Image by Kenneth Corben / Dangerous Passage Productions - see National Geographic website for Icy Killers - http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/wild/4032/Photos#tab-Photos/2 I am rarely moved to write letters to newspapers.. and so it required an exceptional motivation to write the following to the ADN earlier this week:
I had the immense privilege to attend the premiere last Friday of Icy Killers, the amazing new documentary produced by Mike Devlin featuring the salmon sharks of Prince William Sound. The film is a stunning expose of the remarkable cycle of life in the Sound and a great reminder of just how little we still know about so many parts of Alaska’s marine ecosystems.
Icy Killers is a documentary without peer in Alaska. The superb cinematography features views that are not normally available to scientists, fishermen or tourists. Congratulations to Mike Devlin of Evergreen films and to the legislators who supported the revitalization of the Alaska film industry enabling films such as this. Raising public awareness of marine ecosystems, promoting Alaska’s amazing wildlife to the world and creating new jobs – win, win, win!
Icy Killers is a documentary without peer in Alaska. The superb cinematography features views that are not normally available to scientists, fishermen or tourists. Congratulations to Mike Devlin of Evergreen films and to the legislators who supported the revitalization of the Alaska film industry enabling films such as this. Raising public awareness of marine ecosystems, promoting Alaska’s amazing wildlife to the world and creating new jobs – win, win, win!
Icy Killers is the sort of movie that invigorates the imagination and satisfies the soul - it is fantastic to know that there are amazing mysteries of marine life like Salmon sharks that still await discovery, that this kind of movie can now be made in Alaska and that there are film makers out there who are as passionate about marine science as we are! Mike has worked closely with ASLC staff in the past and he came down to the Center again yesterday to (a) film Skittles and (b) meet with us and brainstorm ideas for working together - we are excited by the prospect of having a world class film maker among our new partners!!
Any suggestions for projects we might want to pursue with Evergreen films?
Plenty. How about a documentary on the ASLC's mission and research? Steller SeaLion Research, Eider Research, Alaska's Fastest Warming Region in the World, Marine Debris. They're not as intense as Salmon Sharks but still deserve the exposure.
ReplyDeleteWould our permits allow filming of underwater capture of SSL? Probably not...but I'd love to see that!
ReplyDeleteKeep us posted on when the rest of us can see Icy Killers.
Cool idea to show this in the gallery downstairs!
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