Dammed to Extinction

Dammed to Extinction

Michael Peterson and Steven Hawley/2019/51 min/Water, Wildlife

Wednesday, March 10, 6:30 p.m. CST

FILM DESCRIPTION: For eons, a one-of-a-kind population of killer whales has hunted chinook salmon along the Pacific Coast of the United States. For the last 40 years, renowned whale scientist Ken Balcomb has closely observed them. He’s familiar with a deadly pattern, as salmon numbers plummet, the whales starve.

These important mammals need roughly a million salmon a year. Where can we find them? The solution, says Balcomb, is getting rid of four fish-killing dams 500 miles away on the largest tributary to what once was the largest chinook producing river on earth.

This film will follow “Mermaids Against Plastic.”

Mermaids Against Plastic: Tamara

Mermaids Against Plastic: Tamara

Sylvia Johnson/2020/10 min/Waste, Water, Health, Wildlife

Wednesday, March 10, 6:30 p.m. CST

FILM DESCRIPTION: “Mermaids Against Plastic: Tamara,” is a short film revealing the extent of the marine plastic pollution problem in the Mexican Caribbean. The film follows a diver as she searches for solutions to protect the ocean she loves. Tamara is from the ocean and water runs in her veins. Born in a fishing village on the Mexican coast, she returned to her roots to become a full time scuba instructor. When she discovers plastic in her beloved ocean, she sets out to get the diving industry to stop using single use plastic.

This film will precede “Dammed to Extinction.”