Screenings

To inquire about a private or public viewing opportunity, please e-mail [email protected]. A license is required to screen Making Waves.

UPCOMING PUBLIC SCREENINGS

Lake Effects (Digital) Film Series — March 26, 2020 — 7 p.m. ET
The Lake Effects Film Series in Ann Arbor has gone digital! The series will screen Making Waves: Battle for the Great Lakes at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, March 26. To join the free screening, go to https://zoom.us/j/380790681. Following the documentary, there will be a Q&A with Great Lakes scientists who study invasives.

For more information about the rest of the film series screenings, which will run Thursdays through April 9, visit https://www.michiganseagrant.org/educational-programs/lake-effects-film-series/.

PAST PUBLIC SCREENINGS

State of Lake Huron Conference — Saginaw Valley State Univ. — Oct. 10, 2019

Chillicothe Public Library District — Chillicothe, IL — June 27, 2019

Friends of the Porkies Conservation Film Series — Porcupine Mountains State Park — May 22, 2019

Thunder Bay International Film Festival — Alpena, MI — Jan. 24, 2019

Latornell Conservation Symposium — Alliston, Ontario — Nov. 14, 2018

Water/Ways at ArtWorks — Big Rapids, MI — Oct. 2018

Wisconsin Lakes Partnership Convention & Water Action Volunteers Symposium — Stevens Point, WI — April 19, 2018

Bay Mills Indian Community — Brimley, MI — April 18 & 19, 2018

Detroit River Canadian Cleanup — Tecumseh, ON — March 26, 2018

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority — Ajax, ON — March 22, 2018

Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve — Superior, WI — March 9, 2018

One Earth Film Festival — Chicago & Oak Park, IL — March 3 & 4, 2018

Green Bay Film Festival — De Pere, WI — March 3, 2018

East Lansing Film Festival — East Lansing, MI — Nov. 11, 2017

Wildlife Conservation Film Festival — New York, NY — Oct. 26, 2017

UW Green Bay iPAT Series — Green Bay, WI — Oct. 9, 2017

Chagrin Documentary Film Festival — Chagrin Falls, OH — Oct. 4 & 7, 2017

Soo Film Festival — Sault Ste. Marie, MI — Sept. 14 & 17, 2017

Sauk-Calumet Group of Sierra Club — Frankfort, IL — Sept. 11, 2017

WNY PRISM – Buffalo, NY – July 15, 2017

University of St. Francis — Joliet, IL — April 21, 2017

Oneida County Land and Water Conservation Dept. — Three Lakes, WI — April 19, 2017

Detroit Free Press Freep Film Festival — Detroit, MI — April 2, 2017

Making Waves Premiere – Shedd Aquarium — Chicago, IL — Sept. 7, 2016

In the heart of North America lies one of the planet's greatest natural resources — the Great Lakes. The world’s largest freshwater ecosystem, the Great Lakes Watershed is home to roughly 35 million people and 3,500 species of plants and animals, including one-fifth of all of the fish species in North America. The Lakes’ more than 10,000 miles of shoreline encircle 90 percent of the United States’ freshwater and 18 percent of the world’s freshwater.So many and so much depends on the health of the Great Lakes, yet few people seem to know about the battle raging below the surface. For over a century, non-native species of plants, fish, invertebrates and bacteria have invaded the Great Lakes at an average of one every eight months. These invasive species are out-competing the Lakes’ native species so effectively that they’re literally transforming the ecosystem from top to bottom, threatening its ecological diversity and local economies. With more than 180 invasive species already in the Great Lakes, and new threats like the Asian carp knocking at the door, there has never been a better time for public education on invasive species.

GREAT LAKES MEDIA presents
A LOOK BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM "MAKING WAVES: BATTLE FOR THE GREAT LAKES" director of photography BRENDAN WALSHNARRATED BY BILL KURTIS ORIGINAL music by GABRIEL JASKOWIAK edited by BRENDAN WALSH produced AND WRITTEN by JESSICA WALSH