On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we're discussing two documentaries featured at this year’s International Ocean Film Festival, which runs from April 10-12 in San Francisco.
Superfish: Salmon takes us on a journey into the life of wild salmon and shows what they can teach us about resilience and our connection to nature.
Mission Sea Otter – Saving California's Kelp Forests tells a little-known story about sea otters on the California coast.
Guests:
Rick Rosenthal, four-time Emmy-winning filmmaker, marine biologist, and director of SUPERFISH:SALMON
Katya Shirokow, managing Director of Wild Logic, and producer of SUPERFISH:SALMON
Ana Blanco, executive director of the International Ocean Film Festival, and co-director of Sequoias of the Sea
Claudia Schmitt, filmmaker, underwater cinematographer, and co-director of Mission Sea Otter – Saving California's Kelp Forests
Resources:
International Ocean Film Festival
The New York Times: ‘Zombie’ Urchins Are Destroying Kelp Forests. Can’t We Just Eat Them?