It is Sea of Shadows produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and National Geographic, directed by Richard Ladkani and awarded at the Sundance Festival and at the 65th Taormina Film Fest.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him
A documentary that highlights an increasingly threatened ecosystem and the story of two marine species at risk of extinction. It is Sea of Shadows produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and National Geographic, directed by Richard Ladkani and awarded at the Sundance Festival and at the 65th Taormina Film Fest.
Leonardo DiCaprio never ceases to amaze us and when he is not at the forefront of safeguarding nature, he invests in documentaries that make us reflect on what is happening to our planet. After Ice on fire, on climate change and Before The Flood - Point of no return, on global warming, the environmental actor on the front line to save the Amazon with his foundation, now finances a production that sets its sights on illegal fishing and Mexican and Chinese black markets. Recall that DiCaprio a few years ago, had torn the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), a memorandum of understanding, thanks to which the Mexican government undertook to protect the precious marine ecosystems in the Gulf of California.
The documentary follows, in fact, the activities of the Earth League International by Andrea Crosta who fights crimes against nature, is financed through private donations and does not accept money from governments. The sequences intertwine the stories of the vaquita or small sea cows, the smallest whale in the world and that of the totoaba, linked by a very thin thread, that of capture.In practice, both are at risk of extinction due to international smuggling. Mexican fishermen keep China's and Hong Kong's black markets alive.
The nets of the fishing boats, cast to catch the totoaba fish, end up strangling the vaquita porpoise. And despite protests from environmentalists and biologists, the situation does not seem to change. The totoaba fish is caught because its swim bladder, known as ocean cocaine, is highly sought after on the black market: Chinese medicine considers it miraculous against infertility and can cost $ 10 a piece. It is then used for cosmetic purposes, although no benefits have ever been shown.
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The vaquita, on the other hand, is a small cetacean of which only a few king specimens remain, in fact it risks extinction due to Mexican cartels and the Chinese mafia. Earlier this year, it was believed that only 10-15 vaquitas remained in the Sea of Cortez, which is why the International Union for Conservation of Nature ranks the vaquita as a critically endangered species of extinction, the highest. degree of danger.
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Sea of Shadows, highlights all this by following the NGO on a rescue mission: scientists, high-tech environmentalists, investigative reporters, undercover agents and the Mexican Navy have put their lives in danger to save the vaquitas and bring to justice. international crime.
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