Rising Waters Documentary

Rising Waters:

What Climate Change Means For One Small Rhode Island Town

Rising Waters is a film project by students of Mount Hope High School, teachers, and the Collaborative. It is an investigation of the threat posed by climate change to the small Rhode Island town of Warren and its more than 11,000 residents. The film centers on a particularly vulnerable neighborhood near Belcher Cove and the Kickemuit River that could disappear by the end of the century, as well as the radical plan the town adopted to respond to this threat.

Student Producers:

Summer Rhynard, Class of 2025

Dennis Lonardo, Class of 2024

Avery Walsh, Class of 2027

Lucy O’Brien, Class of 2025

Catherine Frawley, Class of 2028

Hazel Bradley, Class of 2027

Kara Pisasale, Class of 2027

Rayna Vasquez, Class of 2026

Aiyla Sequeira, Class of 2028

Alexander Watkinson, Class of 2026

Shane Still, Class of 2026

Michael Siravo, Class of 2026

Landon LaRiviere, Class of 2026

Contributors:

Ana Vissicchio, Brown University

Professor Kate Schapira, English Department, Brown University

Producers:

The Collaborative

Sally Turner

Alexander Watrous

Dennis Lynch

Jenn Alexander

Anna Bachenberg, Brown University 2027, Environmental Science

Special Thanks:

Rhode Island Historical Society

WJAR-TV

Funding Provided By:

The White Family Foundation

Oliver S. and Jennie R. Donaldson Charitable Foundation

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