Sharkwater- Please See It!

Good morning,

I went to a screening of "Sharkwater," a documentary that is opening at the end of this month. Please everyone, go and see it. Not only is it beautiful and well made, but it will educate you on the impending extinction of sharks due to worldwide over fishing and illegal hunting in protected marine reserves.

I promise that this film will incite most of you to take some level of action and is not just appealing to those of us who have shark studying brothers.

See synopsis below and check out the gorgeous trailer at www.sharkwater.com.

Rebecca


WINNER!
19 International Film Awards
Toronto, Canda's Top Ten, People's Choice, Best Documentary, and others.

Sharkwater opens exclusively in Florida, before going wide on November 11 th. This US release follows a successful run in Canada, where Sharkwater broke opening weekend box office records.

Sharkwater represents an entirely new genre of filmmaking that combines narrative story, reality documentary and true-life adventure. The film follows filmmaker, master instructor scuba diver and biologist Rob Stewart (featured on The Today Show and Larry King Live) through 15 countries over five years, documenting the plight of our oceans through the eyes of one of the world's most misunderstood creatures, the shark.

The film debunks historical stereotypes of sharks as man-eating monsters and reveals their reality as pillars of the global ecosystem. "People are aware of most of the environmental issues today, except what's going on in the oceans; that's why this film is important," says Stewart.

Sharkwater covers the globe, as Stewart and his team travel to the Galapagos Islands, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Guatemala uncovering a mafia controlled shark-fin trade that is now a multibillion-dollar industry, fueled by a demand for shark-fin soup in Asia. Although a graceful creature which has played a fundamental role in the evolution of the world's oceans over 400 million years, many species of sharks are now endangered by this trade; some shark populations have decreased by 90 percent.

This remarkable true-life adventure was filmed entirely in high-definition video and features modern-day pirate battles, a gunboat chase, corrupt court systems and unfounded attempted murder charges, forcing Stewart to dramatically fee for his life.

Audiences come away with a new understanding of sharks and their key role in the ocean and the earth's ecosystem. You'll never look at sharks in the same way again.

Visit the official film website to view the trailer: http://www.sharkwater.com/awards.htm