2025 Princeton Environmental Film Festival

Seaweed Stories

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Narrated by Forest Whitaker, "Seaweed Stories" is a vibrant, global look at the wonders of seaweed, and some of the extraordinary stories and characters whose lives have been entangled by this often overlooked marine organism which may hold answers to some of humanity’s biggest challenges. "Seaweed Stories" includes insights from a Silicon Valley startup creating plastic alternatives from macroalgae, to the Indigenous Shinnecock Kelp Farmers using seaweed to prove their sovereign right to coastal land, and a scientist in South Korea supporting seaweeds’ sexual reproduction to create new species that can withstand the effects of a changing climate.

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    30 minutes
  • Language
    English, Korean
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    No
  • Genre
    Documentary
  • Subtitle Language
    English
  • Social Media
  • Director
    Jake Sumner
  • Screenwriter
    Gabriel Nussbaum, Jake Sumner
  • Producer
    Barret Hacia, Jake Sumner, Lucy Sumner
  • Executive Producer
    Phillip Sarofim, MAVRIK, The Snider Foundation, Emy Kane, Jett Steiger, Lana Kim, Katt Kim
  • Cinematographer
    Luke Geissbuhler
  • Animator
    Andrew Steinitz, Matthew Miller, Meng Hsueh-Lin, Matthew Miller
  • Composer
    Actual Magic (original score)
  • Sound Design
    One Thousand Birds
  • Music
    Actual Magic (original score)