Nick Budabin
Nick Budabin is an award-winning filmmaker, EMMY® Award-winning producer and TV show runner. His television work includes productions for YouTube, MTV and OWN. Nick’s first feature documentary Chi-Town premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival and went on to win the Audience Award at the Black Harvest Film Festival in Chicago and Best Director at the Las Cruces Film Festival in New Mexico.
Communities along Cape Cod’s shores struggle with how to move forward after an increase in the population of great white sharks circling near their beaches. With the number of shark encounters on the rise, including a fatal attack that claimed the life of a young man, fear is keeping people out of the water and impacting the livelihoods of residents who rely on tourist dollars to sustain their businesses.
Great White Summer explores the human stories behind the unfolding crisis taking place on shore. Tensions between scientists promoting more research and changes in human interaction with the ocean aren’t sitting well with some residents. New technologies and innovative approaches offer hope to a community desperately in search of answers.
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