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The Island President

Field	Value
name	The Island President
image	The Island President (film).jpg
caption	Film poster
director	Jon Shenk
producer	Richard Berge
Bonni Cohen
starring	Mohamed Nasheed
music	Radiohead
Marco D'Ambrosio
cinematography	Jon Shenk
editing	Pedro Kos
studio	Actual Films
distributor	Samuel Goldwyn Films
released
runtime	101 minutes
country	United States
language	English
Maldivian

Bonni Cohen Marco D'Ambrosio Maldivian 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. Produced by Actual Films and directed by Jon Shenk, 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".

Production and release

The film was funded by groups including the Ford Foundation, the American Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Atlantic Philanthropies and the Sundance Institute.

At the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, The Island President won the Cadillac People's Choice Documentary Award.

US rights to The Island President were acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films. The film opened in New York City on March 28, 2012, followed by releases in other US cities, like Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Reception

The Island President received positive reviews from critics.

A. O. Scott of The New York Times described the film as "buoyant and spirited" despite a grim postscript, praising its "spectacular aerial and underwater footage of the Maldives' beauty" and stating that "It is impossible, while watching it, to root against Mr. Nasheed or to believe that he will fail". Noel Murray of The A.V. Club gave the film a "B−", praising "the energy and conclusiveness" of its opening sections, but writing that "the movie stalls a bit" during the sections of international diplomacy.

After Nasheed stepped down as president in February 2012, Shenk said that he hoped his film could help convince the world that Nasheed was deposed in a coup that was orchestrated by loyalists to the former dictator, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. "That might be the single most important thing that the movie can do. It's now clear that this new government is not democratic, that the people who run the ministries are the same people who were there under the dictator."

References

Vikas Bajaj. (28 March 2012). "Climate Prophet in Hot Water: 'The Island President' and Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives". New York Times.
"The Island President". [[Actual Films]].
(26 September 1988). "Threat to islands". [[The Canberra Times]].
(19 May 2011). "Documentary film on climate efforts of Maldives President Nasheed to debut this year". tcktcktck.org.
"Toronto International Film Festival Announces 2011 Award Winners". tiff..
June Chua. (2011-09-18). "Lebanese filmmaker wins top TIFF prize".
Gordon Cox. (2011-11-07). "Goldwyn votes for 'President'". Variety.
Hilary Saunders. (2012-01-24). "Radiohead Provide Soundtrack to ''The Island President'' Documentary". Paste.
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A.O. Scott. (27 March 2012). "In Paradise, and Closer Than Ever to Disaster". The New York Times.
Noel Murray. (29 March 2012). "The Island President". The A.V. Club.

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