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Climate Change Climate Adaptation Floods

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Weathering The Storm

202172 minTV-PGdocumentary

Residents of southern Louisiana face the slow out-migration of their communities as climate change impacts their coastal region.

Climate Change Climate Adaptation Floods

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Weathering The Storm

2021• 72 minTV-PG

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Residents of southern Louisiana face the slow out-migration of their communities as climate change impacts their coastal region.

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Koo Im-seodirector

Shinobu Yaguchi

Shinobu Yaguchiwriter

Kim Gyu-ri

Kang Seong-jin

Kang Seong-jincast

Dong Bang-woo

Dong Bang-woocast

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Residents of southern Louisiana face the impacts of climate change on their coastlines. The documentary shows the out-migration of people from a coastal region and the relocation of an Indigenous community. It details the harsh conditions that force these changes. The film also records community efforts to adapt to the evolving environment. Filmed in 2021, it runs for 72 minutes.

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