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Sharkwater debuts at UK cinemas At last, the hugely anticipated award-winning film, Sharkwater, has arrived in the UK. Described as an oceanic version of An Inconvenient Truth, it is now playing in select cinemas in London and around the country.
The culmination of four years work across 15 countries, Sharkwater is a bloody, bold and visually stunning insight into how the world is participating and playing witness to one of the globe's most atrocious killing sprees, beyond the hunt for lions, tigers and elephants.
Filmed by Canadian-born Rob Stewart, Sharkwater is part documentary, part espionage adventure and part educational. The outcome is a rallying cry to support the marine environment and end shark finning and the needless slaughter of sharks around the world.
The movie shows riveting and terrifying clashes with corrupt fishermen and government officials and exposes a Mafia-esque export trade in shark-fins. At the same time, it balances the terrestrial battle with important details on why sharks are vital to the food chain and marine ecosystem.
Rob Stewart hopes his movie will inspire the protection and survival of shark species around the world. He said: "Sharks have lived in balance with the ocean as the top predator for millions of years. With each shark finned, we're not just destroying a key predatory species, but thousands of other species in the oceans as well. The journey through South and Central America opened my eyes to the role of sharks on earth – not just their importance to ecosystems and to the balance in the oceans, but as an example of a creature that has managed to survive on earth."
Reaching a massive global audience, the film also takes the opportunity to effectively debunk all sorts of ridiculous myths - that sharks can swallow a human whole, for example - which persist mostly in the public's imagination. Every year, the film assures us, soda machines kill more people than sharks do.
Ultimately Sharkwater inspires viewers with a righteous anger to match that of Stewart. He said: "It's not just about saving sharks, it's about saving ourselves."
Filmed by Canadian-born Rob Stewart, Sharkwater is part documentary, part espionage adventure and part educational. The outcome is a rallying cry to support the marine environment and end shark finning and the needless slaughter of sharks around the world.
Rob Stewart hopes his movie will inspire the protection and survival of shark species around the world. He said: "Sharks have lived in balance with the ocean as the top predator for millions of years. With each shark finned, we're not just destroying a key predatory species, but thousands of other species in the oceans as well. The journey through South and Central America opened my eyes to the role of sharks on earth – not just their importance to ecosystems and to the balance in the oceans, but as an example of a creature that has managed to survive on earth."