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Stony Brook University will play host to a screening and Q & A session with the filmmaker of the multiple award-winning and this year’s Emmy Award nominated documentary, “The Island and the Whales” on Thursday, September 27 at 1:30pm at the Wang Center.
Winner of the Peabody Award and DOC NYC Grand Jury Prize, this film looks at the North Atlantic archipelago of the Faroe Islands and the longtime hunting practices of the Faroese that are threatened by dangerously high mercury levels in the whales; decimated seabird populations who have been contaminated by ingesting plastics; and anti-whaling activists who challenge the Faroese way of providing food for their families. The Faroe islanders consider themselves a canary in the mine; their tale a warning to the rest of the world.
Filmmaker Mike Day will introduce the film and address questions regarding the changing lifestyles of the Faroese, their longstanding cultural hunting traditions, the health issues they are facing and the extraordinary experiences he had directing this film. This is a free screening and the film is being presented by the Stony Brook Consortium for Inter-Disciplinary Environmental Research (CIDER). Mike Day is available for interview.