CCAN Films - We are All Smith Islanders
CCAN DOCUMENTARY FILMS
CCAN has created two documentary films on the causes and solutions to global warming.
"We Are All Smith Islanders" highlights the causes and solutions to global warming in the Maryland, Virginia and DC. This great documentary has been used to educate thousands of Mid-Atlantic residents on global warming. Created by our own Mike Tidwell, this great 35 minute film can be purchased for $5. Simply send an email to anne@chesapeakeclimate.org for more info.
"Fighting Global Warming One House at a Time" is the story of Maryland's first 90% renewable energy home. It explains how one Takoma Park family is fighting global warming on a budget, and how you can do it too. This 20 minute film can be purchased for only $5. Simply send an e-mail to anne@chesapeakeclimate.org for more info.
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"We are All Smith Islanders" Film Shows Grave Dangers and Promising Solutions Associated with Global Warming in Chesapeake Region
In a groundbreaking effort to make global warming a top local priority, the Chesapeake Climate Action Network has just released a dramatic documentary film about the dangers and solutions associated with our changing climate in Maryland, Virginia and D.C.
The film, titled "We Are All Smith Islanders," begins with a description of how global warming is already endangering the very existence of fishing communities on Smith Island, the last inhabited island in Maryland's portion of the Chesapeake Bay. The film also documents how global warming is presently affecting agriculture, wildlife, health and tourism in our region -- and how this crisis will deepen without immediate action. Finally, the film details the many clean-energy solutions available in the region that can help slow and perhaps ultimately help stop global warming, and so save Smith Island and all the inhabitants of Maryland.
“The key to this film is that it makes global warming comprehensible to people right where they live,” said Mike Tidwell, director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. “It’s a disturbing and alarming film, but also one full of exciting solutions with a road map for cleaner air, better health, and a stable future climate.”
The film contains many previously unreported facts about global warming in the region. For example, in 1900, the geographic center of the U.S. maple syrup industry was not New England but Garrett County, Maryland. Today syrup making has largely disappeared from western Maryland due to warming. The mayor of Alexandria, Va., meanwhile, is extremely concerned that sea-level rise will soon devastate businesses and residents in his city. And global-warming-enhanced heat waves are – according to Johns Hopkins University officials – projected to kill many more people in the future (especially in poor D.C./Baltimore neighborhoods) than any other natural disaster.
The film was written, directed, and filmed by Mike Tidwell and Mark Cohen. Tidwell is a prize-winning journalist and author of five books on nature and travel. He has contributed frequently to The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, National Geographic Traveler, Reader's Digest and many other leading publications. Cohen is a filmmaker and the award-winning producer of "The Coffee House," an arts and current affairs television magazine widely viewed in the D.C. area.
