Throughout three years of my university life, I knew that York provides us services for free as students, but I was ignorant that one of their services was free access to movies. I have always thought the types of services offered were strictly school-related such as helping students improve their writing or borrowing laptops to do assignments. I was first virtually introduced to the Sound and Image Library by my professor in BIOL 4095, I was surprised and then skeptical at this discovery. Skeptical when I was told it allows us free access to movies because I assumed that it was only educational movies.
I went to check out the Sound and Image Library website right after class ended and how wrong my assumption was, not only were educational films listed on there but other kinds of non-school-related films as well! While I was searching for a film to nominate for the film festival, one film, in particular, caught my eye, “The Whale and the Raven”. As someone with a love for animals and wanting to pursue the animal route of biology, I’m always on the lookout for any animal documentaries to expand my knowledge and the description definitely did. This film demonstrates the effects of the gas industry on oceanic animals which can be related back to the effect of climate change and global warming because many large industries that only care about money have large impacts on Earth. With how important biodiversity is, the loss of species will have a large impact and this film gives the audience a perspective on what will/is happening. The ocean is a vast area with many undiscovered species in the deep sea, learning anything about aquatic animals is a privilege.
Applied Plant Ecology Winter 2020 