Our Life is Here - Directed by David Buckland

Project Type: Feature Film

Project Title: Our Life is Here

Brief Synopsis: The Our Life is Here film is an arts drama / documentary filmed during the Cape Farewell expedition to five atolls in the Marshall Islands/Pacific Ocean - 12th August - 23rd August 2023. A unique expedition of international artists, scientists, performers, writers and Marshallese leaders and youth to the Bikini Atoll, where the USA detonated 23 Atomic explosions, including the extreme Castle Bravo. Now Bikini and the 29 Atolls of the Marshall Islands face the threat of rising sea levels that threaten their six feet average height and potentially swamp their 3000 year old culture. Our Life is Here narrates this thrilling expedition and is a call to arms and ecological care for us all.

Runtime: 1 hour 10 minutes 26 seconds Completion

Date: August 2025

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Language: English, Chinese subtitles

Credits

Director: David Buckland

Writer: Kathy Jetñil Kijiner, Michael Light, David Buckland

Producer: Cape Farewell

Cinematographer: Brock Scott (On the Grid Creative)

Editor: Colin Izod, Marcus Blumenfeld, Jon Pinsky

Key Cast:

Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner

Michael Light

David Buckland

William L. Fox

Alson Kelen

Tania Kovats

Michael Pinsky

Meghann Riepenhoff

Solomon Enos