Dive into science with films at the NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary visitor center in Downtown Alpena! As part of the MSU Science Festival, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary is hosting a Night at the Museum -- join us for a cinematic tour of NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary System! Our planet is an ocean [...]
As part of the Sanctuary Cinema Series, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary is hosting Paddling Film Festival – 2018 World Tour! The Paddling Film Festival is an international adventure film tour presenting the world’s best paddling films of the year – whitewater, sea kayaking, canoeing, SUP, action and lifestyle – in more than 120 cities [...]
Join the Presque Isle District Library for two amazing films celebrating our Great Lakes, one night only! Free and open to the public! "The Big Five Dive" Elizabeth KaiserThe Big Five Dive is an adventure documentary about a group of women attempting to dive one historic site in all five Great Lakes in under 24 [...]
A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to document and reveal how the oceans are changing.
Sanctuary Cinema Series – Mindjimendamowin (Blood Memory) Mindjimendamowin is a short documentary film that highlights the journey of a young, contemporary Anishinaabe man in a birch bark canoe. Our young man follows the Old Shore Indian Trail (now US 23) carved out by his ancestors along the shores of Lake Huron. The film showcases the natural beauty of NE [...]
It is Nov. 18, 1958 and a small northeast Michigan community is rocked by an unimaginable tragedy. Vigils begin, and finally word comes; the limestone freighter, Carl D. Bradley, is lost with 33 of her crew during a brutal Lake Michigan storm. Twenty-three of the crew came from Rogers City. November Requiem tells the story [...]
Join us in the sanctuary visitor center theater for a viewing of Project Shiphunt. On July 13, 2011, the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary announced the discovery of two Great Lakes shipwrecks. The discoveries were part of Project Shiphunt, an exciting archaeological expedition, sponsored by Sony and the Intel Corp, that included five high school students from [...]
Don't miss this intriguing film about one of the Great Lakes' most mysterious shipwrecks! The 1870s were a time of boom and bust on the Great Lakes, with more than a thousand ships competing for business. On November 27th, 1875, the Cornelia B. Windiate--a canal schooner--is sent on one last, late-season run from Milwaukee to [...]
Join us for the February film in the Sanctuary Cinema Series! In the spring of 2005, acclaimed environmental photographer James Balog headed to the Arctic on a tricky assignment for National Geographic: to capture images to help tell the story of the Earth’s changing climate. Even with a scientific upbringing, Balog had been a skeptic [...]
Come to the sanctuary’s latest in the Sanctuary Cinema Series! Filmmaker’s Sisbro Studios have delighted family audiences for years with their ocean and Great Lakes themed films. Enjoy an hour and a half of family matinee selections back-to-back starting at 2:00 pm. Selection includes three shorts and two full length features. Free and open to [...]