Synopsis for the Film
Film: Strait through the Ice
Country: France/Arctic Zone
Director: Yves Billy
Duration: 52 min
Category: Considering Climate
The Arctic Ice is melting. A previously frozen and inaccessible landscape has opened up into a passage and the international powers-that-be are locked in a bid to claim the passage as their own to exploit the commercial possibilities of a shipping highway. Acclaimed director of environmental and political documentaries Yves Billy chronicles the attempts by an international consortium bent on turning the melting strait into a profitable venture, the larger economic and geopolitical implications and among so much tug-of-war, the reckless endangerment of a fragile unique eco-system.
Distinctions
‘Strait Through the Ice’ was part of the acclaimed 11 movie package ‘The Green’ curated by the Sundance Channel in 2007.
More Details
Yves Billy started his filmmaking career in 1986 with Y’a des Jours Mauvais, Y’a des Jours Meilleurs, presented at the Cannes Film Festival. He has subsequently written and directed many documentaries on society issues such as Toxi-cités (1997) and geopolitical situations indicative of the state of our world: Srebrenica, une Chute sur Ordonnance (Srebrenica, an Orchestrated Tragedy) (1999).
