PEFF Film: "Seaweed Stories"

This film explores the wonders of seaweed, and some of the extraordinary stories and characters whose lives have been entangled by the marine organism. 30 minutes. Followed by post screening Q&A.

Narrated by Forest Whitaker, "Seaweed Stories" is a vibrant, global look at the wonders of seaweed, and some of the extraordinary stories and characters whose lives have been entangled by this often overlooked marine organism which may hold answers to some of humanity’s biggest challenges.

The film includes insights from a Silicon Valley startup creating plastic alternatives from macroalgae, to the Indigenous Shinnecock Kelp Farmers using seaweed to prove their sovereign right to coastal land, and a scientist in South Korea supporting seaweeds’ sexual reproduction to create new species that can withstand the effects of a changing climate.

The film will be followed by a post screening Q&A with Emy Kane and Daniel Sigman.

Emy Kane is the Executive Director and founding team member of Lonely Whale, an award-winning nonprofit dedicated to preventing ocean plastic waste. Informed by a decade of experience in communications and impact strategy, Emy’s work is inspired by her belief that we all have a role to play in solving our greatest social and environmental challenges and that storytelling is a powerful tool to advance impact and empathy.

Daniel Sigman Dusenbury Professor of Geological and Geophysical Sciences with the The Sigman Research Laboratory at Princeton University

​Part of the Princeton Environmental Film Festival. For a full schedule of events, visit peff.eventive.org.

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