Enjoy an open-air silent movie at Munro Preserve in collaboration with the Mattapoisett Museum and the Mattapoisett Land Trust. The movie, Down to the Sea in Ships, will be shown 7:30-9:30 pm on Thursday August 24 at the Munro Preserve on the corner of Water Street and Main Street.
The film contains semidocumentary footage of whalers at work and was shot in historic locations in New England, most notably in New Bedford, at the Apponegansett Meeting House in Dartmouth and on Water Street in Mattapoisett.
The authenticity of the whaling scenes are noted in the opening screen credits, which praise the bravery of the cameramen, “who, in small boats, stood by their cameras at the risk of their lives to photograph the fighting whales.” The Charles W. Morgan was one of the whaling ships used in the film.
Please bring your own blanket or chairs to sit on, relax and enjoy the show.