Saving Sea Turtles: Preventing Extinction Film Premiere and Reception
Date and Time
Saturday Jan 14, 2017
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST
Saturday, January 14, 2017 Doors at 3 PM, Film at 4 PM Reception with the Filmmakers, 6 PM - 8 PM (not included with general admission ticket)
Location
Cape Cinema 35 Hope Lane Dennis, MA
Fees/Admission
$15 general admission (film only, does NOT include reception with the filmmakers at CCMOA) $100 film AND reception with the filmmakers
Website
http://www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay/news-events/sea-turtle-rescue-documentary-film-debut
Contact Information
For general admission tickets, visit https://www.showclix.com/event/saving-sea-turtles-film-premiere-benefit
For tickets to the film AND Meet the Filmmakers reception, call Amy Doering Smith at 508.694.3620 or asmith@massaudubon.org
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Description
Saving Sea Turtles: Preventing Extinction A Film by Interchange Media, Narrated by Dr. Sylvia Earle This feature-length documentary film highlights the rescue, rehabilitation, and release of critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles stranded on the beaches of Cape Cod Bay in 2014. Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, the New England Aquarium Marine Hospital, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration took coordinated action to retrieve and save more than 1,200 of these ancient sea creatures, a new record. Filmmakers Michele Gomes and Jennifer Ting not only chronicled the frenzied period, they became rescuers themselves, joining Wellfleet Bay staff and volunteers patrolling bayside beaches and providing first aid care for the turtles at the Sanctuary’s Nature Center, before transporting the turtles to the New England Aquarium for rehabilitation. 4 pm Film Screening and Panel Discussion Moderated by WCAI's Mindy Todd. Q&A with Sea Turtle Experts. 6 pm Meet the Filmmakers Reception at Cape Cod Museum of Art Featuring Michele Gomes and Jennifer Ting of Interchange Media This event is being sponsored by Cape Air and Performance Pediatrics