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title: "A film about a Laysan Albatross wins a Telly Award"
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# A film about a Laysan Albatross wins a Telly Award

"Kalama's Journey: One Mōlī's Story Among Millions" has received a bronze [Telly Award](https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2019/non-broadcast/general-nature-wildlife/kalamas-journey-one-molis-story-among-millions/218993/) in the [Nature and Wildlife](https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2019/non-broadcast/general-nature-wildlife) Category.  The [eight-minute film](https://vimeo.com/297216910) was written and produced  by author and photographer,[Hob Osterlund](https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2523-book-review-holy-moli-a-personal-journey-with-albatrosses?highlight=WyJvc3Rlcmx1bmQiLCJvc3Rlcmx1bmQncyJd), a resident of Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands.  Hob founded the [Kauai Albatross Network](http://www.albatrosskauai.org/wp/) and is a [Fellow](http://safinacenter.org/programs/safina-center-fellows/hob-osterlund/) of the [Safina Center](http://safinacenter.org).  [Rosemary Rawcliffe](https://www.frameofmindfilms.com/who-we-are/our-team) of [Frame of Mind Films](https://www.frameofmindfilms.com/) and [Carl Safina](http://safinacenter.org) (author of the 2002 book  [Eye of the Albatross. Visions of Hope and Survival](http://carlsafina.org/book/eye-of-the-albatross/)) acted as Executive Producers.

 ![](https://www.acap.aq/images/Kalamas_journey.jpg)

 ![](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/L/Laysan/Kalama.Laysan.Hob.Osterlund.jpg)

 Kalama starts to lose her down

 Previously, *ACAP Latest News* wrote:

 “Kalama, a [globally Near Threatened](http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/22698365) Laysan Albatross *Phoebastria immutabilis* chick on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, became well known by being the subject of a live-streaming “[albicam](https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/1861-lights-camera-action-follow-the-fortunes-of-a-laysan-albatross-chick-in-a-hawaiian-suburban-garden?highlight=WyJjb3JuZWxsIl0=)”, hosted and operated by the [Cornell Lab of Ornithology](http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Page.aspx?pid=1478).  The video takes the watcher through the hatching, rearing and fledging of an albatross chick reared by an all-female pair.  The audio discusses the problems of sea-level rise and the importance of Kauai’s breeding albatrosses protected from climate change by nesting at altitude on bluff and cliff tops” ([click here](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3143-kalama-s-journey-a-laysan-albatross-gets-filmed-from-hatching-to-fledging?highlight=WyJrYWxhbWEncyIsImthbGFtYSJd)).

 "[The Telly Awards](https://www.tellyawards.com/) is the premier award honouring video and television across all screens. Established in 1979, The Telly Awards receives over 12,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents. Entrants are judged by The Telly Awards Judging Council - an industry body of over 200 leading experts including advertising agencies, production companies, and major television networks, reflective of the multi-screen industry The Telly Awards celebrates."

 Hob Osterlund is the author of [*Holy Mōlī: Albatross and other Ancestors*](http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/holy-mōlī).  [Click here](https://www.acap.aq/en/news/latest-news/2523-book-review-holy-moli-a-personal-journey-with-albatrosses?highlight=WyJvc3Rlcmx1bmQiLCJvc3Rlcmx1bmQncyJd) for the *ACAP Latest News*review of her book.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 31 May 2019*

 ![](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/L/Laysan/Kalama.Laysan.mother.Hob.Osterlund.jpg)

 One of the female parents incubates Kalama's egg

 Photographs by Hob Osterlund