CLEVELAND (March 31, 2025) – Discover the secret world of the Spirit Bear on a journey through the salmon river valleys to the ice-capped peaks of the Coast Mountains as Great Lakes Science Center presents “Great Bear Rainforest,” now open in the Cleveland Clinic DOME Theater.
“The Great Bear Rainforest is one of the last truly wild places left on Earth and has immense value both ecologically and culturally,” says director Ian McAllister. “Many people don’t know about this ancient rainforest and the indigenous people who have helped protect it for thousands of years, and we hope audiences will leave theaters inspired that an extraordinary world of such natural wonder and splendor still exists.”
McAllister and his crew spent three years filming throughout the remote reaches of the Great Bear Rainforest. Their unprecedented footage of the unspoiled, unsung wilderness of Canada’s primordial rainforest provides an experiential taste of a magnificent realm where ocean, forest, mountain and river meet in a mighty convergence. Great Bear Rainforest celebrates a place that could only have thrived—and will only continue to thrive—through sustained co-existence between humans, land and sea animals, and the natural environment.
Narrated by actor Ryan Reynolds, the film celebrates the intricate interconnections of the world’s largest temperate coastal rainforests. Hidden from the outside world, the Great Bear Rainforest is a sanctuary to a stunning diversity of wildlife, including the fabled all-white Spirit Bear–the rarest bear on Earth—and the indigenous First Nations people, who have provided stewardship of the forest for millennia. It is the largest temperate coastal rainforest in the world and has remained relatively unchanged for more than 10,000 years.
Great Bear Rainforest will screen on weekdays at noon, 2 p.m., and 4 p.m., with a 5 p.m. screening on Thursday evenings and at 11 a.m. on weekends.
About Great Lakes Science Center
Great Lakes Science Center is one of the top ten museums in the nation as celebrated by the 2025 USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice travel award for Best Science Museum. The Science Center hosted Total Eclipse Fest in 2024, one of the largest free eclipse events in the country and is home to the NASA Glenn Visitor Center. The Science Center makes science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) come alive for more than 300,000 visitors a year through hundreds of hands-on exhibits, temporary exhibitions, the Cleveland Clinic DOME Theater, historic Steamship William G. Mather, daily science demonstrations, seasonal camps, and more. The Science Center, a 501(c)(3) non-profit institution, earned a 2023 Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid, a leading provider of insight and data about the non-profit world. The Science Center is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. Visit GreatScience.com for more information.