Been Here Stay Here

made clear by the deep look into tangier residents’ lives, as well as the masterful editing and sequencing of the film, a lot of the residents want to stay, even if their town does eventually get consumed by the rising sea. they don’t care—and that’s beautiful. while they…

matt

Great perspective! I love how the film wanted to highlight what you are seeing in the present is capturing what might be the last recorded moments until the water does finally eat the land.  Seeing the children trick and treat, the pastor saying his prayers, the fishermen…

gorzom

fine, I’ll rewatch Midnight Mass again  also I know if I went there the second I stepped foot on that island I’d be like “so who all’s gay here?”

Cori

having to kayak to work less than a mile away just because it rained then stating climate change isn’t real is crazy

lily

"But it's ironic. The Chesapeake Bay has provided a living for everybody here for hundreds of years, and still is. But it's threatening to take us away. It's gonna take us away."

kimpernickel

Beautifully-shot documentary film that lets its subjects, the island included, do the talking. This was an extra special viewing. My grandfather, my great-grandmother, and many generations of my family that came before them were born and raised on Tangier Island, with some…

korty_s

incredibly important and beautifully shot film. such an interesting take on climate change with the cohesion of faith and how the two actually go hand in hand although stereotype makes us believe otherwise. i love that they went with observational rather than interview…

Annalise

Wonderful portrait of a criminally underdiscussed town

pmholland18

Beautifully shot & empathetic.

William Lounsbury