Bill Macdonald Productions is a film production enterprise whose mission is to document aquatic resources, marine life, and watersheds. We employ our video archive of over 1000 hours to produce educational programming on watershed awareness. We make broadcast quality promotional videos that capture the very best in underwater experiences at the world’s foremost dive resorts and live-a-board dive vessels.
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SEA PULSE FILM FESTIVAL …….. all new program
Films presenting the wonderful beauty and the serious threats to the world ocean.
Fish Capital of the World: Bill Macdonald’s lens captures the splendor within the most biodiverse reef in the world ocean.
Two Bizarre Fish Tales: fish can behave in very strange ways according to the research of Eugenie Clark at Florida’s MOTE Marine Lab.
The Majestic Plastic Bag: Heal the Bay’s mockumentary about the itinerant life of a single plastic bag as it drifts and soars over the landscape.
One Beach: A film by The Surfrider Foundation and Barefoot Wine about creativity, optimism, and fun at work along our coasts.
The World Ocean “Trashed”: NOAA Award inning film by Bill Macdonald summarizes the state of the art in marine debris awareness. The film documents exotic creatures in tropical reefs being invaded by drifting plastic trash, known to be toxic.
Captain Charles Moore presents his new book “Plastic Ocean”.
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Giant Sea Bass: The film examines a study of Giant Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas) in Southern California waters by Michael Domier, PhD of the Pflager Institute of Environmental Science (PIER) . A separate diver’s quest over years included filming Giant Sea Bass courtship, close encounters and the documentation of numerous 300 pound behemoths swimming within 5 miles of the Electric Lodge and offshore from the Santa Monica pier.
Plastic Trash to Oil: depicts an emerging technology that can be applied in remote regions to convert plastic trash to light crude oil in a cradle to cradle operation. Trash becomes valuable to collect and reprocess instead of trashing the environment.
Together: dancing with spinner dolphins and an interview with with Chisa Hidaka who will explain about species to species communication and the Dolphin Dance Project.
Whales Die, Zombies Dance (in protest): The film documents the fatal impact plastic trash has on whales, and a troupe of trash-adorned zombie dancers, who emerge from the sea to draw attention to the problem. After the film the Plastic Trash Zombies “perform live”.
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We are a group of eco-minded students from Santa Monica High School who participate in various ocean stewardship/environmental science competitions. We try to raise awareness about the global marine debris, energy and climate change crises through different service learning and community outreach projects. Team Marine was started by the Marine Biology students of 2006/2007 and coached by Marine Biology teacher Benjamin Kay,.
This is Your Ocean: SHARKS Art, science, and a bond of trust fuse together to shatter public perception of sharks in a new documentary, “This is Your Ocean: Sharks.” All barriers between people and sharks are removed in an effort to depict these animals in a new light. Narrated by legendary oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle, this documentary takes you on an adventure with world renowned marine life artists Wyland, Dr. Guy Harvey, and shark expert Jim Abernethy.
Presented by Macdonald Productions & Dance 4 Oceans
November 20, 2011 (Saturday)
1:30 PM to 5:30 PM (Doors open at 1:00 PM)
Electric Lodge 1416 Electric Avenue, Venice, CA 90291
(a solar powered theater)
Tickets $ 5.00
Visit: www.seapulsefilms.com
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