{"id":1193,"date":"2017-04-11T07:01:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T07:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2017-04-10T20:04:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T20:04:34","slug":"saugatuck-douglas-history-center-hosts-emmy-nominated-indiana-dunes-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/2017\/04\/11\/saugatuck-douglas-history-center-hosts-emmy-nominated-indiana-dunes-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Saugatuck-Douglas History Center Hosts Emmy\u00ae Nominated Indiana Dunes Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0April 11, 2017<\/span><\/p>\n

SAUGATUCK, MI \u2013 The Saugatuck-Douglas History Center will screen \u201c<\/span>Shifting Sands: On the Path to Sustainability<\/span><\/i>\u201d on Thursday, April 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts. Event sponsors include <\/span>Kathleen and James Cook, CottageHome, the Saugatuck Dunes State Park Hikers, and the Saugatuck Center for the Arts. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Chicago\/Midwest Regional Emmy<\/span>\u00ae<\/b> nominated documentary <\/span>explores how the Indiana Dunes region, through its influential environmental battles, offers a blueprint towards a more sustainable future. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe story of conserving the Indiana Dunes is relatable to many pockets of the country<\/span>\u2014<\/span>including ours,\u201d said Nathan Nietering, executive director of the Saugatuck-Douglas History Center. \u201cThis film captures a narrative that weaves the importance of ecology, the environment, and consensus building into one story.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The 60-minute film<\/span> chronicles the journey of a movement for the United States to have its first national park in an urban setting; a movement which eventually led to game-changing environmental policies with worldwide impact. Today, the advocacy from that movement has transformed into a new model of cooperation, where industrialists and environmentalists\u2014once bitter adversaries\u2014work together to steer its community toward a more sustainable future. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited that communities see \u2018Shifting Sands\u2019 as an opportunity to engage their stakeholders in conversations about sustainability,\u201d said Patricia Wisniewski, the film\u2019s producer and director. <\/span><\/p>\n

The documentary, an idea of Lee Botts<\/span>\u2014a<\/span> prominent American environmentalist known primarily for her work related to conservation and restoration of the <\/span>Great Lakes\u2014<\/span>comes a century after a national park was first proposed to safeguard the Indiana Dunes\u2019 spectacular landscape of towering dunes, green woodlands, rich wetlands and unsurpassed biological diversity<\/span>\u2014<\/span>just one-hour from Chicago. <\/span>Currently, a congressional bill is proposed to retitle the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore to Indiana Dunes National Park. If passed, the bill would create Indiana\u2019s first national park.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the screening, members of the film\u2019s production team will lead a discussion with the audience. Members of the production team include Lee Botts, executive producer; Pat Wisniewski, producer and director; Tom Desch, producer, editor and writer; and Rana Segal, producer and director of photography. <\/span><\/p>\n

For more information about the screening, visit http:\/\/sc4a.org\/Happenings\/Real-to-Reel-Shifting-Sands.aspx.<\/p>\n

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About Saugatuck-Douglas History Center<\/b><\/p>\n

The Saugatuck-Douglas History Center (SDHC), a volunteer-based 501(c)3 organization, preserves the greater Saugatuck-Douglas community\u2019s local history, and inspires learning to inform and improve the community. \u00a0SDHC also connects<\/span> residents and tourists with the area\u2019s unique cultural heritage through planned activities and volunteer opportunities. For more information about SDHC, its award-winning Pump House History Museum and Old School House, visit MySDHistory.org. <\/span><\/p>\n

About \u201cShifting Sands: On the Path to Sustainability\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Shifting Sands: On the Path to Sustainability<\/span><\/i>\u201d explores how the Indiana Dunes region, through its influential environmental battles, offers a blueprint towards a more sustainable future. Since its August 2016 nationwide debut, #ShiftingSandsMovie has aired across 241 public television stations. The film was also nominated for a Chicago\/Midwest Regional Emmy\u00ae Award by the Chicago\/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Proceeds from the film benefit Lakeshore Public Television (WYIN) and the Dunes Learning Center. For more information about the film, visit<\/span> shiftingsandsmovie.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SAUGATUCK, MI \u2013 The Saugatuck-Douglas History Center will screen \u201cShifting Sands: On the Path to Sustainability\u201d on Thursday, April 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts. Event sponsors include Kathleen and James Cook, CottageHome, the Saugatuck Dunes State Park Hikers, and the Saugatuck Center for the Arts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12],"tags":[42,62,59,63,41],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8cgdd-jf","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1193"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1196,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193\/revisions\/1196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}