Members of the ACS San Francisco Bay Chapter community are cordially invited to the EXCLUSIVE VIRTUAL WORLD PREMIERE of National Geographic’s Four-Part Special, “SECRETS OF THE WHALES”, on Sunday, April 18th! Two invitation-only viewings will be held at 5 p.m. EST and 5 p.m. PST. You can be among the first to see this extraordinary four-part documentary!
Narrated by Sigourney Weaver (Alien, Avatar, Gorillas in the Mist), “SECRETS OF THE WHALES” which was filmed over three years in two dozen locations, is the definitive story of whales told through the expert perspective. With Academy Award®-winning filmmaker and conservationist James Cameron’s vision combined with acclaimed National Geographic Explorer and Photographer Brian Skerry's expertise, this series is unlike anything seen before.
“SECRETS OF THE WHALES” is an epic journey within the world’s oceans and seas, offering cinematic storytelling and breathtaking images of the planet’s most revered and largest marine mammals – whales. Filmed over three years and in 24 locations, the global event special reveals the extraordinary communication skills and intricate social structures of five different whale species – orcas, humpbacks, belugas, narwhals, and sperm whales – underscoring that whales are more complex and more like us than we ever thought.
ABOUT BRIAN SKERRY:
In 2014 he was one of five photographers named as a National Geographic Photography Fellow.
In 2017 he was named a National Geographic Society Storytelling Fellow
in June 2017 he was awarded the title of Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year
Brian is an 11-time award winner in the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition
Received Awards from Pictures of the Year International, Nature’s Best, Communication Arts
Is the only photographer to win the coveted Peter Benchley Award for Excellence in Media.
In 2010 National Geographic magazine named one of Brian’s images among their 50 Greatest Photographs Of All Time and was awarded the 2016 National Geographic Photographer’s Photographer Award, an honor bestowed by his colleagues.
After four decades, Brian has spent more than 10,000 hours underwater.
His cover story in the February 2017 issue of National Geographic, about protecting special underwater ecosystems in U.S. waters, featured the first-ever images of a U.S. President (Barack Obama) underwater.