New series features science documentaries and expert presentations

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Tracy Phillips Event Experience Manager | Long Center for Performing Arts

The University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences is collaborating with Sandbox Films to present a new series featuring presentations by researchers and experts. Each event will include an in-person presentation alongside a science-themed documentary produced by Sandbox Films, known for its Oscar-nominated work that explores scientific inquiry.

The series will showcase "The Arc of Oblivion," a film from executive producer Werner Herzog and director Ian Cheney. The documentary takes viewers on a journey through various locations, including salt mines in the Alps, fjords in the Arctic, and ancient libraries in the Sahara. The film examines archives, record-keeping, and memory against the backdrop of Cheney's quest to build an ark in Maine.

This collaboration aims to highlight "humankind’s weird, messy, brilliant way of navigating the world."