''Shored Up'' is a 2013
documentary film, produced and directed by Ben Kalina. The film premiered at ''2013
Montclair Film Festival'' on May 5, 2013.
The Film broadcast on
DirecTV on October 23, 2013. It had a theatrical release in United States on November 29, 2013. It won the ''Hilton Worldwide LightStay Sustainability Award'' (including $25,000 grant) at
2014 Sundance Film Festival
The 2014 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 16, 2014 until January 26, 2014 in Park City, Utah, United States, with screenings in Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance Resort in Utah. The festival opened with ''Whiplash'' directed by Da ...
.
The film was banned from screening at
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
Synopsis
The film explains the dangers of accelerating Sea-Level Rise through devastating effects of
Hurricane Sandy.
Reception
''Shored Up'' received mostly positive reviews from critics. Geoff Berkshire of ''
Variety'' praised the film by saying that "Ben Kalina's sturdy documentary debut delivers a sobering examination of the threat of rising sea levels."
Neil Genzlinger of ''
The New York Times'', gave the film a positive review that "The film not only explores the fruitlessness of trying to stabilize shorelines that nature prefers to keep in flux, but it also looks at issues like who benefits from, and who pays for, these expensive efforts." Daphne Howland in her review for
The Village Voice said that "Our seemingly innate desire to hang on to disappearing sand, which is essentially what our barrier islands are, is beautifully illustrated by the film's cinematography and historical footage."
References
External links
Official website*
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2013 films
American documentary films
2013 documentary films
Documentary films about environmental issues
Hurricane Sandy
Sundance Film Festival award-winning films
2010s English-language films
2010s American films