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New PBS Documentary: Facing The Future

My. 2026 one-hour documentary for Miami PBS on climate action in South Florida.

All during the 2024 hurricane season, we followed several climate leaders and advocates to capture the urgency of the challenges facing this dense, low-lying region, and the resilience of those who live there and are dedicating themselves to working toward solutions.

Miami PBS Short Documentary: Everglades Restoration

5-minute video on the largest wetlands environmental restoration project in the world. This won the 2023 Grand Gold Award for News & Research videos from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)..

Slideshow: Cuba

Images from a December 2016 Cuba trip to Havana and Vinales

Documentary Short: Historic Arctic Ocean Expedition

In Dutch Harbor, Alaska, a group of U.S. scientists launch an historic expedition to map the geochemistry of the Arctic Ocean.

Slideshow: Sailing New England

One week. 350 miles. Noank, CT, to Penobscot Bay, ME, by way of Martha's Vineyard, Provincetown and Isle of Shoals.

Documentary Short: The Everglades Wilderness Writing Expedition

When a group of college students join the Everglades Wilderness Writing Expedition, one has a life-changing experience.

Web Video: How to Write a Short Story

Creative Writing professor and Guggenheim Fellow John Dufresne talks about the often messy process of producing fiction.

Documentary Short: The Lost Tribe of Papua New Guinea

Here is a 5:30 piece I produced on the Gogodala people of Papua New Guinea, a tribe of former cannibals who claim to be one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. A longer version of this aired on Miami Public Television.

Documentary: Bohemia in the Tropics

Half-hour documentary  Key West: Bohemia in the Tropics tells the story of how a radical New Deal experiment during the Great Depression turned Key West into a wild party town. Since Bohemia began airing nationwide on PBS stations in June 2011, it has been broadcast more than 1,000 times.

  

Documentary: Stories from the Overseas Highway

Stories from the Overseas Highway is a rollicking ride along Florida’s only All-American Road. Experience the stunning beauty of the Florida Keys and meet a colorful cast of off-beat characters in this half-hour PBS documentary about an unforgettable road trip down “the highway that goes to sea.”  (full TV program)

Documentary: Escape to Dreamland

Escape to Dreamland is my 2008 film on the characters, culture and history we encountered on a trip along one of the loneliest stretches of highway east of the Mississippi. Originally produced for Miami PBS station WLRN, Escape to Dreamland has now aired nationwide more than 500 times.  This trip on US Highway 41 takes you through the heart of the Everglades.  You’ll meet the Giant & the Half-Girl, a skunk ape researcher, the king of the swampland salesmen and many more outlandish characters.  Here’s a :30 film trailer.  Music by Deblois.

Documentary: A Century in the Sun

A Century in the Sun: Henry Flagler & the Making of Modern Florida, is the story of Florida’s stunning transformation from bug-infested backwater into the fourth-largest state in the U.S. The one-hour documentary premiered on Miami PBS station WLRN in January, 2012, and has now aired more than 200 times on PBS stations nationwide. (:30 trailer)

Slideshow: Papua New Guinea

Photos from my 2013 trip to Papua New Guinea to document a research expedition visiting the Gogodala people, who live in the Fly River floodplain of the island nation's Western Province, one of the most remote spots on the planet. Some of the Gogodala believe they are one of the Lost Tribes of Israel.

Documentary Short: On the Arctic Tundra

Miami research team hunts for the drivers of global climate change in the Arctic

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New PBS Documentary: Facing The Future

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Facing the Future: South Florida vs. Climate Change

Miami PBS Short Documentary: Everglades Restoration

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Slideshow: Cuba

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Documentary Short: Historic Arctic Ocean Expedition

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Slideshow: Sailing New England

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Documentary Short: The Everglades Wilderness Writing Expedition

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Web Video: How to Write a Short Story

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Documentary Short: The Lost Tribe of Papua New Guinea

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Documentary: Bohemia in the Tropics

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Documentary: Stories from the Overseas Highway

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Stories from the Overseas Highway Premieres February 20th at 9pm

Documentary: Escape to Dreamland

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(:30 Trailer) Escape to Dreamland: The Story of the Tamiami Trail ( :30 Trailer )

Documentary: A Century in the Sun

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Slideshow: Papua New Guinea

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Documentary Short: On the Arctic Tundra

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What Arctic Tundra Plants Reveal About global Climate Change

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Tim Long makes documentaries and web videos on travel, arts, culture & environmental issues and climate science.