Sharkwater

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Sharkwater
Promotional poster for Sharkwater
Directed byRob Stewart
Produced byRob Stewart
Narrated byRob Stewart
Paul Watson
Music byJeff Rona
Distributed byFreestyle Releasing
Release dates
  • September 11, 2006 (2006-09-11) (Toronto International Film Festival)
  • March 23, 2007 (2007-03-23) (United States)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Sharkwater is a 2006 Canadian documentary film written and directed by

sharks, changing government policy, and inspiring the creation of shark conservation groups, Sharkwater is considered one of conservation's success stories, resulting in shark finning being banned in over 90 countries.[1] In the film, Stewart documents current attitudes about sharks, and how shark-hunting industries are driving them to extinction
.

Sharkwater explores the densest shark hunting populations in the world,

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
.

Stewart travels with

shark-fin soup in Asia is fuelling an illegal trade in sharks. His expedition is cut short, however, when he is diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis
, from which he recovers.

Stewart discovers that sharks prevent the overconsumption of

mass extinctions
, they could be extinct within a few years.

The film has received 31 international awards.[2]

Sequel

Stewart was working on a sequel film, Sharkwater Extinction, at the time of his death in January 2017.[3] The film was completed by Team Sharkwater, and premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival in September. Rob Stewart's Parents, Brian and Sandy Stewart, said "[the] entire team stayed with it, everybody stepped up. We have people from all over the world — cinematographers, filmmakers, really important people — offering to help finish this, and that was really heartwarming."[4]

References

  1. ^ "Sharkwater Extinction Synopsis | Sharkwater Extinction". Sharkwater: Extinction. April 26, 2018.
  2. IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ET Canada
    , May 11, 2018.
  4. ^ "Sharkwater Extinction carries on late filmmaker Rob Stewart's vision, say his parents". September 7, 2018 – via Toronto Star.

External links

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