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Close up profile Young Black Woman's face eyes closed face tilted toward the sun gloss on her lips shining
photo of Black woman at shoreline posing like Botticelli's Venus
Tight close-up shot of someone about to slide oyster from halfshell into their open nouth
Close up of wet ground, moss, twigs, what look to be discarded shells.
Close up shot of hands using pliers to secure wire frame of oyster trap
Dump truck discarding large pile of oyster shells into an open lot
Black and white archive photo of performance. Blackwoman in avant-garde swimwear in front of a large model of an open oyster shell. She is flanked on either side by 2 women in darker more conventional swimwear
Black man sitting in an oldfashioned wheelbarrow in what appears to be a museum full of antiquated tools
Underwater shot of shells and algae enmeshed in wire.
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Holding Back the Tide

Directed by Emily Packer

This impressionist hybrid documentary traces the oyster through its many life cycles in New York, once the world’s oyster capital. Now their specter haunts the city through queer characters embodying ancient myth, discovering the overlooked history and biology of the bivalve that built the city. As environmentalists restore them to the harbor, Holding Back The Tide looks to the oyster as a queer icon, entangled with nature, with much to teach about our continued survival.

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Text reads The Future is Fluid: Reawakening Urban Landscapes to Nature’s Wisdom, Wednesday April 17 Inset photo of Black woman at shoreline posing like Botticelli's Venus

The Future is Fluid: Reawakening Urban Landscapes to Nature’s Wisdom

How are we looking to nature as a guide in navigating ecological degradation through our built environment?

Dates & Times

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Port of San Francisco, Pier 1, The Embarcadero, Bayside Conference Room

Wed, Apr 17
 6:00 pm