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Richard LadkaniSävellys:
H. Scott SalinasNäyttelijät:
Romel Eduardo Ledezma Abaroa, Rafael Pacchiano Alamán, Hector Capetillo, Andrea Crosta, Marc Davis, Carlos Loret de Mola, Jack Hutton (lisää)Suoratoistopalvelut (1)
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The Sea of Cortez is facing total collapse because of a war at sea. Mexican drug cartels have discovered the “cocaine of the sea,” a valuable fish called the totoaba - which is at the center of a multimillion-dollar business with the Chinese Mafia. To find the fish, these cartels are destroying the ecosystem with illegal gill nets and, in doing so, are killing the Earth’s smallest whale - the vaquita. Local fishermen, caught between the tight grip of the cartel and fighting to protect their livelihood, find themselves in a desperate dance for survival. A dramatic documentary thriller, Sea of Shadows follows undercover investigators, environmentalists, journalists, and the Mexican navy in their furious, last-minute efforts to rescue the vaquita from extinction and uncover this expansive black-market ring. Filmmaker Richard Ladkani finds incredible access and paints a 360-degree view, capturing striking observational footage of the action to protect the Sea of Cortez, which Jacques Cousteau called “the aquarium of the world.” Saving the vaquita means saving an entire sea - and the critical balance of nature. (Sundance Film Festival)
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The comparison to a documentary thriller is really appropriate in the case of Sea of Shadows. The documentary follows the intense struggle of activists and agents against the illegal trade in meagre air bladders that threatens the lives of other species in the Gulf of California. At times the documentary has a truly dark, almost thriller-like atmosphere, and all involved deserve high praise for the courage with which they went about filming to draw attention to an issue that is overlooked by many. Illegal fishing linked to organised crime and Asian traffickers seems to be a really complex problem and it makes you shudder to see what people are capable of for money. I was intrigued by the work to rescue the porpoises, the implementation of which ran into all sorts of obstacles. On the one hand, the film points an erect index finger at human greed, recklessness and callousness, but on the other, it highlights the efforts of a group of people to make the world a better, more considerate and safer place.
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