Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest continent on earth. However, events are unfolding here that may spell disaster for the rest of the world. Glaciers are melting at a rapid rate and threatening to flood the world’s oceans, penguins are walking to their death in inexplicable suicide marches, seals are going blind, starfish are infertile, and some creatures are facing possible extinction. Is this an irreversible environmental change or can the global community work together to save our planet?
Decorated polar explorer and award-winning documentary filmmaker leads an expedition to Antarctica during International Polar Year (2007-2009) to report on the research being done by the world’s scientific community. What he discovers was tabled at the United Nations climate summit – COP15 – in Copenhagen in 2009.
Awards:
2010 Audience Choice Award - The Antarctica Challenge - American Conservation Society
2010 Kodiak Award (Best Film) - The Antarctica Challenge - Alaska International Film Festival
2010 Best Documentary Feature - The Antarctica Challenge - Canada International Film Festival
2010 Best Documentary Feature - The Antarctica Challenge - Honolulu Film Festival
2009 The Climate Change Award - The Antarctica Challenge - New Dehli Film Festival
2009 Best Environmental Film - The Antarctica Challenge - Ireland International Film Festival
2009 Silver Sierra Award - The Antarctica Challenge - Yosemite Film Festival
“Toxic Time Bomb” is about the impact of industrial pollution on a community and about activists who have spent 30 years fighting to ensure that industry and government take responsibility for the destruction of the environment.
The film explores how land, water, and landscape are valued by communities along the Canadian north shore of Lake Superior. Speakers from towns, environmental organizations, and First Nation communities express diverse ecological and social themes affecting their region.
Afsaneh and her daughter live in Tehran. Her husband became a drug addict and abandoned his family. Afsaneh was left destitute and forced to rely on her family for a place to live. Out of desperation she sold one of her kidneys, but her struggle with poverty continues.
Director: Selma Nayebi
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