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FILM IN PRODUCTION!
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Calvineer members take questions with New England Aquarium's Senior Scientist Amy Knowlton at the Second World Marine Mammal Conference in Barcelona Spain, December 2019.
Thom Willey Film

Bill McWeeny, Educator and Scientist

Amy Knowlton, Senior Scientist, New England Aquarium.

Dr. Moira Brown Ph.D. and Mackie Green. Campobello Whale Rescue and Canadian Whale Institute.

Scott Kraus, Senior Scientist Emeritus, Ph.D.
New England Aquarium.
Designed to bridge generations, this documentary explores the complexities of the fight to prevent North Atlantic Right Whale extinction as told through the engagement of middle school student conservationists, their dedicated teacher, a whale named Calvin and the scientists, specialists and citizens who share her waters.

Bill McWeeny
Time is precious. With an estimated 380 endangered North Atlantic Right Whales fighting the dangers of changing climate and human activity, every minute counts.
The right kids, the right time, the Right Whale.

Evangeline Meister, Film Host


Bob Bowman, Right Whale Researcher, Musician

Professor Sean Todd, Ph.D.
College of the Atlantic, Director Allied Whale
Dan DenDanto,
College of the Atlantic, Allied Whale,
Whales and Nails

Rob Martin, Massachusetts Fisherman

Megan McOsker, Teacher, Whale Researcher

Carla Guenther, Ph.D.
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries
North Atlantic Right Whales are a protected and endangered species. Approaching closer than 500 yards is illegal.
The Calvineers Movie is funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by
the National Endowment for the arts.

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