Sharkwater

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Director
Rob Stewart
Producer
Brian Stewart
Producer
Sandra Campbell
Writer
Rob Stewart

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Synopsis

Genre: Documentary

For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous journey into the balance of life on earth. Driven by passion fed from a life-long 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, Sharkwater takes you into the most shark-rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world's shark populations and the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

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 Ocean Warrior 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 with a few years of 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.

Latest Updates

Sharks find support far from sea

Published on: June 24, 2008

The Waterloo Record has posted an article about a group of kids who invited the producers of 'Sharkwater' to visit their school. The film was screened for the grade 7 class at Margaret Avenue Public School, and since then the students have been determined to help stop shark finning. Tyler MacLeod, the film's production manager spoke to the students.
"...Even if you don't click with the movie, click with the message," MacLeod told the students. "Be ambassadors. We're trying to start a revolution..."
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Sharkwater DVD review

Published on: May 29, 2008

UnderGroundOnline has posted a review of Rob Stewart's documentary 'Sharkwater'. The review goes over some of the alarming facts that the film covers and insists that you don't need to be a shark lover to love 'Sharkwater'.
"...Regardless if you like sharks or not, this is an amazing, eye-opening documentary. Even if you watched every Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, you'll feel like you knew nothing about sharks before watching this DVD..."
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Humans are the danger

Published on: May 28, 2008

A booming demand for shark flesh is the reason this beautiful animal is now facing extinction
The Guardian has posted an article written by Sharwater director Rob Stewart. He talks about the journey he took while making the film, his passion for sharks, and informs us of some alarming statistics along the way.
"...Each year, 100 million sharks are killed and no one bats an eyelid, largely because the public is petrified of sharks. The reality, as most divers know, is that sharks are mostly harmless to humans...."
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