GLOBAL HEALTH FILM FESTIVAL
Albatross wins Planetary Health Film Prize at this year's Global Health Film Festival
“We are delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s Planetary Health Film Prize at the Global Health Film Festival is Albatross, directed by Chris Jordan.
Albatross, which premiered in 2017, is a 97-minute free public artwork. It is a powerful visual journey into the heart of a gut-wrenching environmental tragedy. On Midway Island in the Pacific Ocean, tens of thousands of albatross chicks lie dead on the ground, their bodies filled with plastic. Returning to the island over several years, Chris and his filming team witnessed cycles of birth, life, and death of these magnificent creatures as a multi-layered metaphor for our times…”