Wellfleet Public Library

THE NATURE, SEA, AND SKY LECTURE SERIES RESCUING OUR OCEANS THROUGH RECYCLED ART

DOCUMENTARY SCREENING

Our fragile oceans, a critical resource for both the Cape and the world at large, are plagued with plastics and other manmade trash. It is deluged by waves of plastics and other human-generated waste. Directed by filmmaker Johnny Bergmann, "Rescuing Our Oceans Through Recycled Art® helps to raise awareness of the crisis being brought on by throwaway plastics. which have increasingly littered beaches and waterways across the globe. Using interviews with local artists and members of the Center for Coastal Studies, this documentary explores how artists have come together to create art out of this detritus in an effort to bring awareness to what we as individuals can do to help.

Johnny Bergmann (director/editor) is a freelance producer and cinematographer whose short films have been shown worldwide, and whose television work has aired on NBC BBC and The Food Network. He has worked extensively in both narrative and documentary form, in the latter concentrating on both intimate personal histories and musical subjects After creating the series "Portraits of Cape Artists" for Lower Cape Television in Spring 2018, Bergman developed ArtsLight with LCTV, expanding to cover the many faces and facets of creative activity on Cape Cod.