
Sharkwater - The Story "An eye-opening film...visually stunning... this movie will change the way you see our oceans." - Bonnie Laufer, Tribute Magazine 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 life-long fascination with sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, ... (Full plot summary below)
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Sharkwater - The Story "An eye-opening film...visually stunning... this movie will change the way you see our oceans." - Bonnie Laufer, Tribute Magazine 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 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 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. 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.
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| Village VoiceAaron HillisNo matter how much "Jaws"-hugging zeal he brings to the deck, Stewart has made a vain polemic that never addresses the finning industry's deep-seated cultural significance in Asia (where, rightly or wrongly, shark soup is a symbol of economic prestige), nor elaborates on how the disrupted ecosystem affects us humans. |
| Cinema SignalsJules BrennerWhile it's true that documentary filmmaker Rob Stewart comes on with an onslaught of zeal over his legendary subject, sharks, it's also true that he proves he's no "Grizzly Man" taking up with bears in the wild. |
| Orlando SentinelRoger MooreThanks to [t]his sometimes gruesome, sometimes harrowing and often exuberant film, you will never look at sharks the same way again. |
| Entertainment InsidersEric LurioThe film does what it's supposed to, inspire outrage. But still, Jaws will never have the appeal of those baby pandas. |
| Jam! MoviesBruce KirklandIt is forceful. It is advocacy journalism. It is a documentary with a social conscience and a scientific agenda. |
| www.susangranger.comSusan GrangerCautionary environmental documentary that asserts there's more to sharks than "Jaws." |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzAn amateurish but enjoyable and informative piece correcting all the misconceptions we might have about sharks. |
| New York TimesMatt Zoller SeitzMr. Stewart dilutes the movie’s urgency by framing the subject within a “personal journey” format and selling himself as a hunky, sensitive martyr. |
| Film4Daniel EtheringtonStewart's 'personal journey' format isn't entirely successful, and verges on the egotistical, but the message of this film, and the imagery and statistics it tells it with, is angry, credible and worthwhile. |
| Boston GlobeMark FeeneyUndersea photographer Rob Stewart, who directed, wrote, narrated, stars in, and helped shoot Sharkwater, really, really loves sharks. He also fears for their future on the planet. His lively documentary makes you see why, on both counts. |