The Center for the Documentary at the College of Charleston’s film “Slow Ride: The Life and Times along the S.C. Intracoastal Waterway” will premiere on Thanksgiving night at 10:00 p.m. on ETV’s Southern Lens. The 30-minute documentary looks at the ecologic, economic, historic and commercial aspects of the intracoastal waterway between Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head.

“Growing up here I know that the waterway is our Route 66 – more than a way to get from border to border to accommodate a hurried life,” said Tim Fennell, who directed the film. “It is a way of life, and those that work and live along the waterway have some great stories to tell. Our job at the Center for the Documentary is to document the people, culture and history of S.C. and the waterway has been an important part of the lives of Carolinians, in terms of commercial trade, recreation and transportation.”

The Center’s crew traveled to North Carolina to look at “The Ditch,” a high stretch of ground behind Myrtle Beach that was dug in the 1930s. He spent time at Georgetown’s historic Mansfield Plantation and the Santee Delta near McClellanville and spent a day with a family that lives on secluded Goat Island.  College of Charleston biology professors Phil Dustan and Gorka Sancho talk about the waterway at an interview at Dixie Plantation.

Mark Bryan, member of Hootie and the Blowfish and a professor at the College of Charleston, recorded original music for the soundtrack and the film is narrated by theatre professor Joy Vandervort-Cobb.

Dave Brown, Julie Beatty and J.J. Corbett also contributed to the film.

The Documentary Premiere will be held on November 20 at the South Carolina Aquarium at 100 Aquarium Wharf.

For more information, contact Tim Fennell at 843.953.8164.