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Synopsis

A looming disaster in one of the most spectacular environments on Earth sparks a rescue mission unlike any other in SEA OF SHADOWS, a riveting new documentary with the intensity of a Hollywood thriller from National Geographic Documentary Films and winner of the Sundance audience award. When Mexican drug cartels and Chinese traffickers join forces to poach the rare totoaba fish in the Sea of Cortez, their deadly methods threaten to destroy virtually all marine life in the region, including the most elusive and endangered whale species on Earth, the vaquita porpoise. SEA OF SHADOWS follows a team of dedicated scientists, high-tech conservationists, investigative journalists and courageous undercover agents as well as the Mexican Navy as they put their lives on the line to save the last remaining vaquitas and bring the vicious international crime syndicate to justice.

Cast

  • Romel Eduardo Ledezma Abaroa
  • Rafael Pacchiano Alamán
  • Hector Capetillo
  • Andrea Crosta
  • Marc Davis
  • Carlos Loret de Mola
  • Jack Hutton
  • Jacqueline Le Duc
  • Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho
  • José Eduardo Calzada Rovirosa

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Must save this species & provide a sustainable economy for the illegal fishing community to cut the heart out of the cartel & mafia

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Metacritic

80
Jul 11, 2019

While success is not guaranteed, Sea of Shadows dramatically demonstrates how and why the battle continues to be fought.

Metacritic review by Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
75
Jul 11, 2019

Richard Ladkani’s Sea of Shadows, which bristles with drama and a panicky sense of righteous anger, uses the potential extinction of one little-known species of whale to symbolize a far larger and potentially globe-spanning problem.

Metacritic review by Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
Slant Magazine
82
Jul 10, 2019

Ladkani’s camerawork is agile and sleek, and the editing is super-sound, so even with a complicated web of crime, corruption, socioeconomic tension, multiple languages, blurred-out faces and folks who operate in the dark, it’s easy to follow.

Amy Glynn
Paste Magazine