Picking Up The Pieces

Landing in the summer of 2017, Hurricane Irma was the most powerful storm to ever hit the British Virgin Islands-doing ferocious and unforgiving damage to the community of Tortola. Directorial duo Josh Bamford and Sebastian Feehan travelled to the now deceptively tranquil island to shoot this stirring study of family, love, and human resilience in the aftermath of a once-in-a-lifetime meteorological event. Speaking about their profile of the hardy islanders, long after the media frenzy had passed, the filmmaking collaborators explain: “Irma decimated houses, boats, and nature. After it had passed, Tortola’s population had to continue living, trying to get back to normality, even amongst the rubble. People are left to rebuild both physically and mentally. When a storm of this magnitude hits, it reminds us of the fragility of society, putting everything into perspective and making people reevaluate their lives."
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[@chris-eg]

love, family, community is never swept with the storm, Amongst the ruins people will rise
This was shot beautifully and poetically, the voices of the locales really grounded the video in the middle of their chaos and forced me personally to ponder how my family/community would respond to such unexpected event
thanks for your hardwork and showing the Tortola community

[@craigmerkey8518]

wow beautiful people... thank you for telling us this story... they deserve more than this!!!!!

[@KymberliBrenzell]

This was beautifully put together

[@candylove1234]

This is so beautiful!

[@RainbowBaconYTReal]

I can't believe my dad and his friends made this..

[@andyslashhindogawasydneycy6719]

nice video....nice to met you.,...welcome