Sun Come Up

Sun Come Up – Session 3 (Friday, October 8th, 2-5pm)

USA, 2010, 38 min

Director/Producer:  Jennifer Redfearn

Follows the relocation of some of the world’s first environmental refugees, the Carteret Islanders – a community living on a remote island chain in the South Pacific Ocean.  When rising seas threaten their survival, the islanders face a painful decision: they must leave their beloved land in search of a new place to call home.  The film follows the Carteret’s relocation leader, Ursula Rakova, and a group of young islander led by Nick Hakata as they search for land in Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea 50 miles across the open ocean.  San Kamap (Sun Come Up) means sunrise in pidgin and reflects this sentiment – the resilience of the community, and the hope that’s present at the start of a new day.

Website:  http://www.suncomeup.com/film/Home.html

Trailer:  http://www.suncomeup.com/film/Trailer.html

Related Website:  http://www.350.org/

Awards and Festivals:

*Special Mention, Cinemambiente Environmental Film Festival, Turin Italy, 2010

*Official Selection, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (World Premiere), Durham, NC, 2010

*Official Selection, Mountainfilm, Telluride, CO, 2010

*Official Selection, SeSenza Frontiere Film Festival, Rome, Italy, 2010

*Official Selection, New Orleans Film Festival, 2010

*Official Selection, Heartland Film Festival, Indianapolis, 2010

*Official Selection, IDA DocuWeeks Theatrical Documentary Showcase, NYC, 2010