production manager
- Anouk Brault
- Catherine Beaudoin
- Anik Fournier
- Jean-Paul Landry
- producer
- Jean Lemire
- Éric Michel
- Colette Loumède
- Stéphane Millière
Awards
- Gemeaux for Best Picture Editing (Michel Grou)Prix Gémeaux