Directed by Blake McWilliam | 90’ | Canada
PERSPECTIVE ALBERTA
The first feature-length documentary by award-winning filmmaker Blake McWilliam, SEND KELP follows Frances Ward, a self-professed “Seaweed Nerd”, as she starts a kelp farm off the west coast of Canada. To coax a crop from the wild Pacific, she’ll need help from scientists, wild harvesters, and entrepreneurs who know the challenges and astonishing potential of this miraculous organism. And along the way, she’ll find a glimmer of the hope that seaweed might provide not only for our planet, but for her, too.
Combining breathtaking underwater cinematography with a fun, quirky cast of characters, SEND KELP explores many remarkable surprises about this game-changing organism and how it, along with the efforts of entrepreneurs like Frances, just might help change the world.
Q&A following the screening.
