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Third Annual Beneath the Waves Film Festival set for March 24
March 11, 2016
Stunning footage of manta rays, sharks, whales, coral reefs, salt marshes, as well as many other organisms and ecosystems will be on display during the third annual Beneath The Waves Film Festival at Georgia Southern University.
Set for March 24 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Russell Union Theater, the festival is hosted by the Institute for Coastal Plain Science in collaboration with the Center for Sustainability. Admission is absolutely free and everyone is welcome to attend.
This unique marine science and conservation event will consist of short films, ranging from five to 15 minutes long, that will address both regional and international ocean issues.
“It has often been said that if the same level of damage and destruction that is occurring in the oceans were occurring on land, humans would not tolerate it,” said Danny Gleason, director of the Institute for Coastal Plain Science and one of the film festival co-organizers. “The problem is that much of what is happening in the sea is out of sight, so out of mind. What we are hoping is that through this film festival we can give the audience a small window into how humans are directly impacting the sea and its inhabitants.”
After the films, attendees will have the opportunity to speak with ocean experts including Gleason; Michael Denmark, retired executive director of the Coastal Conservation Association of Georgia and local sport fisherman; Sarah Fangman, superintendent of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary; Scott Noakes, research scientist at the University of Georgia; and George Sedberry, sanctuary science coordinator for Southeast Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Region.
The films shown will be provided by Beneath the Waves, Inc., a unique student-run, non-profit organization that has solicited hundreds of films from all over the world and has connected thousands of people from all walks of life and locations with the stories and issues facing our oceans. This is sure to be an educational and enjoyable evening.
For more information contact Gleason by emailing dgleason@georgiasouthern.edu, or Lissa Leege, director of the Center for Sustainability, at leege@georgiasouthern.edu. This event is made possible by Student Sustainability Fees at Work.
