Shifting Baselines

A documentary about Boca Chica, Texas, where a tiny coastal village is transformed as swamps are drained and homes bought out to make way for a towering rocket bound for space.

This documentary from director Julien Elie travels to Boca Chica, Texas, a coastal village wedged between the Gulf of Mexico and the Rio Grande, where swamps have been drained, beaches shut and homes bought out to make way for a 50-storey rocket being prepared for launch. It captures a wild landscape in the grip of irreversible change, told through the rhythms of the shoreline it depicts. The film runs for 100 minutes.