Salish Sea Trilogy: film screening & fundraiser
Three powerful films. One shared ocean. A future worth protecting.
Join us for a special screening of the Salish Sea Trilogy, featuring three award-winning short films by filmmaker Jessica Plumb. Through stories of Southern Resident killer whales, the ecosystems they depend on, and the people working to protect them, these films highlight the challenges facing the Salish Sea and the urgent need to safeguard its future.
Following the screening, Jessica Plumb will join Georgia Strait Alliance Executive Director Beatrice Frank for a conversation about the growing pressures on the Salish Sea and what they mean for the recovery of Southern Resident killer whales.
Together, they’ll discuss how recent legislation and major infrastructure projects, including the Pacific Link bitumen pipeline and Delta port expansion, could affect the region’s sensitive marine ecosystems and the future of these endangered species.
Join us for an afternoon of film, conversation and community as we look beyond the headlines and consider how we can work together to protect the waters and wildlife we love.
Your ticket also helps support Georgia Strait Alliance’s ongoing work to protect the Salish Sea.
Salish Sea Trilogy
Date: Sunday, November 22
Time: 3:30–5:30 pm
Location: Fletcher Challenge Theatre, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings St, Vancouver
Tickets are $20, with additional donations welcome. Join us for an afternoon of film and conversation while helping kick off our year-end fundraising campaign!
Give today. Make twice the impact.
Protecting the Salish Sea takes sustained action, strong communities, and the resources to make lasting change possible. Your support helps Georgia Strait Alliance continue advocating for healthier marine ecosystems and a future where Southern Resident killer whales can thrive.
Thanks to a generous donor, we’ll match every donation, doubling your impact. Together, we can build momentum for a healthier, more resilient Salish Sea.
Will you help us reach our $5,000 goal?
Three films. One interconnected story.
Discover the challenges facing Southern Resident killer whales and the people working to protect their ocean home.
Call of the orcas
This film explores the urgent effort to recover endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales of the Pacific Northwest, inspired by one of their human champions, researcher Ken Balcomb, who passed away in late 2022. Balcomb’s determined survey work over nearly fifty years helped people see these orcas as individuals in family groups and led to a subspecies listing under the US Endangered Species Act.
Managed to extinction
This film pairs Indigenous visionary Jay Julius and orca scientist Dr. Deborah Giles in the Pacific Northwest, as both work to address the shared extinction threat faced by Southern Resident killer whales and the Chinook salmon they need to survive. It is a sequel to Call of the Orcas, exploring the potential in pairing indigenous knowledge and scientific methods.
Shared waters shared crisis
The third film of this trilogy is set on the Canadian / US border and weaves three community stories, revealing the role of habitat restoration, traditional indigenous fishing practices and marine guardianship in the recovery of iconic species of the Salish Sea. Together, these stories explore the interconnected ecosystems of the Fraser River, its estuary and the marine waters of the Salish Sea.