Call It Home
THE
BOLINAS LAGOON FILM PROJECT
An
Olin-Chayes Production
In Memoriam
Chuck Olin
1937 - 2005
Call it Home: Searching for
Truth on Bolinas Lagoon celebrates the beauty and
importance of the world famous Bolinas Lagoon, explores the issues
behind a decades-long community debate to understand the forces
affecting its future, and seeks to inspire people everywhere to love and
respect nature.
The lagoon has been silting up, getting noticeably shallower, and
opinions on what to do about it range from large scale dredging to no
action at all. In the nearly four years since production began, the
story has taken many unforeseen twists and turns, all of which are
chronicled in the film. The basic issue remains the same: what actions
to take, if any, to effect change on the lagoon.
This film is in part a legacy for the local Northern California coastal
communities and their long term commitment to save “place”, to “dwell in
harmony with our neighbors – those that creep and fly, those that swim
and soar, those that sway on roots as well as those that walk about on
two legs.” As the film states, today's widespread environmental concerns
stem to a great degree from roots set down in western Marin County more
than half a century ago. Our film places the Bolinas Lagoon story in the
context of the history of the "Marin Miracle"; preservation of open land
in Marin County, including development of the Golden Gate National
Recreation Area and the Point Reyes National Seashore. The rise of
national environmental consciousness in the 70's literally began in
Northern California, and to some degree, with efforts to preserve
Bolinas Lagoon.
Call it Home: Searching for Truth on Bolinas Lagoon,
a non-profit 501C3 project, will be a testament to the effectiveness of
patient democratic debate and concerned activism. At first glance it's a
small local story, but it is also clearly a microcosm that resonates
with important environmental issues that are currently debated across
our nation and around the world. As such, our film can have a long and
most useful life, through community and educational distribution at all
levels, through television outlets of all kinds, and through the
Internet and podcasting.
Price: $24.95
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