Archipleago New York (Inselwelt New York)

“Archipelago New York” is a three-part documentary series about a modern-day expedition by sailboat into the natural habitat of the world’s most famous City.
Before New York was New York the indigenous Lenape called the island Mannahatta, the land of the many hills, an estuary where salt- and fresh water create a unique habitat. Ever since the arrival of the European colonialists the nature here has been exploited, polluted and destroyed. This is about to change. More and more people wake up to the call of nature. Climate crisis and rising sea level pose an existential threat to the island world. 50 years after the Clean Air and Water Act, activists and conservationists are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Whales are back in New York City, Seals populate the shores of Staten Island, birds once thought to be locally extinct nest between the skyscrapers of Manhattan. New York emerges as one of the greenest cities in the country.