Selected press

REVIEW: “A Film That Makes the Static Lives of Oysters Into a Wondrous Tale”

by Alissa Wilkinson

the New York Times - sept 6 2024

Review: '“Holding Back the Tide”

By Brandon Ledet

SwampFlix - December 14, 2024

“Nature Nuggets: Episode 25 - Holding Back the Tide”

Interview by Laurel Sutherlin

Radio Kingston - Oct 12 2024

Ep. 651: …Holding Back the Tide…”

Hosted by Dave White & Alonso Duralde

Linoleum Knife Podcast - Oct 12 2024

“Emily Packer on Making the World an Oyster in ‘HOlding Back the Tide’”

Interview by Steven Saito

The Moveable Feast - Oct 2 2024

Ep. 821: Erik Nelson & Emily Packer

Hosted by Adam Schartoff

FilmWax Radio - sept 28 2024

REVIEW: “Holding Back the Tide” - Emily Packer

by Luke Gorham

In Review Online - sept 9 2024

“The Feedback: Emily Packer’s Many Forms of Hybridity in ‘Holding Back the Tide’”

By Lauren Wissot

IDA - Sept 9 2024

“Holding Back the Tide - Director Emily packer”

From Film School Radio with Mike Kaspar

Sept 6 2024

REVIEW: “Holding Back the TIde”

By Jeffery Berg

Film-Forward - Sept 5 2024

“My serendipitous stint as a fishmonger-filmmaker” - guest essay from Emily packer

by Emily packer - edited by nick dawson

talkhouse - sept 4 2024

“Bread & Oysters… “Holding Back the Tide” at DCTV Firehouse Sept. 6”

By Herbert Gambill

Mystery Catalog - Sept 4 2024

“Holding Back the Tide”: A Film About Oysters

Cat Radio Cafe - hosted by Janet Coleman & David Dozer

WBAI-NYC - sept 3 2024

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reconsider the oyster: emily packer on holding back the tide

By sonia shechet epstein

sloan science & film- aug 30 2024

HOLDING BACK THE TIDE TRAILER: NEW DOCUMENTARY CHRONICLES THE OYSTER AS A QUEER ICON

BY M.J. o’toole

Hammer to Nail - August 28 2024

exclusive trailer for “holding back the tide” imagines the oysters as a queer icon

By Jordan Raup

the film stage - aug 21 2024

Former Marin Resident Reconsiders the Humble Oyster in Dreamy Documentary

By Daniel Bromfield

Marin Independent Journal - April 11 2024

Grasshopper Film acquires ‘Holding Back the Tide’ Queer hybrid documentary…"

By Christopher Vourlias

Variety - March 7 2024

HOLDING BACK THE TIDE Review:

Be Gay Eat Oysters

By Larry Fried

POV Magazine - Nov. 17 2023

Emily Packer, Experimental Filmmaker: “Invite new visionaries to the forefront by taking turns in the directorial hot seat”

BY CHRIS O’FLAHERTY
Wild Media Journal, Dec 2022