Encircle Films presents ‘Cigarette Surfboard’ March 19

(Clip from The Cigarette Surfboard trailer)

After a young designer realizes that a surfboard – which he crafted from thousands of littered cigarette butts picked up off California beaches – could captivate the eyes of millions across the globe, he decides to use it as the impetus to do something more.

The Cigarette Surfboards become a platform to spark ocean stewardship and the symbol of a campaign to hold Big Tobacco accountable for their toxic, plastic waste. Surfing is the medium, but the message is universal.

Encircle Films presents “The Cigarette Surfboard” at The Art House on Thursday, March 19 (6:30 p.m.), a documentary using “ciggy” butts and surfing to build ocean mindfulness and stewardship. See how two Santa Cruz surfers started a movement to get rid of cigarette filters that litter our beaches.

(Clip from The Cigarette Surfboard trailer)

Also joining us will be surfer Eric Sharman and filmmaker Patrick Chapman with their short film “14,000 Miles to Chile.” The film documents Eric’s plan to ride a motorcycle from Coos Bay to Tierra del Fuego, cleaning up the beaches along the way and inspiring others to do the same.

For more information, see the EncircleFilms.org.

Read by Robin Bloomgarden for KEPW Newsday.