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Awareness Stimulator — WATER
Featuring a showcase of short films and guest participants celebrating our love of water, how our deep connections to water sustain us and how human interventions are intricate to the complex water systems of our planet.
5pm: Gathering in the Garden begins. Meet lead members of our local chapter at Surfrider Foundation and their Ocean Friendly Garden program, peruse books specially curated for the event by local bookstore, Blackbird Books, available for purchase.
6:15 : Music by Frances England
6:30: Presentations & Conversations - Surfrider Foundation, Sachi Cunningham, Peter Droekmeyer of the Tuolomne River Trust, an Doug Jacuzzi, Westside Water Resources
7:00: Films
BRING A CHAIR AND A BLANKET and be prepared to be inspired and take action!
FILMS
A powerful scene from upcoming film SHECHANGE
by Sachi Cunningham, 10 min. SHECHANGE Trailer, 1 min.
SheChange is a feature documentary film that follows the best female surfers in the world as they fight for gender equality in one of the most dangerous sports on earth
A Certain Personality
by Gaby Scott. 9 min.
A story of four Northern Californian surfers who all share a wildness and passion for the bigger days at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. 9 min.
Walt: Saving the San Joaquin River
by Justin Clifton, presented by American Rivers. 6 min.
Walt Shubin, a farmer who has been fighting to restore the health of the San Joaquin River for decades. Walt remembers the river when it was wild, when its waters flowed, and it was home to abundant fish and wildlife.
When Drought Revives a River
KQED Science, 3min
California’s relentless drought had some unexpected consequences
An Aquifer’s Architect: Rethinking San Francisco’s Water
By Jeff den Broeder, 5 min
Driven by his deep connections to nature, Doug Jacuzzi constructs a solution to recharge San Francisco’s western aquifer, house by house.
Shaped by Water: Art Film
Directed by Dean Leslie, Produced by 11thhourracing.org, Music by Todd Hannigan, 19min
From the darkest depths of the sea to the highest mountains and everything in between, the ocean breathes life and connects us all. This film is a pre-showing of the upcoming documentary Shaped by Water: The Documentary. https://shapedbywater.11thhourracing.org