Coming to DCTV this Sept! tinyurl.com/4uxv4ray

"The term “queer icon” is thrown around quite loosely these days, but never has the title been stretched greater than to include the New York oyster." – POV Magazine Join us for the NY theatrical run of HOLDING BACK THE TIDE opening Sep 6! firehousecinema.dctvny.org/holdingback Grasshopper Film

Emily Packer's documentary HOLDING BACK THE TIDE captures the life of the oyster in NYC through a poetic, queer lens. Check out the official trailer. Opening in select theaters starting September 6 from Grasshopper Film. hammertonail.com/trailer/holdin…

Announcing a special guest for Holding Back the Tide's opening night at DCTV 's Firehouse Cinema: Billion Oyster 's Executive Director Pete Malinowski! We can't wait to hear what he has to say about our film. Grab your tickets here: lnkd.in/ekFfdpeF

HOLDING BACK THE TIDE, a new hybrid doc set in New York City, urges viewers to "reconsider the oyster." #ScienceAndFilm spoke with director Emily Packer 🦪scienceandfilm.org/articles/3643/…

Another Q&A announcement - Bedatri D Choudhury। বেদত্রী will join director Emily Packer ON Sunday Sept 8th at DCTV Tickets available now: tinyurl.com/4uxv4ray

"With rising sea levels and increases in erratic tropical storms, I was curious about what “the city” was willing to invest in its own survival and the necessary optimism of environmental activists and oyster laborers..." -Emily Packer at Talkhouse talkhouse.com/my-serendipito…

Emily Packer on selling fish as an essential worker while making her new documentary #HoldingBacktheTide talkhouse.com/my-serendipito…

My review of two must-see docs which open in NYC this Friday, Sept. 6. Sylvia Savadjian DCTV Alamo Drafthouse NYC Grasshopper Film Outsider Pictures mysterycatalog.com/2024/09/bread-…

Another banger special guest announcement! Esther Fallick, Shayna Maci Warner, and our star Aasia Taylor-Patterson are going to rock DCTV 's Firehouse Cinema after our screening this Saturday night! Get your tickets here: tinyurl.com/4uxv4ray

Opening day! "Holding Back the Tide feels like both an elegy and a prophecy, looking toward both past and future to imagine what kind of possibilities oysters represent." -The New York Times marginalgapfilms Grasshopper Film DCTV DOC NYC nytimes.com/2024/09/06/mov…

We open tonight at DCTV's Firehouse Cinema with a special Q&A with Pete from Billion Oyster ! Come through!

We’re in Deadline deadline.com/2024/09/indie-…

Another great talkback last night

#DocumentaryMag caught up with filmmaker Emily Packer to learn about ‘Holding Back the Tide’ - from its Hurricane Sandy origins to the intersectional queer production process. The film is playing at DCTV until Sept. 12, with LA premiere at Laemmle Theaters on Oct. 4.

Bringing our film to LA this week! See you there? laemmle.com/film/holding-b…

Holding Back the Tide opens in LA on Wednesday! Laemmle Monica Film Center Laemmle Theatres

Review: ‘Holding Back the Tide’ is an Experimental Documentary on the Fluidity of Identity and Nature themoviebuff.net/2024/10/review…

Holding Back the Tide is now available to watch on demand! Available for rent or purchase through iTunes/Apple, Amazon, and Grasshopper Film ‘s platform Grasshopper Watch.

Best Experimental Film: THE BALLAD OF SUZANNE CÉSAIRE