Major environmental group and Rio Films agree to collaborate on film project

Major environmental group agrees to work with an independent film maker on a nature documentary about the Channel Islands of southern California. This will be the first film in over twenty years about the Channel Islands.

(PRWEB) April 2, 2004 -- The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California has agreed to act as the fiscal sponsor for the Rio Films documentary, Channel Islands Adventure, thereby strengthening the film companys ties with the environmental movement on the West Coast.

We are all excited about this development," says Alan De Herrera, director and producer of Channel Islands Adventure. The Marine Mammal Center is the largest marine mammal rescue organization on the West Coast. Its willingness to be our fiscal sponsor will demonstrate to foundations how serious we are in communicating our environmental message to the public."

Channel Islands Adventure will be an educational film about the Channel Islands of southern California. This will be the most complete photographic record of the Channel Islands that has ever been filmed," says De Herrera. It will highlight the ecology and marine life of this natural treasure. We also intend to show on film some of the scientific research that is currently being conducted in and around the islands. The finished product will be an amazing documentary that will educate the public, particularly elementary and secondary school students."

Mr. De Herreras confidence in the films outcome stems from his experience with the last Rio Films project, California Sea Lions, which will be shown to the public at the Newport Beach Film Festival in April. We have taken what we learned in filming California Sea Lions and are applying it to Channel Islands Adventure, explains De Herrera. Although this project is still in its early stages, we already have a major cable channel interested in some of the footage. I am convinced Channel Islands Adventure will be a film everyone will want to see."

Mr. De Herrera is as dedicated to environmental causes as he is to making films. We have worked, and are currently working, with marine environmental groups all over the country. The ecosystem of the ocean is a very fragile work of art, and any imbalance can affect not only marine mammals, but also the fish and birds that depend on the ocean for sustenance. The more the general public knows about marine ecology, the more they will appreciate the need for conservation, That public awareness is a goal every environmentalist needs to strive for, and Rio Films is committed to such education."

Mr. De Herrera is available for interviews and can be reached at (714) 401-8610. For more information about Rio Films and its projects, please check the company website at http://www.rioflims.com