'Coyote Tracks' Premiere
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Join us Thursday, April 23 for the premiere "Coyote Tracks," the latest film from Executive Producer Wes Bruce, and Director Ryan Shoemaker at the Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park.
About the Film
"Coyote Tracks" is a genre-blurring cinematic journey where myth and reality intertwine through the eyes of a wandering Coyote. As he travels through an unfamiliar landscape, he gathers the stories of the people he encounters—transforming them into songs that reflect the spirit and memory of a community.
Developed over three years as part of an immersive installation by The Curious Life, the film is rooted in a deeply collaborative process across Indiana. Featuring local artists and cultural practitioners—including jazz musicians, a limestone sculptor, and an African dance collective—each participant plays a version of themselves, contributing to what the filmmakers describe as a “verité fantasy.”
At its core, "Coyote Tracks" explores how stories are created, shared, and carried forward. It serves as both a meditation on our overwhelming access to information and a reflection on the human need to find meaning within it. The film offers a poetic glimpse into the creative process—messy, beautiful, and ongoing—while honoring the ways communities preserve their histories through storytelling.
Event Details
6 p.m. -- Screening 1 + Panel
Panel: Hear from members of Fleet Science Center, New Children's Museum, and The Curious Life as they dive into the topics of museum work in a rapidly changing world, how to center community engagement in creative practice, and what it takes to realize bold, evolving projects within structures that demand certainty—from funding to governance to permitting.
8 p.m.-- Screening 2
Please Note: There will be photography and video recording during this event. By attending the event, you consent to and authorize, without further compensation, the use and reproduction of any film or photographs.
Fleet Science Center
Fleet Science Center features more than 100 interactive science exhibits in eight galleries, as well as major traveling exhibitions. Visitors can create colored shadows, design images with a sand pendulum, examine the vibration of guitar strings and get their hands on a variety of intriguing scientific phenomena. The Fleet Science Center is also home to the world’s first IMAX Dome Theater, presenting the biggest films on the planet. Its unique configuration wraps the audience in images and provides the illusion of being suspended in space. In 2008, the Fleet completed phase one of a two-phase project, refurbishing the theater’s interior, upgrading the sound system and replacing the original screen with a new seamless screen. In February 2012, phase two was completed, adding a state-of-the-art digital projection system to the theater. The Eugene Heikoff and Marilyn Jacobs Heikoff Dome Theater now shows both IMAX films and digital shows on the NanoSeamTM screen, offering audiences an immersive viewing experience available nowhere else in Southern California. Heikoff Dome Theater show topics take audiences from outer space to under water and every place in between, and are generally suitable for all ages. San Diego’s only Giant Dome Theater also plays host to planetarium shows, including the monthly Sky Tonight show, which is led by an astronomer and followed by outdoor telescope viewing, courtesy of the San Diego Astronomy Association. The Fleet Science Center is open daily at 10 a.m. and is open in the evenings during summer and on weekends. We're open on holidays, too--check our site or call 619-238-1233 for holiday hours. Since our opening in 1973, the Fleet has been the best-attended museum in the city and a Top 10 attraction in San Diego. We are located in beautiful Balboa Park, home to many of the city’s museums, as well as attractive gardens, intriguing architecture and picturesque fountains.
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