[CINC] OTTER 501 Film Opening

[Shauna Bingham]

The new feature film, OTTER 501 <http://www.facebook.com/otter501>, is
opening at Santa Barbara’s Metro 4 Cinema on Friday, June 8th, and playing
until Thursday, June 14th. The film tells the true story of a baby otter
who washed ashore when she was less than a week old, who then became part
of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's sea otter surrogate program (where she was
given the tag 501). Parallel to this is the fictionalized story of the
young women who found little 501, got involved with the Aquarium's
volunteer program, and found her calling for ocean activism.

The goals in making OTTER 501 were really twofold – to bring attention to
the plight of sea otters and to encourage environmental awareness and
scientific curiosity in children *and* adults.Though the film recently
received some great reviews from Scientific
American<http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/psi-vid/2012/05/10/its-so-flufeeee-otter-501-a-must-see-movie/>
 andThe Huffington
Post<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deborah-stambler/otter-501_b_1508361.html?ref=green>,
they are a small, independent film and would greatly appreciate any
assistance you could offer to get this important story out into the world!


-- 
Shauna Bingham
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
113 Harbor Way, Suite 150
Santa Barbara, CA 93109
805-884-1460
805-568-1582 (fax)
http://channelislands.noaa.gov/
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