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In the true-life documentary Sharkwater, director and biologist Rob Stewart sets out on a journey 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. As species of sharks are becoming extinct due to poaching, you can do your part by telling your friends to see Sharkwater and pass on the message that sharks are not man-eating monsters and need our help!
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Revolution is a feature documentary about opening your eyes, changing the world and fighting for something. A true life adventure following director Rob Stewart in the follow up to his hit Sharkwater, Revolution is an epic adventure into the evolution of life on earth and the revolution to save us.
Discovering that there’s more in jeopardy than sharks, Stewart uncovers a grave secret threatening our own survival as a species, and embarks on a life-threatening adventure through 4 years and 15 countries into the greatest battle ever waged.
Bringing you some of the most incredible wildlife spectacles ever recorded, audiences are brought face to face with sharks and cuddly lemurs, into the microscopic world of the pygmy seahorse, and on the hunt with the deadly flamboyant cuttlefish. From the coral reefs in Papua New Guinea to the rain forests in Madagascar, Stewart reveals that our fate is tied to even the smallest of creatures.
Through it all, Stewart’s journey reveals a massive opportunity, as activists and individuals all over the world are winning the battle to save the ecosystems we depend on for survival. Presenting the most important information on human survival and inspiring people all over the world to fight for life, Revolution is essential viewing for everyone. Startling, beautiful, and provocative, Revolution inspires audiences across the globe to join the biggest movement in history that’s rising to the challenge of saving our world.
Revolution premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and has already gone on to win ten awards, including the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Atlantic Film Festival, Most Popular Environmental Film Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival, the Audience Award at the Victoria Film Festival and the Social Justice Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
San Jose, Costa Rica – Conservation groups PRETOMA and Turtle Island Restoration Network found evidence that hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) were being exported from Costa Rican ports and flown to plates in Hong Kong by way of stops on U.S. soil. With this evidence in hand, Turtle Island negotiated with American Airlines in recent months to convince the carrier to ban shark fin shipments on their planes. Presented with this evidence, American Airlines took prompt, proactive action to institute a ban on shark fin shipments, but has declined to publicly acknowledge this action. Today the conservation groups won a major victory when American Airlines announced the ban on Twitter.
“We are deeply gratified to see our partner American Airlines acknowledge its ban on shark fin shipments. American Airlines deserves full credit for taking proactive measures immediately when we came forward with evidence of this trade,” said Doug Karpa of Turtle Island Restoration Network. “Now it is time for an official announcement that it is joining thirty of its peer airlines in banning the shark fin trade permanently from its aircraft.”
“To see American Airlines, a major U.S. airline with extensive influence, publically acknowledge that they are no longer going to be shipping shark fins is incredible,” said Joanna Nasar, communication manager for Turtle Island Restoration Network. “It is what we have been working towards for months, and I applaud them for doing the right thing and hope it will inspire other carriers to take action.”
“If we have learned anything at all after a decade of campaigning against shark finning in Costa Rica, it´s that the shark fin industry will soon find another way for its shark fin cargos to reach Hong Kong,” said Randall Arauz of the Costa Rican organization PRETOMA. “Having American Airlines on board is definitely a good thing, but we need the rest of the carriers to join, and we need to be vigilant of the shark finning industry’s future operations.”
In its tweets, American Airlines announced it will no longer be shipping shark fins. This is significant because the shipments in question included fins of the Eastern Pacific Scalloped hammerhead sharks, which are listed as “endangered” under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA). The export and trade of endangered species shark fins violates the environmental law, which bans shipments of endangered species products, including “in transit” hammerhead shark fins. Read more about the evidence and shipments here.
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Turtle Island Restoration Network (SeaTurtles.org) works to mobilize people and communities around the world to protect marine wildlife, the oceans and the inland waterways that sustain them.
PRETOMA (pretoma.org) is a non-profit conservation and research organization working to protect endangered marine species and promote sustainable fisheries policies in Costa Rica and Central America.
Time is running out for Shark Week’s biggest stars. Up to 100 million sharks are killed for their fins each year. Join the LUSH FinFree movement by going to lushusa.com and buying a LUSH Shark Fin Soap.
Made from vegan, cruelty-free ingredients including skin-softening seaweed, cleansing sea salt, lime and lavender, LUSH’s Shark Fin Soap was created especially to promote shark conservation efforts. A paper fin in the top of the soap is a cheeky way for LUSH staff and customers to engage on the very important topic of shark finning and how everyone can help change the tide for sharks. During the first two weeks in August this summer, with every purchase of Shark Fin Soap, LUSH will give 100 percent of the sale price to United Conservationists to support their FinFree™ movement. Visit www.lushusa.com or www.lush.ca for more information.
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Seven year old Luke takes the stand to testify for a Fin Free Toronto to ban the possession, sale and consumption of shark fin products in Toronto.
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Go to fin-free.com and begin your journey to save sharks!
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The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands enacted the world’s second shark fin ban on January 27, 2011 – and Sharkwater inspired it!
Fin Free Saipan tells the story of Kathy Pagapular’s sixth grade class at San Vicente Elementary School and how a class project led to the world’s second shark fin ban. The video features interviews with Kathy and the students, as well as Rep. Benavente and Beautify CNMI’s Cinta Kaipat.
Sharks are in deep trouble, but it’s not too late to save them. Sharkwater filmmaker Rob Stewart describes the plight facing sharks, and how joining the Fin Free movement will turn the tides for our oceans.
Meet the filmmaker behind the phenomenal movies Sharkwater and Revolution, and hear a tale of his shark adventures!
Catch Daily Planet Shark Week from August 11th to August 15th at 7pm ET on Discovery Canada.