Join the Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences (CPNAS) and the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF) for a special screening and Q&A discussion of the award-winning documentary film, Out of Plain Sight.
“Haunting, enraging, and a vital addition to environmental storytelling.” — Scott Z. Burns, producer of An Inconvenient Truth
From the Los Angeles Times and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Rosanna Xia, Out of Plain Sight is a cinematic exposé of an environmental disaster lurking just off the coast of Southern California.
Not far from Catalina Island, aboard one of the most-advanced research ships in the world, David Valentine discovered a corroded barrel on the seafloor that gave him chills. The full environmental horror sharpens into greater clarity once he calls Xia, who pieces together a shocking revelation: In the years after World War II, as many as half a million barrels of toxic waste had been quietly dumped into the ocean – and the consequences continue to haunt the world today.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Los Angeles Times environmental reporter Rosanna Xia (director, producer) will moderate a post-screening discussion with the following scientists featured in the film:
Dr. David Valentine (UC Santa Barbara)
Dr. Alissa Deming (Pacific Marine Mammal Center)
Dr. Eunha Hoh (San Diego State University)
Dr. Lihini Aluwihare (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)

Delivery Method

  • In Person
  • Upcoming

Timing

  • Upcoming

Category

  • CPNAS Events

Location

  • NAS Building
  • 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W.
  • Washington
  • D.C.
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Speakers

David Valentine

UC Santa Barbara

Alissa Deming

Pacific Marine Mammal Center

Eunha Hoh

San Diego State University

Lihini Aluwihare

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Rosanna Xi

Los Angeles Times

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