Set on a remote island in the Chesapeake Bay, Been Here Stay Here is a feature-length observational documentary in the tradition of the Maysles brothers, D.A. Pennebaker, and Frederick Wiseman. Filmed with a quiet, unadorned vérité approach, it brings audiences inside one of the most isolated communities in America: a conservative Christian fishing town fighting to hold on as the land beneath them disappears.

The film offers rare, unfiltered access to a place where climate and faith intersect, in a way that feels both unexpected and essential. It’s a canary-in-the-coal-mine story—an early glimpse of what thousands of coastal communities may soon face—yet it avoids political rhetoric, offering something more grounded and human. Been Here Stay Here becomes both a portrait of a disappearing island and a clear-eyed look at how belief, identity, and home are tested when the future arrives faster than expected.

In English & German with English Subtitles.