Whidbey Island local Florian Graner showcases new orca film
LANGLEY — As part of an all-day event hosted by the Sno-Isle Sierra Club, Whidbey resident and longtime wildlife documentarian Florian Graner will show his latest award-winning film, “Orcas – Life in Black and White” at the Clyde Theater in Langley on Saturday.
The showing starts at 2 p.m. and will be followed by a question-and-answer session with Graner. General admission is $10, ages 7-16 is $8 and children 6-years-old and under are free. Proceeds will be split between Whidbey Watersheds Stewards, an environmental education nonprofit, and Graner.
Graner founded his Whidbey Island-based production company, Sealife Productions in 1990 with his wife Gina Truesdell. Both Graner and Truesdell hold doctorate degrees — Graner’s in marine mammals studies and Truesdell’s in molecular, cellular and developmental biology.
Combining his knowledge of the underwater world with extensive diving abilities, Graner has filmed for numerous documentary series and wildlife films. His work has appeared on Netflix’s series “Our Great National Parks,” narrated by Barack Obama, PBS’s Changing Seas episode “Kelp: Hidden Treasure of the Salish Sea,” Animal Planet’s River Monsters show and Disney’s series Incredible Animal Journeys for Episode 3, “Alaska’s River Race.”
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