HOLDING BACK THE TIDE +Filmmaker's Q&A
Sat, Jan 18
|Epsilon Spires
Reconsider the oyster! A hybrid documentary tracing the oyster through its many life cycles in New York, once the world’s oyster capital. As environmentalists restore them to the harbor, we look to the oyster as a queer icon, entangled with nature, with much to teach about our continued survival.
Time & Location
Jan 18, 2025, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
“Sensuous, probing, militant...Part labor history, part environmental essay, part celebration of the profound and sexy weirdness of this creature... the film carves out a space for both activism and pleasure.”- Filmmaker Courtney Stephens
HOLDING BACK THE TIDE (Directed by Emily Packer, 77 mins).6pm doors, 6:30 screening, 7:50 Filmmaker Q&A.
A woman swallows a pearl. A subway car falls to the ocean floor. A deluge bursts through the cracks of New York City.
In every borough, oyster shells are pried open and carefully returned to sea. A chorus of farmers, diners, sous chefs,
fishmongers, activists, and landscape architects colloquializes the oyster’s many lifecycles. These educational snapshots about the bivalve’s ecological role, mating habits, communal living, and historical presence take on new meaning and flirt with the mythic. Underwater dances and poetic addresses blend the human and nonhuman worlds. The oyster as a water filter, carbon capturer, storm barrier, and habitat maker…
Tickets
HOLDING BACK THE TIDE
6pm doors, 6:30 screening, 7:50 Q&A. Admission for one to HOLDING BACK THE TIDE! Refreshments will be provided! Please choose your seating with respect for others and let us know if you require special arrangements. Thank you for your support! Enjoy the program!
$15.00Sliding-Scale Tickets
Ticket for one to HOLDING BACK THE TIDE! 6pm doors, 6:30 screening, 7:50 Q&A. General admission is $15. Thanks to a generous grant from the Ben and Jerry’s Foundation, subsidized sliding-scale tickets are available for those who self-identify as experiencing financial hardship. In order to make this program accessible for all, we are offering tickets by sliding scale. Taking equity and inclusion into account, please pay what you can to help support the venue
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