PORT TOWNSEND — “Return of the River” will return to Port Townsend.
When filmmaker Jessica Plumb first premiered “Return of the River” at the 2014 Port Townsend Film Festival audiences were captivated and the film earned the Audience Award for Best Documentary.
Since then, the film has been screened more than a dozen times locally, selling out the Rose Theater and other venues each time.
At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, the film will be screened at the Joseph Wheeler Theater, presented in partnership by Fort Worden, Goddard College, WWU’s Academy for Lifelong Learning and the Port Townsend Film Festival.
Admission is a suggested donation of $10. Tickets will be available at the door. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
An audience question-and-answer session with the filmmaker will follow the film.
The film follows the efforts to that led to the removal of two dams on the Elwha River to return the river to a wild state.
Plumb invites audiences to revisit “Return of the River” through a new lens as she shares the results of ongoing scientific studies mapping the effects of the Elwha Dam removal on the river’s ecosystems and native species.
“At the time the film premiered, the social and political stage surrounding the dam’s removal was winding down but the science was just beginning,” Plumb said.
“I’ll have updated results from ongoing fish studies and more to share.”
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