The world has a delicate and amazing eco system. Drowning by Carbon examines the impact life styles in industrialised countries have on a country like Bangladesh. “Rising sea levels will devour 17 percent of Bangladesh’s total land mass by 2050, leaving at least 20 million people homeless”, United Nations Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). If we reduce our dependence on fossil fuels we enable Bangladesh to flourish.
Produced and Directed by Hazuan Hashim and Phil Maxwell. UK

24 Responses to “Drowning by Carbon”

1. Christine Dawson Says:
   August 17th, 2009 at 5:28 pm

   Beuitiful and thought provoking,

2. Dr Alison Kirton Says:
   August 17th, 2009 at 6:43 pm

   it is a fantastic combination of images and music with a very clear message.

3. Julia Mainwaring Says:
   August 17th, 2009 at 7:01 pm

   Excellent!

4. Delwar Al Monsur Says:
   August 17th, 2009 at 7:44 pm

   good video , this is a serious concern. help save bangladesh 20 million is alot of people , soon this country might die out.

5. Brendan G Carroll Says:
   August 17th, 2009 at 9:41 pm

   An outstanding, beautifully made and poignant film of the greatest possible significance, which should be shown as widely as possible!

   FIVE STARS!

   BRENDAN G CARROLL

6. Terree Selby Says:
   August 17th, 2009 at 10:31 pm

   I think this film makes it’s point very well in a remarkably short space of time. Very well done.

7. Nik A Ramli Says:
   August 18th, 2009 at 12:10 am

   Powerful video! Keep up the good work.

   Regards,

   Nik

8. Mike Woolfe Says:
   August 18th, 2009 at 11:48 am

   Sublime and effective, beautiful work as always

9. Nikita Says:
   August 18th, 2009 at 12:43 pm

   It was alright…could be better…. !!!! (-:

   Love ya both. x

10. Munsur Ali Says:
    August 18th, 2009 at 1:48 pm

    video is an amazing platform to raise and showcase issues, you have used this well to show the effects of advanced countries and modern living on developing countries.

    Great work guys

11. Warren Says:
    August 18th, 2009 at 8:23 pm

    Short yet powerful, and beautifully shot – I am well impressed! Lots of love, x

12. Chris Says:
    August 22nd, 2009 at 6:01 pm

    Lovely!

13. Séverine Hamilton Says:
    August 22nd, 2009 at 6:17 pm

    Poignant and beautiful!…Great job, and puts the message across.

    Séverine x

14. Renzo Laporta Says:
    August 22nd, 2009 at 8:18 pm

    thanks for this gift

15. Maj. R.J.A.A. Riddle Says:
    August 22nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm

    Another beautiful, thought provoking and so topical documentary made by these two consummate artists in their aptly chosen medium. Five Stars!

16. Lola Perrin Says:
    August 22nd, 2009 at 10:05 pm

    A beautifully executed piece about a painfully difficult subject in the hands of brilliant film-makers whose work will shake us and move us towards action.

17. Minal Miah Says:
    August 22nd, 2009 at 10:46 pm

    fantastic

18. John Vaughan Says:
    August 23rd, 2009 at 11:55 am

    Gets the message across beautifully and succinctly. Excellent.John

19. Asliza Says:
    August 23rd, 2009 at 2:34 pm

    Well put. Excellent shot.

20. May Ayres Says:
    August 24th, 2009 at 8:17 pm

    A beautiful film with an urgent and forceful message that must act as a wake-up call to our increasingly indifferent mentality.

21. May Ayres Says:
    August 24th, 2009 at 8:19 pm

    A beautiful film with an urgent message to shake us out of our complacency.

22. camille Says:
    September 1st, 2009 at 8:46 am

    interesting.well done!

23. Alex Heslop Says:
    September 2nd, 2009 at 10:28 pm

    Short, sharp and too the point! I have just returned from Bangladesh today!

24. cath Says:
    November 22nd, 2009 at 2:36 am

    In a competition, there are always finalists and those who don’t get through. The problem we had was that there were so many fantastic videos to choose from that there was inevitably going to be great films that didn’t make it, especially as we had to meet a criteria for each category.

    However, we’ve decided to rectify this a little and reward 5 more great videos. These have been added to the shortlist and will also guaranteed receive a subscription to Shooting People. They will be on our homepage soon.

    The five videos are:

    Tank head, Nature finds a way, Paving the planet, Earth clock, Restore the earth

    WHAT WAFFLE FROM THE JUDGES THESE FILMS SHOULD BE REMOVED!

    THIS COMPETITION HAS BEEN CORRUPTED!

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