What is it like to grow up in a country that is disappearing? This question lies at the heart of The Last Generation, a cinematic, seamlessly interactive story that brings audiences into the lives of three children who face losing not just their homes but their entire nation to rising seas. The Marshall Islands is a chain of low-lying coral uplifts halfway between Hawaii and Australia that is home to more than 50,000 people, with nearly half of them under the age of eighteen. Scientists predict that if the global temperature rise is not contained, the islands could become uninhabitable within the lifetime of the children living there today. Through intimate moments and compelling stories, the film’s young protagonists—9-year-old Izerman, 14-year-old Julia and 12-year-old Wilmer—draw us into the importance and urgency of what is at stake.
FRONTLINE
Writer/producer: Michelle Mizner
Writer/producer: Katie Worth
Executive producer: Raney Aronson-Rath
Managing editor: Andrew Metz
Director of digital video: Carla Borras
Senior digital designer: Dan Nolan
Developer: Ly Chheng
Interactive editor: Chris Amico
Digital editor: Jason Breslow
Story editor: Lauren Ezell
Series associate producer: Amy Gaines
THE GROUNDTRUTH PROJECT
Executive producer: Charles M. Sennott
Executive producer: Beth Murphy
Senior editor: Marissa Miley
Digital editor: Rachel Rohr
Digital editor: Qainat Khan