A Plastic Ocean
Water
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21m
A Plastic Ocean begins when journalist Craig Leeson, searching for the elusive blue whale, discovers plastic waste in what should be pristine ocean. In this adventure documentary, Craig teams up with free diver Tanya Streeter and an international team of scientists and researchers. They travel to twenty locations around the world over the next four years to explore the fragile state of our oceans, uncover alarming truths about plastic pollution, and reveal working solutions that can be put into immediate effect.
Director & Producer: Craig Leeson
2016 | 22 min
USA | UK | Hong Kong
Languages: English
Subtitles: Dutch, Zulu, English, Traditional Chinese, German, Bahasa Indonesian
Filmmaker Q&A:
https://simaacademy.com/filmmaker-qa/a-plastic-ocean/
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