2026 Sarasota Film Festival
Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers
Screenings
- 📅
Tuesday, April 14 at 6:30 PM EDT
Ends 8:30 PM EDT
📍New College of Florida/Sainer Pavilion
5313 Bay Shore Rd, Sarasota, FL, 34243
About This Screening
Special Guests In Attendance for Q&A
ENCORE -- Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers
📅Saturday, April 18 at 12:00 PM EDT
Ends 2:00 PM EDT
📍New College of Florida/Sainer Pavilion
5313 Bay Shore Rd, Sarasota, FL, 34243
About This Screening
Folks, this is a special event that's followed by a concert from the reunited Coral Reefers band on the New College campus. If you'd like to get tickets to the film + reserve a seat at the concert, you can get those tickets together. The concert is free but there's limited admission so if you'd like to reserve your space there, get your tickets now!
About this film
Occupational Hazard traces the origins and evolution of Jimmy Buffett’s original Coral Reefer Band during the 1970s and early 1980s—a group of wildly talented, often unruly characters whose creative energy and personal chemistry helped define Buffett’s most iconic early work. Set largely in Key West, a place the bandmates describe as having its own rhythm and creative spark, the film delves into how this laid-back island community shaped not only the music but the mindset of the early Coral Reefers. Through rare, never-before-seen archival footage and deeply personal interviews with founding members, tour managers, producers and music legends, Occupational Hazard captures the camaraderie, chaos, and magic of an era that thrived on freedom and lived without a rulebook.
In Attendance: Director John H. Cunningham, Producer Ted E. Haynes
Credits
- Director
- John H. Cunningham
- Producer
- John H. Cunningham, Ted E. Haynes
- Screenwriter
- John H. Cunningham
- Editor
- Richard Lowe
- Composer
- Roger Bartlett
