Vanishing Louisiana
Adam Chitayat
Official Selection
π€ Short: Documentary
Despite global preventative efforts, our climate β and our relationship to it β faces inevitable and unprecedented change within the coming decade. There are communities around the globe that will become unliveable within the lifetimes of their current residents. Envisioned as a series, Vanishing seeks to acknowledge these harsh realities and preserve the stories, ways of life and emotional truths of communities in existential danger.
In the southern parishes of Louisiana, the state has deemed certain populated lands to be already βlostβ β leaving residents to the fate of rising seas and rapidly subsiding coasts. No one will be forced to leave, and many will stay until they no longer physically can. The artist asks: βwhatβs it like to live in a place that cannot be saved?β
Chitayat is a Brooklyn based director, editor and producer. He has a BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He wants you to feel, think deep, empathise and be mesmerised: stories can make a difference. He has worked with musicians such as Sofi Tukker and Vampire Weekend; and brands such as Rolling Stone and Masterclass.
Director: Adam Chitayat
Director of photography: Tom Atwell
Sound recording: Cameron Wheeless
Sound design & mix: Chris Viall
Music: Ian Leonard
Courtesy of the artist