The second Salmon Film Festival will take place the weekend of July 7,2012.
We’re introducing a number of new releases and exciting activities, all in support of our native salmon and regional salmon culture.
The Salmon Film Festival is co-sponsored by the Salmon Restoration Association, the City of Fort Bragg, and the North Coast Brewing Company.
The City of Ft. Bragg includes Noyo Harbor, the site of the annual salmon barbeque and the main port for Mendocino County. Noyo Harbor has long been a key ecological and cultural resource, and a center of salmon recreational and commercial fishing.
Recent declines in Pacific Northwest salmon populations have not only severely endangered salmon species, but they have also endangered hundreds of other species and habitats connected to the salmon, including humans.
Coastal economies and cultures have suffered. The entire Northern Coast of California is home to tribes and tribal communities for millenia, many who consider themselves “salmon nations” or “people of the salmon.”
The festival organizer is Dr. Jeanine Pfeiffer, a Boonville resident, San Jose State University professor, and consultant to the County of Mendocino and native tribes and tribal communities.
If you are interested in participating in the festival as a co-sponsor, volunteer, filmmaker, or speaker, please contact Jeanine at 707.969.7490 or send an email to jeanine(dot)pfeiffer(at)gmail(dot)com
