A PASSION FOR OYSTERS

Followed by a panel discussion and a reception featuring oysters

Tisbury Waterways, Inc. (TWI) invites you to a screening of a new documentary film, A Passion for Oysters, followed by a panel discussion and oyster fest.

A film about oysters? Sure, oysters aren’t much to look at. You could say they are true and literal sticks in the mud. Yet these humble bivalves have inspired piracy, shooting wars and centuries of social and environmental conflict. All this ado about oysters is explored in A Passion for Oysters.

Sandy Cannon-Brown, a producer and the editor of A Passion for Oysters, is a resident of Vineyard Haven. She moved to Vineyard Haven in 2020 from the Chesapeake Bay, where she and her partners – writer Tom Horton and photographer Dave Harp – made many notable films about the Bay. A Passion for Oysters is their most recent.

The film, produced with the highest production values and an original music score, covers the history, life cycle, value of, and controversies about oysters. The film premiered at the Chesapeake Film Festival on Sept. 30, 2023. It will air on Maryland Public Television and other PBS stations and screen at other film festivals after the Island event. Among the comments from viewers: