Fog Eaters
When toxic mercury appears in California’s mountain lions, scientists trace the pollutant through the food web to a surprising culprit—the coastal fog itself. Director: Kyle Baker
EXPECTED GUEST
KYLE BAKER • Director
SCREENS WITH
HELLCAT: THE TRUE STORY OF AN UNREASONABLE TEXAN
Directed by Fax Bahr
One woman, a shrimp fisher, demonstrates the power of citizen-led action when she takes on corporate and governmental giants to protect her bay in a decades-long fight against industrial pollution on the Texas Gulf Coast. (US 2025, 91 min)
Program Notes
Film program 111 minutes | Fog Eaters is followed by a brief post-screening conversation before Hellcat, which is also followed by a post-screening conversation; total runtime approximately 148 minutes.
Director/s
Kyle Baker
Kyle Baker is a Bay Area-based documentary filmmaker and editor whose work often explores the intersections of history, labor, and more-than-human worlds. Academically trained in ethnomusicology, Kyle received his MFA in Social Documentation from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2020. His work has shown at the Telluride Film Festival, IDFA, the Mill Valley Film Festival, and community screenings around the country.
Tickets
This short film screens as part of Hellcat: The True Story of an Unreasonable Texan. Purchase tickets for that program below.
UC Santa Cruz