OTTAWA PREMIERE | PEOPLES CHOICE, BEST DOCUMENTARY, TIFF 2011
Having brought democracy to his homeland, President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives now faces an even greater challenge: rising waters caused by global warming threaten to literally sink his low-lying nation. Following him to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference, Shenk’s doc finds its delicate balance in the middle ground between cynicism and wide-eyed enthusiasm. (Slant)