Chasing Ice - A Beautiful Must See Film

Chasing Ice, directed by Jeff Orlowski, premiered at Sundance in 2012. It is a documentary that features James Balog’s photographs about the ice caps melting. Up until 2012, there seemed to be a denial for the cause of climate change. People did not want to accept that they were the reason for all these effects and changes in weather patterns that were causing the planet to react. However, all this talk on climate change took a turn when James Balog showed the world his photographs and time-lapse videos of ice melting over time.

The film uses the photographs and time-lapse videos taken by James Balog. The created film is not only beautiful, but also shocking. It achieves its goal by showing the public what is happening to the oceans and how warming up the planet is bad for the oceans. To take the breathtaking photographs, James Balog has to work in severe, risky environments. He has had several knee surgeries, but the fact that he keeps going and taking these breathtaking shots, goes to show that no matter what, we should never give up on something we believe is the right thing to do.

I would definitely recommend viewers watch this movie. Chasing Ice beautifully intertwines photographs and science to capture the attention of viewers. The film does not over exaggerate the science aspect of climate change, but using the photographs and time-lapse videos, it presents the viewers with a better way to think and talk about climate change. The phrase, “Seeing is believing,” applies here perfectly and in a way this is what James Balog does. He, himself was skeptic about climate change, but instead of forgetting about it, he decided to learn about what was happening and once he got convinced, his work changed the perspective of others. The movie Chasing Ice, shows us, that if you have a passion, there is nothing stopping you from finding arguments to convince others.