Sharkwater is multi-award winning documentary about sharks and their struggle to
survive against the shark-fining industry.
It is a visually stunning film, that combines breathtaking footage of sharks with the
excitement of a crime thriller, as the filmmaker teams up with Sea Shepherd to stop the shark poachers and follow the money trail to the Taiwanese mafia!!! (See below for more information)
Please join us for the one-time-only exclusive Canberra screening of Sharkwater at 6.30pm on Monday 30 June at Dendy in the Canberra Centre. Tickets are $15, with all proceeds going to Sea Shepherd to help continue its efforts to protect sharks, whales and other citizens of the sea. You will have a chance to win some great lucky door prizes!!
Sharkwater - Movie Synopsis www.sharkwater.com
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 lifelong 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.