The central Pacific nation of Kiribati is expected to be one of the first countries to disappear as a result of climate change. Sea level rise and increasing salinity are threatening the homes and lives of 105,000 residents spread over 33 atolls. Maria Tiimon, a Kiribati woman living in Sydney, has been given the task of alerting the world to her sinking homeland. "The hungry tide" (2011, 55 min) follows Maria from a small Sydney high school to the world stage. Director Tom Zubrycki exposes the stark global inequalities driving the global warming phenomenon.