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Completed - ENGLISH, FRENCH - Documentary - 87 minutes

Log Line

Stewart's remarkable journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the world's sharks, into a fight for his life, and that of humankind.

Year of production : 2006

Director(s) : Rob STEWART
Writer(s) : Rob STEWART
Cast : Paul WATSON, Rob STEWART

Producer(s) : Brian STEWART, Rob STEWART, Sandy CAMPBELL

Synopsis

For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous life journey into the balance of life on earth.
Driven by passion fed from a lifelong fascination with sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas.
Filmed in visually stunning, high definition video, Sharkwater takes you into the most shark rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world's shark populations in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Sharkwater Shot in high Definition
In an effort to protect sharks, Stewart teams up with renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Their unbelievable adventure together starts with a battle between the Sea Shepherd and shark poachers in Guatemala, resulting in pirate boat rammings, gunboat chases, mafia espionage, corrupt court systems and attempted murder charges, forcing them to flee for their lives.
Through it all, Stewart discovers these magnificent creatures have gone from predator to prey, and how despite surviving the earth's history of mass extinctions, they could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed.
Stewart's remarkable journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the world's sharks, into a fight for his life, and that of humankind.

Production

Country(ies) : CANADA

Financing plan : NA

CHINA CHAMPS LIS INTE
DENMARK Jul 11, 2008 MIRACLE FILM DI
FRANCE MK2 FILMS
GERMANY Apr 10, 2008 POLYBAND MEDIEN
NETHERLAND PARADISO FILMED
SPAIN Dec 12, 2008 VERTICE CINE
SWEDEN May 30, 2008 ATLANTIC FILM A
SWITZERLAN MONT BLANC DIST


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