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Trash Film for Golden Gate Audubon Society: Doing Our Part

October 7, 2018 Leave a Comment

Filmaker Nancy Brink examines marine trash with guide Jeremiah Mellor.

Follow Jeremiah and his friends as they explore the beauty of the San Francisco Bay and its wild inhabitants, and learn what they can do to help clean up the bay and stop threats from marine trash.

Artist in Resonance, film premiere

April 28, 2016 Leave a Comment

Trudy Myrrh Reagan, Artist in Resonance

Artist in Resonance: a consideration of art, science and patterns in nature, with Trudy Myrrh Reagan, premiered on March 11, 2016, at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto.

The Spirit of BCCO

April 7, 2016 Leave a Comment

The Spirit of BCCO, a video

The Spirit of BCCO was produced to be shown at the beginning of the chorus’s 50th Anniversary retrospective concert series in January 2015. It was an emotional start to the evening for both audience and chorus members.

Madison Group 50th Anniversary

March 31, 2016 Leave a Comment

Peregrine Falcon. Photo by Nancy Sue Brink

In November 2015, I documented the 49th annual Raptor Research Foundation Conference, where more than 400 raptor biologists celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Madison Group Conference.

Aspire to the Stars: the gifts of Arlene Sagan

March 3, 2016 Leave a Comment

Still of Arlene Sagan from the video Aspire to the Stars by Nancy Sue Brink

Over the past 10 years I’ve done quite a bit of work with BCCO, including this portrait of the late Arlene Sagan, produced with Karen Davison. I love working with images and music, integrating music and sound in a way that carries but doesn’t overwhelm the story.

Rare birds: a video for Pandemonium Aviaries

January 3, 2016 Leave a Comment

Nancy records Tico, a blue and gold macaw, at Pandemonium Aviaries.

I had the rare privilege of filming Pandemonium Aviaries, founded by Michelle Raffin. She started this amazing endeavor, almost by accident, when she rescued an injured white dove on the side of the road.

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