Hi, All,

 

A number of people have been asking where our movie, Saving Luna, is playing. It's the documentary about the young lost orca of Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, who was also known as L-98.

 

The film is getting out all over Canada now, and we've had some very good reviews, including 4 out of 5 stars at both the Vancouver Sun and Ottawa Sun and 3.5 out of 4 at the National Post. (The Globe and Mail was less charming, calling it a "bleeding-heart ... nature documentary," which is probably a compliment in the Globe's gloomy way.) But audiences seem to love it, so for Canadians, I've put this weekend's schedule below. There's a trailer on YouTube and on our website at www.savingluna.com.

 

I would like to urge people on this list to give real thought to coming to see Saving Luna and encouraging theatres to show it. If you're interested in helping this film along, wherever you are, let other people -- and theatres -- know it's available. And, if it's not nearby, please call your local theatre and ask if it's interested in showing it. If it is, contact me and we'll get our distributor to set things up. 

 

Saving Luna is in competition with films that view other animals -- and evolution -- in less-than scientific ways, and often in demeaning ways. They all have advertising budgets in the millions. These things affect the public attitude toward other animals. We have almost no money at all (typical nature filmmakers), but we have had excellent word of mouth. We strongly think that Saving Luna, which is entertaining and accessible to the general public and to kids, offers a way for people to get a sense of other animals as living, aware beings in their own right, whose lives deserve respect. But this movie will disappear without people like you pushing it along.

 

Saving Luna has been endorsed by major animal-welfare and advocacy organizations, and by leaders in the world of the science and philosophy of other lives, such as Marc Bekoff and Paul Waldau. We think it is worth seeing, and that if you care about the lives with whom we share this planet, it is worth while to get members of the public into the theatre to see Saving Luna.

 

Here are the screenings for the current weekend, followed by other scheduled locations. We can add to those very quickly if we find out that other theatres are interested. Also, we have been doing school and university presentations and can arrange theatrical showings for school groups. Contact me at the email below for any questions you may have.

 

Schedule for theatres that are opening Saving Luna this coming weekend, starting Feb. 13.