The Great Tidepool

The short film, The Great Tidepool, uncovers the innovative process renowned marine biologist Ed Ricketts developed as he worked to understand
intertidal life and its interconnections.

Although common descriptions of Ricketts in
his lifetime, show him as an eccentric amateur (Steinbeck's Cannery Row), his pioneering seashore guidebook Between Pacific Tides has stood the test of time.

The movie was filmed in the tidepools of Pacific Grove where Ricketts himself worked in the 1930s. Using detailed handwritten collecting notes and an extensive card catalog, Ricketts revealed a scientific system that foreshadowed current ecological research.

Join filmmakers Steven and Mary Albert as they discuss and present their film The Great Tidepool.