Sea of Shadows

Name: Sea of Shadows
Genre: History, Crime, Documentary
Released: July 12, 2019
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Andrea Crosta, Carlos Loret de Mola, Hector Capetillo, Jack Hutton, Jacqueline Le Duc

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National Geographic | Release Date: July 12, 2019 | PG-13

Starring: Andrea Crosta, Carlos Loret de Mola, Hector Capetillo, Jack Hutton, Jacqueline Le Duc, José Eduardo Calzada Rovirosa, Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, Marc Davis, Rafael Pacchiano Alamán, Romel Eduardo Ledezma Abaroa

Summary: When Mexican drug cartels and Chinese traffickers join forces to poach the rare totoaba fish in the Sea of Cortez, their deadly methods threaten to destroy virtually all marine life in the region, including the most elusive and endangered whale species on Earth, the vaquita porpoise. Sea of Shadows follows a team of dedicated scientists,When Mexican drug cartels and Chinese traffickers join forces to poach the rare totoaba fish in the Sea of Cortez, their deadly methods threaten to destroy virtually all marine life in the region, including the most elusive and endangered whale species on Earth, the vaquita porpoise. Sea of Shadows follows a team of dedicated scientists, high-tech conservationists, investigative journalists and courageous undercover agents as well as the Mexican Navy as they put their lives on the line to save the last remaining vaquitas and bring the vicious international crime syndicate to justice.… Expand

Director: Matthew Podolsky and Richard Ladkani and Sean Bogle

Genre(s): History, Crime, Documentary

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 104 min

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Sheri Linden

May 30, 2019

Ladkani's Sea of Shadows is a stirring adventure — inspiring and heartbreaking in equal measure. Read full review

Amy Glynn

Jul 10, 2019

Ladkani’s camerawork is agile and sleek, and the editing is super-sound, so even with a complicated web of crime, corruption, socioeconomic tension, multiple languages, blurred-out faces and folks who operate in the dark, it’s easy to follow. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Jul 11, 2019

While success is not guaranteed, Sea of Shadows dramatically demonstrates how and why the battle continues to be fought. Read full review

Chris Barsanti

Jul 11, 2019

Richard Ladkani’s Sea of Shadows, which bristles with drama and a panicky sense of righteous anger, uses the potential extinction of one little-known species of whale to symbolize a far larger and potentially globe-spanning problem. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Fagerholm

Jul 12, 2019

What they tell us is inherently alarming, yet it’s a shame that such crimes aren’t conveyed in a more visually compelling way. Read full review

Sam Russek

Aug 3, 2019

Paradoxical as it might seem, this planet suffering from human activity requires even more human activity if there’s any hope of saving it. National Geographic documentary Sea of Shadows is hell-bent on reminding us of that fact. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Sep 26, 2019

It is heartfelt, but its periodic attempts at thriller-style bouts of excitement are redundant, and I wondered sometimes if the film-makers were sure what exactly their story was. Read full review

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