Newport Film screens “After the Bite,” a film examining how a Cape Cod community responded after a young man was killed by a shark attach at a popular beach. It will be shown on the  O’Hare Lawn at Salve Regina University. The venue opens at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 6. There will be live music by Chelley Knight & Chris Vaillancourt at 7 p.m.

There will be a pre-film conversation with Ivy Meerpool (director) and Megan Winton (Atlantic White Shark Conservancy), moderated by Erin Trahan (WBUR). The film starts at 8:30 p.m.

Suggested donation is $10 per person.

About the film

When a young man is killed by a shark at a popular beach on Cape Cod, the local community of lifeguards, fishermen, surfers, scientists, and citizen activists are forced to confront dramatic changes to their environment and way of life. “After the Bite” is a thoughtful exploration of how the Cape’s coastal community is renegotiating its relationship with the marine environment to consider the larger question that has plagued the human race since the industrial revolution: how far can we push nature before it bites back?