Press for our film Sun Come Up:
“The debut doc captures a poignant historical transition as the Carteret Islanders search for a new home in the South Pacific, their tiny piece of paradise doomed to the rising oceans of climate change.” - Sheri Linden, LA Times
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“The film opens up gnawing questions of belonging, identity, and planetary consequence.” - Ty Burr, The Boston Globe
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“The strongest entry in the field is director Jennifer Redfearn’s quietly engrossing Sun Come Up.” - Tim Grierson, The Village Voice
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“An intensely human story with global underpinnings.” - Robert W. Butler, The Kansas City Star
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“The locations are stunning, and director Jennifer Redfearn captures the moral complexity of the situation, as well as the incredible sadness of the islanders trying to protect their culture as their ancestral home slips into the sea.” - Rob Thomas,The Capital Times
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“This melancholic beauty puts strong, sorrowful faces on the problems of climate change. Their humility and hope are wrenching.” - Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post
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The Love Story Behind the Oscar Nominee “Sun Come Up.” - Karen Michel, NPR
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