The Black Rail's Tale

The poetry of J. Drew Lanham and animation of award-winning artist Lynn Tomlinson weave art and history together to tell how modern efforts to save the rare Black Rail depends on the agricultural legacy of the enslaved African Americans who shaped the southern marshes for rice-growing.

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On the Strangest Sea

Musician Kristin Hauge’s composition based on data points showing the anticipated trajectory of extinction of the Saltmarsh Sparrow is illustrated by Emmy-winning animator, Hayley Morris.

IN PRE PRODUCTION

Talking Tubman

With the help of illustrations by Maryland children, Angie Crenshaw, Head of Maryland State Parks, reflects on Harriet Tubman’s relationship to the marsh where she grew up as an enslaved woman and how she used her knowledge of the landscape to escape and guide others to liberty.

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