2014 Environmental Film Series

NOTICE - Road Construction 11/3 - 11/21 click to view detour map

Free film screenings on topics timely and relevant to our Puget Sound & Salish Sea. Trail Tales will premiere a short film by young, local filmakers on Fidalgo Island subjects each night.

November 21st - The Whale - The True Story of Luna

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Synopsis: "THE WHALE tells the true story of a young, wild killer whale - an orca - nicknamed Luna, who lost contact with his family on the coast of British Columbia and turned up alone in a narrow stretch of sea between mountains, a place called Nootka Sound. Orcas are social. They live with their families all their lives. An orca who gets separated usually just fades away and dies.  Luna was alone, but he didn't fade away. There weren't any familiar orcas in Nootka Sound, but there were people, in boats and on the shore. So he started trying to make contact. And people welcomed him. Most of them.  This contact did not turn out to be simple. It was as if we humans weren't ready for him... THE WHALE celebrates the life of a smart, friendly, determined, transcendent being from the other world of the sea who appeared among us like a promise out of the blue: that the greatest secrets in life are still to be discovered."