Managed to Extinction
Jessica Plumb
16 mins | 2024
Managed to Extinction pairs an indigenous visionary with an orca scientist in the Pacific Northwest, as both work to address a shared extinction threat faced by resident orcas, and the Chinook salmon they need to survive.
Sponsored by:
morpheousStudios
Managed to Extinction pairs an indigenous visionary with an orca scientist in the Pacific Northwest, as both work to address a shared extinction threat faced by resident orcas, and the Chinook salmon they need to survive.
Jessica Plumb
Jessica Plumb is an award-winning filmmaker and writer known for exploring the relationship between people, and the land and waters that sustain us. She is the principal and creative director of Plumb Productions, a multi-media storytelling company specializing in short films focused on the environment, people and place.
Plumb is the Producer and Co-Director of the feature documentary “Return of the River,” a feature documentary chronicling the largest dam removal in history, the Elwha River restoration project. It has been recognized with over a dozen awards including “Best Storytelling” by the International Wildlife Film Festival, and “Best Writing” in science media. Her creative work has appeared in theaters and galleries throughout the United States and internationally; current projects include a video installation on climate change at the Seoul Museum of Art in South Korea.
CREDITS
Director
Jessica Plumb
Return of the River, Renewal, Call of the Orcas
Producer
Jessica Plumb
Return of the River, Renewal, Call of the Orcas
Producer
Bayley Silleck
Cosmic Voyage, Concerto for the Earth
Key Cast
Jay Julius
Former Tribal Chairman, Lummi Nation
Key Cast
Dr. Deborah Giles
Lead Researcher, Wild Orca
Film Awards
Best Writing, Science Media Awards
Project Impact Award, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
Emerging Filmmaker Award, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
Gold Jury Prize, Social Justice Film Festival
Best International Documentary, Kuala Lumpur
Best Storytelling, International Wildlife Film Festival
Best Conservation Message, International Wildlife Film Festival
Best Eco Film, Wine Country Festival
Conservation Media Grant Award, 2015
Audience Award & Jury Award, Port Townsend Film Festival
GAP Grant, Artist Trust, 2012
MORE ABOUT DIRECTOR JESSICA PLUMB
Plumb's video production company, Plumb Productions, produces short films on environmental topics for clients including HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, Olympic National Park, Nat Geo Learning, the Stanford Program on Water, Health & Development, the Clean Energy Transition Institute, Jefferson County Marine Resources Committee and numerous non-profit institutions. Her recent work includes two short films addressing the shared extinction threat facing Southern Resident Killer Whales and Chinook salmon in the Salish Sea.
Raised on the coast of Maine, Jessica has made her home on the Olympic Peninsula for almost two decades, close to the wilderness and waters she loves. Before moving to the Pacific Northwest, she worked in Boston and Beijing and served as interim editor of the Yale China Review. Plumb holds a B.A. from Yale University and an interdisciplinary MFA from Goddard College. She is currently a guest lecturer at the Seattle Film Institute on media and the environment
Film Awards
Best Writing, Science Media Awards
Project Impact Award, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
Emerging Filmmaker Award, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
Gold Jury Prize, Social Justice Film Festival
Best International Documentary, Kuala Lumpur
Best Storytelling, International Wildlife Film Festival
Best Conservation Message, International Wildlife Film Festival
Best Eco Film, Wine Country Festival
Conservation Media Grant Award, 2015
Audience Award & Jury Award, Port Townsend Film Festival
GAP Grant, Artist Trust, 2012
RECENT Writing & Publications
“The Edge of Ice and Sea”, Jessica Plumb, Orion Magazine
Celebrating the 10th! anniversary of dam removal on the Elwha: “A River Reawakened”, Jessica Plumb, Orion Magazine. This article was included in a collection of the best science and nature articles written in 2021. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2022 anthology was released on November 1, 2022
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2022 anthology
“Hiking Footprints vs. Carbon Footprint”, Jessica Plumb, Clean Energy Transition Institute
“Footprints: Hiking vs. Carbon”, Jessica Plumb, Mountaineer Magazine
“The Toll of Murky Skies on the Human Spirit”, Jessica Plumb, Seattle Times