The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice
Kathy Kasic ⏐ Director, Cinematographer
June 27 ⏐ Dubuque Museum of Art ⏐ 4 PM
Synopsis: A covert Cold War-era military camp in Greenland unearthed 400,000-year-old plant remains from deep under the ice sheet – stunning evidence the region was once ice-free. The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice is an Emmy Nominated award-winning documentary about scientists who apply cutting-edge science to a forgotten core and the implications for sea level rise and our socio-economic future. A film by Metamorph Films, directed by Kathy Kasic.
Bio: Kathy Kasic is a filmmaker/principal of Metamorph Films and an Associate Professor of Film at California State University Sacramento. Kathy has extensive experience working in every biome on the planet from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from tropical forests and rivers to ice fields. Over the years her work has received many accolades, including an Emmy for Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary and the Career Award for Best Environmental Filmmaking from the Wild and Scenic Film Festival and has featured on Arte, BBC, Curiosity Stream, National Geographic, PBS, and NPR, as well as museums, art galleries and prestigious film festivals worldwide. Among her work on more than 50+ documentaries, Kasic has field directed for BBC’s Earth Shot: Repairing Our Planet (feat. David Attenborough and Prince William) and directed/produced The Lake at the Bottom of the World, a sensory vérité feature film about an international team of scientists exploring a subglacial lake 3,600 feet beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Her most recent film, The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice, fuses science with historical intrigue and investigates the potential for the disappearance of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The latter won an Emmy for Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary at the News and Documentary Emmys and the career award for Environmental Filmmaking at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival. Kasic’s goal is to shed light on our interdependence with nature, hoping to engender a stronger environmental ethic in our society.
