Watson (2019)

Directed by

Lesley Chilcott

Genre

documentary

Country

Costa Rica, Tonga, United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows environmental activist Paul Watson from his early days with Greenpeace through his founding of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. It shows his ongoing campaigns to stop illegal whaling and poaching on the high seas.

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What happens

Watson is a 2019 documentary film directed by Lesley Chilcott, which chronicles the life and activism of Canadian-American environmentalist Paul Watson, the youngest founding member of Greenpeace, and in 1977, the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2019 and was later released theatrically before airing on Animal Planet/Warner Bros. Discovery in December 2019 and into 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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