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June 02nd, 2026

In the Whale - Film Screening and Q&A

With Boston-based, award-winning filmmaker David Abel

Film screening and Q&A with filmmaker David Abel about survival story, In the Whale

IN THE WHALE is arguably the greatest fish story ever told, though this one is true. It’s the account of a man who survived to tell the tale of being swallowed by a whale, and what happened after he escaped. You can see the trailer and more about the film here: www.inthewhalefilm.com  

David Abel is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who covers climate change for The Boston Globe. He is also a professor of the practice at Boston University. Abel’s work has won an Edward R. Murrow Award, the Ernie Pyle Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation, and the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Feature Reporting. His most recent film, “Entangled,” which was broadcast by PBS’s World Channel, was nominated for a 2022 Emmy, won a Jackson Wild award, known as the Oscars of nature films, and Best Feature Film at the International Wildlife Film Festival, among other awards. Abel's other new film, "In the Whale," won the Audience Choice Award at the New Hampshire Film Festival and Best New England Film at the Mystic Film Festival. Abel previously co-directed and produced “Sacred Cod,” which was broadcast by the Discovery Channel. He also directed and produced two films about the Boston Marathon bombings, which were broadcast on BBC World News and Discovery Life. His other films include “Lobster War,” which won “Best New England Film'' at the Mystic Film Festival, and “Gladesmen: The Last of the Sawgrass Cowboys,” which won the Miami Film Festival’s Knight Made in Miami Award. Abel, who began learning to make films as a Nieman fellow at Harvard University, is producer, director, writer, and cinematographer of Inundation District and In the Whale.

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Thank you to our summer programming sponsors: Cornerstone Bank, Country Bank, Price Chopper Golub Foundation, AllOne Credit Union, bankHometown, Bob’s Discount Furniture, UniBank, Friends of the Worcester Public Library, and Worcester Public Library Foundation. 

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