Things Fall Apart: An Arctic Story (2012)

Kivalina, a tiny island in the Chukchi Sea inhabited by Inupiat Alaskans, is being swallowed by the ocean. Because of climate change, ice sheets that traditionally protected the island from northern seas are fast melting, as crashing waves erode this tiny piece of land (now half the size it was a few decades ago). Disappearing ice also makes it difficult to hunt the seals, walruses, and bowhead whales on which this community largely subsists. The village must relocate to survive, but the costs amount to hundreds of million-- with no other options, it is suing 24 major energy companies deemed responsible for global warming. to pay for the move. This film is about Kivalina's story.