Sea of Shadows (2019)

Directed by

Richard Ladkani

Genre

documentary film

Country

Australia, Austria, United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

6

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 57 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Activists, scientists, and navy personnel work together to stop the extinction of the vaquita porpoise. They battle cartels and poachers who are destroying the ocean for a profitable fish part.

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What happens

Sea of Shadows is a 2019 Austrian documentary about environmental activists (Sea Shepherd), the Mexican Navy, marine scientists and undercover investigators trying to prevent the extinction of the vaquita, a species of porpoise and the smallest whale in the world, by pulling gillnets, doing research, and fighting back Mexican cartels and Chinese mafia who are destroying ocean habitats in their brutal pursuit to harvest the swim bladder of the totoaba fish, known as the "cocaine of the sea". The 1 hour and 44 minutes long film is directed by Richard Ladkani. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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