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Jessica Plumb released three films about the Southern Resident Killer Whales in her time as a Fellow with the Salish Sea Institute. Those films are Call of the Orcas, Managed to Extinction, and Shared Waters, Shared Crisis. This presentation will be a screening of the first two of these short films, followed by Q and A with Jessica afterwards. For more information regarding these films and others of Jessica Plumbs films, visit her website Plumb Productions.
The Environmental Speaker Series is free and open to the public.
Featuring:
Jessica Plumb
Jessica Plumb is an award-winning filmmaker and writer known for exploring the relationship between people, and the land and waters that sustain us. She is the Producer and Co-Director of the feature documentary Return of the River, chronicling Elwha River restoration, a film recognized with numerous awards including “Best Storytelling” by the International Wildlife Film Festival, and “Best Writing” in science media. Collectively her films have appeared in over 50 film festivals and garnered over 20 awards. Her recent work includes a trilogy of short films addressing the shared extinction threat facing Southern Resident Killer Whales and Chinook salmon in the Salish Sea. Plumb Productions produces films on environmental topics for clients including HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, Nat Geo Learning, the Stanford Program on Water, Health & Development, the Clean Energy Transition Institute, Original Pursuit Inc. and numerous non-profit institutions. Her writing can be seen in the Best American Science & Media Writing, 2022, Orion Magazine and other publications. She holds a B.A. from Yale University, an interdisciplinary MFA from Goddard College, and was recently a Fellow of the Salish Sea Institute at Western Washington University. For more please see www.plumbproductions.com.
Brought to you by:
Salish Sea Institute, College of the Environment, The Foundation for WWU & Alumni
Jessica Plumb released three films about the Southern Resident Killer Whales in her time as a Fellow with the Salish Sea Institute. Those films are Call of the Orcas, Managed to Extinction, and Shared Waters, Shared Crisis. This presentation will be a screening of the first two of these short films, followed by Q and A with Jessica afterwards. For more information regarding these films and others of Jessica Plumbs films, visit her website Plumb Productions.
The Environmental Speaker Series is free and open to the public.
Featuring:
Jessica Plumb
Jessica Plumb is an award-winning filmmaker and writer known for exploring the relationship between people, and the land and waters that sustain us. She is the Producer and Co-Director of the feature documentary Return of the River, chronicling Elwha River restoration, a film recognized with numerous awards including “Best Storytelling” by the International Wildlife Film Festival, and “Best Writing” in science media. Collectively her films have appeared in over 50 film festivals and garnered over 20 awards. Her recent work includes a trilogy of short films addressing the shared extinction threat facing Southern Resident Killer Whales and Chinook salmon in the Salish Sea. Plumb Productions produces films on environmental topics for clients including HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, Nat Geo Learning, the Stanford Program on Water, Health & Development, the Clean Energy Transition Institute, Original Pursuit Inc. and numerous non-profit institutions. Her writing can be seen in the Best American Science & Media Writing, 2022, Orion Magazine and other publications. She holds a B.A. from Yale University, an interdisciplinary MFA from Goddard College, and was recently a Fellow of the Salish Sea Institute at Western Washington University. For more please see www.plumbproductions.com.
Brought to you by:
Salish Sea Institute, College of the Environment, The Foundation for WWU & Alumni
