SEA Pulse films at Electric Lodge

Can you imagine, dancing with dolphins, or an intimate encounter with a tiger shark? What about witnessing a walrus born underwater and the polar bears that hunt them in the wilds of the arctic? It’s all there in a series of visual programs called SEA Pulse films presented byMacdonald Productions and Dance 4 Oceans. It is a part of the Green Screen Environmental Film Festival weekend starts from Friday, November 18th.

Sea Pulse films starts from 1:00 to 5:30 PM on Sunday the 20th, including a wine tasting. The films aim to reveal the beauty and serious threats to its health and vitality. The action starts with films byBill Macdonald: Fish Capital of the World, documents the most prolific reefs in the ocean. Two Bizarre Fish Tales reflecting how the ocean guards its secrets, based on the intrepid research of DrEugenie Clark of the MOTE Marine Lab. 

But the ocean’s health is being impacted by plastic debris.  Captain Charles Moore, the dean of marine debris researchers will present his new book: Plastic Ocean, and discus Japan’s tsunami impact of floating trash heading our way.

Three films: The Majestic Plastic Bag (Heal the Bay), One Beach (Surfrider Foundation & Barefoot Wine), and The World Ocean Trashed (Bill Macdonald Productions) consider mind boggling trash issues. There could be a way to deal with marine debris. In Plastic Trash to Oil, trash is converted back to light crude oil, an emerging technology satisfying the cradle-to-cradle concept of wise use of resource.

The film depicting the recovery of Giant Sea Bass shows that conservation works. Together,depicts species to species communication, dancing with spinner dolphins by Chisa Hidaka of theDolphin Dance Project. Kanna Jones of Dance 4 Oceans will introduce Whales Die, Zombies Dance (in protest), followed by a live dance performance by the ever popular Plastic Trash Zombies.

After a break, Team Marine of Santa Monica High raises awareness by re-thinking sustainability with programs of their design. The SEA Pulse films program closes with rethinking sharks, This is Your Ocean: SHARKS, A new documentary film from the Wyland Foundation, which removes all barriers between people and sharks. Tickets $5.00 Buy online at seapulsefilms.com