
The Endless Flood: Bangladesh, A Nation Drowning
Bangladesh sits at the front line of climate change, and this film lays out the numbers behind that claim: by 2050 an estimated 30% of the country could be underwater, threatening some 60 million people. In the Ganges delta, saltwater intrusion has forced farmers to abandon rice for less profitable shrimp farming, while Himalayan melt and monsoon rains swell the country's rivers until they burst their banks each year, destroying tens of thousands of homes and drowning nearly 15,000 children annually. The film follows Korban Ali, a climate refugee who left his flooded village for Dhaka and now drives a tricycle twelve hours a day to support his family. It also examines the textile industry's toxic runoff into rivers and sewage systems, contrasted with Jahirul, Australia-educated director of a ship-dismantling yard who has invested ten million euros to safely reprocess hazardous waste like asbestos and engine oils. Interviews with farmers, laborers, and business owners, plus footage of flooded villages and industrial waste sites, build a ground-level portrait of a nation adapting to disappearing land.