The marquee at the Al Whittle Theatre shows Fundy Monday on the bill
This past Monday we culminated the Bay of Fundy Dykeland case study of NSERC ResNet with a big-screen near-full-house showing of our new short documentary, Sea, Soil, and Soul: The Evolving Bay of Fundy Coastline. It was magic to show it at the lovely Al Whittle Theatre, right behind where my own segments were filmed on the Bishop-Beckwith marshland. This ten-minute video was flanked by an optional survey, so we could understand how it was received, and followed by a great conversation chaired by ResNet principal investigator and documentary producer, Elena Bennett. The star of the movie and the show was Don Webster, a dykeland farmer in the Belcher Street area who sold land so that a section of his marsh could be restored to tidal wetland. Danika van Proosdij of Saint Mary’s and TransCoastal Adaptations, Tony Bowron of CBWES and TransCoastal, and I were also panelists. It was wonderful to see ResNet student alum and partners showing up to celebrate with us, and to have such an engaged group to ask questions. The audience showed such clear love and concern for their dykeland landscapes, and had a strong appetite for information to help them understand its future. Thanks to postdoc emcee Elson Galang, MES assistant Bethany Poltl, the folks from TransCoastal, from the Apple Blossom Festival (we were its final event) and from the theatre itself, for the successful event. Action shots to follow soon.
Nearly a full house at the Al Whittle Theatre for Fundy Monday
