FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Media Release 7.1

PCCS Contact:
Tanya Grady
508.487.3623 x113
508.247.7665
tgrady@coastalstudies.org

PCCS Special Event - Screening of The Hunt for Moby-Dick

The feature-length adventure documentary written by Philip Hoare and presented for the BBC was directed by Emmy-award winning director, Adam Low. The film was made in Britain, New England and the Azores, and follows the making of Melville's classic book, and looks to the meaning of our lasting fascination with the whale. After the screening, there will be a Q&A session and book signing with the author.

"It was the work of the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies which first introduced me to whales in the wild", writes Philip Hoare. "Through their naturalists, and trips on the Dolphin Fleet and Portuguese Princess, I experienced the majesty of these magnificent animals. But I also come to a more complex understanding of their world, too. My book, The Whale, is a direct result of that experience, and of ten years of watching whales around the world, from the humpbacks of Stellwagen Bank to the sperm whales of the Azores and New Zealand."

Philip Hoare's book, The Whale, won the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize, Europe's most prestigious award for non-fiction. It was acclaimed by Nathaniel Philbrick in the New York Times on its publication in the States this February, and was featured on National Public Radio's programs, Fresh Air and All Things Considered.

The event is free, but donations are welcome. All proceeds will benefit whale research programs at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies. For more information or to register, call Tanya Grady at 508.487.3623, ext. 113.

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