I-Witness: The Island with No Land

Not far from Manila is a community where the land has vanished. The ruins of Sitio Pariahan in Bulacan jut out from a permanent flood, the wretched testament to a once thriving village. Alerted by haunting images they see online, Howie Severino and his documentary team travel to this water world to investigate what happened. They find dead mangroves, gutted school buildings, and crumbling shanties. But they also find a smattering of survivors of a great deluge, who live on the water and nervously await the next catastrophe. The story of the island with no land is a precautionary tale of what is happening to coastal villages throughout the Philippines.


Sustainable Development Goals

10 - Reduced Inequalities
11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
15 - Life on Land