MACH is proud to announce the completion of our first documentary, Marine Field Station: The Retreat, directed and produced by Thomas Lennon—Academy Award-winning filmmaker, MACH senior personnel member, and head of the Documentary Film Lab at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Marine Field Station: The Retreat is a MACH-supported film that serves the purpose of capturing perspectives on climate change and sharing climate information with a broader audience while simultaneously providing training to the next generation. The film’s production crew was predominantly made up of Rutgers film students who, guided by Lennon, had the opportunity to hone their skills in science-based documentary storytelling while capturing regionally-critical climate adaptation interactions between researchers, stakeholders, and community members.
The documentary features the Rutgers Marine Field Station (RUMFS), a preeminent research facility of Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Research & Education Station (NJAES). RUMFS functions as a central hub for marine and coastal research and also houses the MACH administrative team.
Click the video link below to watch the film and discover a powerful story of Rutgers’ own resilience and adaptation.
Marine Field Station: The Retreat.
Climate change threatens the Rutgers University Marine Field Station. For years, station scientists have been advising nearby communities on how to face the realities of climate change. Can they follow the same advice they give others? What actions will they take, and what will be learned?