Posted by Larry Gleeson
SPECIAL SCREENING – National Geographic Grosvenor Auditorium
SEA OF SHADOWS – Screened today at 2 p.m. Followed by a National Geographic reception. This environmental thriller was every bit as gripping and nail-biting as any pulp novel but with real world consequences for the Sea of Cortez. Trapped in nets used to catch the totoaba — a large fish whose bladders are highly prized in China for their supposed anti-aging properties — the vaquita gets tossed aside as collateral damage. While Mexican drug cartels seek to capitalize on this lucrative, illegal market, the Mexican government, conservationists and a famous TV reporter fight to save the vaquita. But with fewer than 10 vaquita left in the world, time is running out. Winner of the Audience Award in the Sundance World Cinema Documentary Competition. –Ken Jacobson
Details
Country: Austria
Year: 2019
Director: Richard Ladkani
Producers: Walter Köhler, Wolfgang Knöpfler
Executive Producers: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson, Phillip Watson, Scott Z. Burns
Director of Photography: Richard Ladkani
Editors: Georg Fischer, Verena Schönauer
Music: H. Scott Salinas
Running Time (minutes): 105
Language: English, Spanish