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The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice, by Kathy Kasic (Documentary, 60 min)
If the ice sheet covering Greenland melts, global sea levels would rise 21 feet, profoundly impacting our planet. How, why, and when could this happen? Join us for this free, outdoor screening (chair seating will be provided!) of the multi-award-winning film that tells a fascinating tale of scientific discovery.
Scientists have recently found lost sediment from a forgotten secret, sub-ice Cold War base in the Arctic that holds clues about a time when the Greenland Ice Sheet had receded. The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice tells the story of the discovery of this precious sediment core, which holds the key to crucial science around the melting Greenland Ice Sheet and the future of sea level rise across the globe.
The film has been internationally praised. It was invited to the world’s largest science conference, the American Association for the Advancement of Science in February, won the John de Graaf Environmental Filmmaking award at Wild and Scenic Film Festival and Best Feature Documentary at the Raw Science Film Festival in NYC, was a selection for Santiago Wild FF, and was screened in Copenhagen at the Niehls Bohr Institute during the National Greenland Ice Sheet Science Conference.
Kathy Kasic is a filmmaker/principal of Metamorph Films and an Associate Professor of Film at California State University Sacramento. Many moons ago, she traded evolutionary biology in the Ecuadorian Amazon for filmmaking. Using a sensorial emphasis on place to unveil the human relationship with the natural world, her 100+ productions have appeared at international festivals, on television (BBC, Discovery, Smithsonian, PBS, National Geographic), and won numerous awards.
Many thanks to our co-sponsors the Solano Avenue Association, Albany Chamber of Commerce, and East Bay Regional Park District.