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This short and succinct documentary about coral reefs in the Maldives would be great for in class viewing and discussion. It centers on a very particular location, as a sort of case study, but spirals outward by covering the many intertwined aspects of the state of the coral reefs - the science and ecology, the cultural connections the local community has with the environment, and also global politics. An important detail, that unfortunately not all documentaries do, is that they visually introduce each person speaking on screen with their name and group affiliation or position; this gives context for what the person is speaking about, and cues in the viewer as to whom they are hearing from. This is really appreciated, especially in educational contexts, when you are discussing who said what, it gives you names and groups to refer to. The documentary also does really well at highlighting the interconnectedness of science, social science and humanities. It’s therefore ideal for a number of different disciplines around campus including but not limited to: geography, global studies, earth and environmental sciences, and political science.

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