Cannon Beach premiers films on climate change

HALO Education is proud to present its first Rockdance film screenings in Cannon Beach at the Coaster Theatre and the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum this March. These film venues have been most generously made available to HALO and will be sponsored by local anonymous philanthropists. This is HALO’s first venture to show innovative documentary eco films on climate concerns. It is HALO’S long range plan to share with other community venues in Cannon Beach an annual Rockdance film festival to encourage through the arts environmental awareness in the Pacific Northwest and improved health for our beloved home planet Earth. Plans to expand this goal to other well known festival events in both Oregon and Utah are in consideration.

The first showing will be March 18 at Coaster Theatre with doors open at 1PM. There will be two films “ Guliya” and “Byrd 1933.” Film Producer and Director Pamela Theodotou from the OSU Byrd Polar Climate Research Center in Ohio will be there to present “Guliya,” a climate film on the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center’s US-China Collaboration with TPE to the Guliya Ice Cap in the Tibetan Plateau to extract the oldest ice samples outside the poles. She will also present “Byrd 1933,” a remarkable historical film utilizing the original film clips from Paramount Picture’s documentation of Admiral Byrd’s Antarctica 1933 expedition. “Byrd 1933” was conserved and co-produced by the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program led by Archivist Laura Kissel and made possible through a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation. It is an archive treasure. HALO strongly believes the Cannon Beach Community and nearby communities are very fortunate to have access to view this first NorthWest Coast premier.

The second screening on the historical documentary “Byrd 1933” will take place Monday 3/19 at 4 PM and will be most appropriately screened at the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum. This venue is a more intimate setting and is limited in seating. Folks will have an opportunity to meet informally the film producer Pamela Theodotou. Beverages will be served. Suggested donations for both performances are $5. All proceeds will be gifted to our local educational environmental organization HRAP the Haystack Rock Awareness Program, the volunteer/staff based vigilant team for the iconic Haystack Rock wilderness seabird and marine intertidal area accessible to visitors at low tide in Cannon Beach.

HALO hopes all concerned citizens in the northern coastal Oregon and Washington area will be able to attend one of these two afternoon performances March 18th and 19th in Cannon Beach. Questions and more information can be obtained via the Executive Director at HALO with offices located in Oregon and Utah at 3108049753.