Tues, Feb. 19: SHARKWATER EXTINCTION
St John Film Society & The St John Arts Week
Presents a very special evening of films: 7:30 pm / St John School of the Arts
Please join us for:
SHARKWATER EXTINCTION
An 88-minute documentary by filmmaker Rob Stewart
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Plus the following two short films from FILMMAKERS UNITE :
The Starting Line(6:42 minutes) by Pacho Velez & Nicole Salazar
SHARKWATER EXTINCTION: (2018) is a thrilling, action adventure journey that follows filmmaker Rob Stewart as he exposes the billion dollar illegal shark fin industry and the political corruption behind it. From West Africa, Spain, Panama, Costa Rica and France, to California, Stewart’s film dives into the often violent underworld of the pirate fishing trade. . Shark finning is still rampant, shark fin soup is still being consumed, and endangered sharks are now also being used to make products for human consumption. Stewart’s mission is to save the sharks and oceans before it’s too late. But exposing illegal activities isn’t easy; protecting sharks has earned him some powerful enemies.
100 – 150 million sharks are killed every year, but only about half of them are reported, including endangered species. Shark populations have dropped more than 90% in the last 40 years. Without the oceans’ main predator, marine ecosystems are being destroyed beyond repair.
Stewart dedicated his life to shark conservation, saying: “Conservation is the preservation of human life. And, that, above all else is worth fighting for.” He taught the world to love the oceans and their creatures and not fear sharks through his iconic images of hugging and free diving with sharks and mantas. Tragically, Rob died in a dive accident in January 2017 while filming Sharkwater: Extinction in the Florida Keys.
FILMMAKER ROB STEWART:
Rob Stewart is an acclaimed filmmaker and internationally renowned activist. In SHARKWATER EXTINCTION, his third film, Stewart continues his heroic fight to save our oceans battling the billion-dollar pirate fishing trade and illegal shark fin industry. Shot in vivid 6K, Stewart travels across four continents and back to California in his ongoing mission to protect sharks. Stewart’s previous films, SHARKWATER and REVOLUTION won multiple international awards and have been viewed by more than 125 million people.
Read more about the film and learn much more about sharks on the website: https://www.sharkwater.com/
FILMMAKERS UNITE
Filmmakers Unite (FU) is a compilation of one-to-nine minute shorts by documentary, narrative and experimental filmmakers cutting across race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, and religion – to present a collective response to the current threats to our democracy.
THE STARTING LINE: by Pacho Velez and Nicole Salazar
The Starting Line / La Línea captures the rhythms of a day at the Tijuana border crossing. But it’s not just any day. As people go through their routines, they listen to the local news report on Donald Trump’s inauguration.