For Mankiewicz the crucial issue is getting the oysters not only to survive but also to thrive.

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The irony that oysters are being recruited to restore the health of the waters that once killed them off is not lost on Mankiewicz.

FORBES: Oysters Are Back In New York City Waters

"You have to remember that the best biochemists on the planet are probably organisms, " said Paul Mankiewicz, of the Gaia Institute, which works on environmental issues.

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King: A Filmed Record, Montgomery to Memphis (January 17), the landmark 1970 documentary directed by Sidney Lumet and Joseph Mankiewicz, combining vivid archival footage of Dr. King and the events of the civil rights movement with interviews and testimonials filmed after his death, shown in a 35mm archival print from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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