July film highlights San Francisco’s Coast Guard Search and Rescue crews

The Dock-U-Mentaries Film Series continues on Friday, July 15th at 7:00 PM with Guardians of the Gate: The Surfboats. Dock-U-Mentaries is a co-production of New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park and the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center. Films about the working waterfront are screened on the third Friday of each month beginning at 7:00 PM in the theater of the Corson Maritime Learning Center, located at 33 William Street in downtown New Bedford. All programs are open to the public and presented free of charge.

Guardians of the Gates takes a hard look at the elite Coast Guard SAR (Search and Rescue) crews that conduct over 600 rescues a year. Filmed at the nation’s second busiest Coast Guard station–located right next to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco-Guardians takes an inside look at what makes these individuals put their lives on the line every day. Produced and directed by David Wittkower, winner of over 27 film festival awards, Guardians is his most intense film yet. To view a trailer visit: www.youtube.com