This episode features a wonderful conversation with Emily Packer and Josh Margolis, the filmmakers behind Holding Back the Tide, a beautiful, hybrid documentary film viewing the history and ecology of oysters in New York City through a queer, artistic lens. The New York Times film review is titled: A Film That Makes the Stationary Lives of Oysters Into a Wondrous Tale and says “Holding Back the Tide” weaves facts and dreamy moments into an unconventional take on the nature documentary that very much affects humans.
From the film's logline:
This impressionist hybrid documentary traces the oyster through its many life cycles in New York, once the world’s oyster capital. Now their specter haunts the city through queer characters embodying ancient myth, discovering the overlooked history and biology of the bivalve that built the city. As environmentalists restore them to the harbor, Holding Back The Tide looks to the oyster as a queer icon, entangled with nature, with much to teach about our continued survival.
