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One Planet: The 2019 San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival

Call of the Baby Beluga
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  On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we’ll speak about this year’s International Ocean Film Festival in San Francisco and how films are raising awareness about ocean-related issues with social, environmental, and cultural significance.

The four-day festival, which begins on March 7th, features dozens of films from around the globe focusing on marine life, coral reefs, overfishing, and efforts to protect our oceans.

Guests:

Suzanne Chisholm, award-winning British Columbia-based documentary filmmaker, and producer and co-director of Call of the Baby Beluga

Michael Parfit, award-winning writer and filmmaker, and co-director, writer, editor and director of photography for Call of the Baby Beluga

Ana Blanco, executive director of the International Ocean Film Festival

 

Web Resources:

International Ocean Film Festival

Call of The Baby Beluga

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Rose Aguilar has been the host of Your Call since 2006. She became a regular media roundtable guest in 2001. In 2019, the San Francisco Press Club named Your Call the best public affairs program. In 2017, The Nation named it the most valuable local radio show.