Synopsis for the Film
Film: The Arctic is Melting
Country: France/ Arctic Zone
Director: Yves Billy
Duration: 43 min
Category: Considering Climate
Acclaimed director of environmental and political documentaries Yves Billy grounds the sensational global warming debate and takes a grassroots view of the issue as he juxtaposes the larger phenomena like the rising sea level, late formation and early thaw of the ice against the proceedings of a one-of-a-kind appeal where 155,000 Inuits from across the Arctic regions of Canada, Greenland and Russia whose lives and livelihoods are seriously jeopardized by the implications of the warming have come together to lodge a complaint with the International Commission of Human Rights.
Distinctions
Played at Planet in Focus International Environment Film & Video Festival
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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).
