October 12th at 7:30pm
Main Hall
Coastal Living Magazine presents
Jack Johnson’s Ocean Heroes
and the new documentary film
THE SMOG OF THE SEA
October 12, 2017
7:30 p.m.
Coastal Living Magazine has partnered with singer-songwriter, surfer, and environmentalist
JACK JOHNSON to curate a list of scientists, advocates,
visionaries, and deep sea legends who tirelessly fight to protect our
seas from peril. These remarkable Ocean Heroes and their missions are
celebrated in the October issue of the magazine.
“It’s easy to think that the ocean is so vast it can take care of
itself,” Johnson says. “But that’s really not the case anymore, as I’ve
come to learn when I travel and talk with these experts. When the
expeditions are completed, or when we speak away from the cameras, our
conversation continues—and it’s a conversation I hope you’ll join.”
To do so, plan to attend a special screening at The Picture House in
Pelham, NY, on October 12. The film documents one Ocean Hero’s
eye-opening and alarming journey to measure the impact of plastic waste
in our oceans. Prior to the film, you’ll also preview the works and
words of every Ocean Hero who made the magazine’s list, plus be
introduced to a new youth group (PEP, or Pelham Eliminates Plastics)
that aims to tackle the plastic waste problem locally.
Co-sponsor Ecopel is giving each audience member a customized,
reusable canvas bag with a complimentary copy of the October issue of Coastal Living. Additional eco-friendly co-sponsors and gifts to be announced. Special guests also in the works.
ABOUT THE SMOG OF THE SEA
The Smog of the Sea chronicles a one-week journey
through the remote waters of the Sargasso Sea. Marine scientist Marcus
Eriksen invited onboard an unusual crew to help him study the sea:
renowned surfers Keith and Dan Malloy, musician Jack Johnson, spear
fisherwoman Kimi Werner, and bodysurfer Mark Cunningham, who became
citizen scientists on a mission to assess the fate of plastic waste in
the world’s oceans.
After years of hearing about the famous “garbage patches” in the
ocean’s gyres, the crew is stunned to learn the patches are a myth: the
waters stretching to the horizon are clear blue, with no islands of
trash in sight. But as the crew sieves the water and sorts through its
haul, a more disturbing reality sets in: a fog of microplastics
permeates the world’s oceans—trillions of nearly invisible plastic
shards making their way up the marine food chain and right back to us.
You can clean up a garbage patch, but how do you stop a fog?
Using nostalgic super-8 footage, sparkling underwater cinematography,
an original score by Jack Johnson and his shipmate Simon Beins, and
live action footage of the crew’s research, The Smog of the Sea
provides a new perspective on the once pristine oceans, and makes an
artful call to action for rethinking the scourge of single-use plastics.
Directed by Peabody Award-winning and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Ian Cheney (King Corn, The City Dark, The Search for General Tso).