Refugees of the Blue Planet
Environmental refugees in the Maldives, Brazil and Alberta. Followed with a discussion
Montreal: EcoWorld
Wednesday October 1, 2008
Screening begins 19h00
Venue: 6767, Côte-des-Neiges street
Hélène Choquette and Jean-Philippe Duval/Canada/2006/53 minutes/French/Followed by bilingual discussion
Each year, millions of people the world over are driven to forced displacement. From the Maldives to Brazil, and even closer to home, here in Canada, the disturbing accounts of people who have been uprooted are amazingly similar. The enormous pressure placed on rural populations as a result of the degradation of their life-supporting environment is driving them increasingly further from their way of life. The Refugees of the Blue Planet sheds light on the little-known plight of a category of individuals who are suffering the repercussions of this reality: environmental refugees. They are constantly growing in number and often have no legal status, even though their right to a clean and sustainable environment has been violated.
The film will be followed by a discussion with a Colombian environmental activist, on the intensive culture of eucalyptus in South America and its consequences on the local population.
Original idea
Hélène Choquette
Research
Hélène Choquette
Narration
Pascale Montpetit
Editing
Myriam Poirier
Original music
Jean Mallet
Camera
Yoan Cart
Philippe Lavalette
François Vincelette
Sound
Olivier Léger
André Boisvert
Christian Vignal
Preliminary research
Geneviève Bougie
Denise Proulx
Visual materials research
Nancy Marcotte
Odette Désormeaux
Interpreter
Athifa Ali
Lidia Lucia Antongiovanni
Ana Sampaio
Production assistant
Hosanna Ettien
Domingas Dealdina
Jeferson Gonco
(Please see NFB website for complete credits)
Hélène Choquette for best research
Prix Gémeaux
September 9 2007, Montréal - Canada
Best Canadian Long Form Film Award
Planet in Focus International Environmental Film & Video Festival
November 1 to 5 2006, Toronto - Canada
Award from the Youth Jury - Category: Humanitarian
CineEco - International Environmental film & Video Festival
October 20 to 29 2006, Lisbon - Portugal
