Thank you everyone who joined Greene Land Trust, and director Jon Bowermaster at The Community Theater in Catskill, NY for a screening of The Keeper, and the Q&A session that followed.
We would like to encourage other venues, schools, and teachers to reach out to Jon Bowermaster or GreeneLandTrust.org/contact-us/ if you have interest in showing this important film.
The Keeper is a charming, informative, and inspirational documentary. Charismatic and passionately committed, John Lipscomb reflects on his 24 years patrolling the Hudson River, traveling more than 80,000 miles by wooden boat. Lipscomb and his dog patrol the Hudson River, monitoring environmental concerns after decades of industrial damage. Despite improvements, their mission reveals ongoing challenges to this historic waterway’s ecosystem.
Writer, filmmaker and adventurer, Jon Bowermaster has written eleven books and produced/directed more than thirty documentary films. His feature documentaries include ‘Dear President Obama,’ ‘Antarctica, on the Edge,’ ‘After the Spill’ and ‘Ghost Fleet.’ His National Geographic-sponsored Oceans 8 project took him and his teams around the world by sea kayak over the course of ten years (1999-2008), bringing back stories from the Aleutian Islands to French Polynesia, Gabon to Tasmania, and more, reporting on how the planet’s one ocean and its various coastlines are faring in today’s busy world. He is the President of the One Ocean Media Foundation, Chairman of the Advisory Board of Adventure Science, and Creative Affiliate of The Safina Center.
