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IN PRODUCTION!

Designed to bridge generations, this documentary explores the complexities of the fight to prevent North Atlantic Right Whale extinction as told through the advocacy of middle school student conservationists, their
dedicated teacher, a whale named Calvin and the scientists,
specialists and citizens who share her waters.  

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 Time is precious. With an estimated 380 North Atlantic Right Whales fighting the dangers of changing climate and human activity,
every minute counts. 
The right kids, the right time, the Right Whale.

Evangeline Meister, Film Host

Bill McWeeny, Educator and Scientist

Scott Kraus, Senior Scientist Emeritus, Ph.D.
New England Aquarium

Professor Sean Todd, Ph.D.
College of the Atlantic, Director Allied Whale

Megan McOsker, Teacher, Whale Researcher

Carla Guenther, Ph.D.
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries

Jim McMillan, Maine Fisherman

Amy Knowlton, Senior Scientist, New England Aquarium

Dr. Moira Brown Ph.D. and Mackie Green. Campobello Whale Rescue and Canadian Whale Institute.

Bob Bowman, Whale Researcher, Musician

Dan DenDanto, 
College of the Atlantic, Allied Whale,
Whales and Nails

Rob Martin, Massachusetts Fisherman

Zack Klyver, Marine Mammal Scientist, Educator, Flukes International

North Atlantic Right Whales are a protected and endangered species. Approaching closer than 500 yards is illegal.
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"It's Only Right" is funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by
the National Endowment for the arts.

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