Lowland Kids

Documentary

Feb 28

LOWLAND KIDS

The film follows two teenagers and their uncle on Louisiana’s rapidly disappearing Isle de Jean Charles. They face an uncertain future as the U.S. government makes an unprecedented effort to resettle their entire community before the island succumbs to the sea.

Year: 2025

Project Type: Documentary

Evoke’s Role: Lowland Kids is a grantee and program-related investment of Evoke Media. Evoke founder Sabrina Merage Naim and Evoke Director of Impact and Storytelling Jamie Newton are Executive Producers.

In 2025, Lowland Kids received Evoke’s Travel Grant, which supported travel for one of the film’s subject Juliette Brunet to attend DOC NYC, experience the screening for the first time with a live audience, and participate in post-screening Q&As.

Meet the filmmakers

Director
Sandra Winther is a Danish film director based in New York. Focused on capturing the stories and pulse of vibrant youth culture and climate-focused issues, her work combines intimacy and lyricism in a striking vision. Aside from the success of her documentaries "Lowland Kids” (SXSW, 2019) and “A New Wave” (New York Times Op-Doc, 2024), other accomplishments include 'Filmmaker of the Future' Award at the Rhode Island Film Festival (2019) and the Nowness Award for Breakthrough Artists for Cultural Excellence in Film and Video (2020).
Producer
Crouse is an award-winning documentary, commercial, and agency producer based in Los Angeles with a diverse and impactful body of work. His documentary debut, Monster Factory (2018), provided an insightful look into professional wrestling, leading to its adaptation into a series for Apple TV+ (2023). His short documentary Lowland Kids (2019), which poignantly humanizes the effects of climate change, was nominated for a Cinema Eye Honors and is currently being developed into a feature documentary with Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures.
Beyond his own projects, Crouse produced Underplayed (2020), a powerful exploration of gender disparity in the electronic music industry, which was the closing night film at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). His latest work for FX, The Secrets of Hillsong (2023), investigates the rise and fall of the global Pentecostal church.
Crouse began his career as a commercial line producer and is passionate about integrating the strengths of the advertising and entertainment industries to create compelling visual storytelling. His experience also extends to agency producing, where he uses his expertise to craft campaigns that harness the transformative power of film.
Producer
Sigrid Dyekjær has produced more than 30 documentary films during the last 22 years. She is the producer of the Oscar nominated film 2020 The Cave by Feras Fayyad where she won an Emmy for best producer and was nominated for a Peabody Award. She won Best Producer at Cinema Eye 2020 for The Cave, and was nominated for Producers Guild of America also in 2020. She premiered her newest documentary film in her new company Real Lava, at Sundance 2022 The Territory by Alex Pritz, which won two awards at Sundance: Audience Award and Jury's Special Award for Best Craft. The film is produced together with Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, The Wrestler, Mother etc.). It was picked up by National Geographic and will be on an Academy Run in 2022. She has produced the Oscar-nominee Hanna Polak's Something Better to Come, which had theatrical release in the US and won more than 80 awards. For this, Sigrid was nominated at the Producers Guild of America Awards 2016 for Outstanding Producer of Documentary. Sigrid is a Producers Guild of America member.
Producer
Lauren is an award-winning MENA independent feature film & commercial producer renowned for crafting intelligent stories. She began her career leading the festival strategy department for Toronto based Academy Award® winning short film distributor, OUAT Media. She has been spoken on panels and been featured in juries at festivals like SXSW, Nashville, Hollyshorts, Calgary International and more. As a writer, she’s been supported by the Canadian Media Fund for her debut TV Pilot, SUNSHINE STATE. As a Producer, her work has captivated audiences at over 100 prestigious film festivals worldwide, including SXSW, Tribeca, DocNYC, and Outfest, and has been acquired and distributed by top-tier platforms such as MGM, Orion Pictures, Netflix, Showtime, Sky, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. As a director, she has crafted commercial content for NFL, Amazon Prime and EA Sports.
Producer
Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Darren Aronofsky was born and raised in Brooklyn Aronofsky heads Protozoa based in Chinatown NYC. His credits include π, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, THE FOUNTAIN, THE WRESTLER, BLACK SWAN, NOAH, mother!, THE WHALE, the Sphere’s POSTCARD FROM EARTH, and the upcoming CAUGHT STEALING for Sony Pictures. As a producer his credits include JACKIE, THE GOOD NURSE, SOME KIND OF HEAVEN, Peabody and Emmy-winning THE TERRITORY, National Geographic's LIMITLESS, starring Chris Hemsworth, WELCOME TO EARTH, ONE STRANGE ROCK, and the upcoming POLE TO POLE starring Will Smith.
Producer
Lizzie Gillett is a PGA, Emmy & BAFTA award winning documentary producer who is Head of Documentary at Misfits Entertainment. Lizzie’s recent producing credits include SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY, THE TERRITORY, LADY BOSS and MERKEL. Lizzie produced SUPER/MAN which was made entirely independently, premiered at Sundance, was acquired by Warner / DC and had a global theatrical release opening in cinemas in 43 countries. SUPER/MAN won six Critics Choice awards, has 98% from 108 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and won Best Doc at the 2025 BAFTA's.
Producer
Brendan Naylor is Vice President at Darren Aronofsky's Protozoa Pictures. Producing credits include SOME KIND OF HEAVEN, THE TERRITORY (Emmy and Peabody Awards, Oscar Shortlist), THE WHALE LITTLE DEATH, and VIKTOR.