A movie called “Exploring Bloody Bay Wall” will show at the Smithsonian National Natural History Museum March 25, as part of the Washington DC Environmental Film Festival. It is directed and produced by David Conover, an award winning American documentary film and television director. His many credits include Islands in the Wind, Creating Synthetic Life, Sunrise Earth (a TV series), and The Vikings.

Bloody Bay Wall is a pristine coral reef wall located in a protected marine park off the coast of Little Cayman. In 2010, a group of scientists and filmmakers gathered to explore, dive and record changes on the reef.

Photographer Jim Hellemn captured the project with special equipment designed to create a super-size composite image of the wall.

Jim Hellemn created the image for the tile mosaic mural that lines the walls of the Caymana Bay observation tower, and his work is on display in the Ritz Carlton Hotel on Grand Cayman.

Mr. Hellemn’s work will also be featured in an exhibit entitled  “Creatures of Light” opening March 31st at the American Natural History Museum in New York. This exhibit explores the phenomena of bioluminescence in nature.

For more information on the “Exploring Bloody Bay Wall” project please visit: http://www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org/films/show/891