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| Directed by | Jon Shenk |
| Produced by | Richard Berge Bonni Cohen |
| Starring | Mohamed Nasheed |
| Cinematography | Jon Shenk |
| Edited by | Pedro Kos |
| Music by | Radiohead Marco D'Ambrosio |
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| Distributed by | Samuel Goldwyn Films |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Maldivian |
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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 and directed by Jon Shenk,[2] the film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival. The film received critical acclaim and won the Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award for Documentaries.
The government of the Maldives has predicted it would be inundated as a result of global warming since 1988, when its forecast was "completely cover this Indian Ocean nation of 1196 small islands with in the next 30 years".[3]
- ^ Vikas Bajaj (28 March 2012). "Climate Prophet in Hot Water: 'The Island President' and Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives". New York Times. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ^ "The Island President". Actual Films. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ "Threat to islands". The Canberra Times. No. 19348, Vol. 63. Agence France-Presse. 26 September 1988. p. 6. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
A gradual rise in average sea level is threatening to completely cover this Indian Ocean nation of 1196 small islands with- in the next 30 years, ac- cording to authorities. The Environmental Affairs Director, Mr Hussein Shihab, said an estimated rise of 20 to 30 centimetres in the next 20 to 40 years could be "catastrophic"