Sharkwater – Wenn Haie sterben (2006)

Sharkwater – Wenn Haie sterben: Directed by Rob Stewart. With Rob Stewart, Erich Ritter, Boris Worm, Vic Hislop. An investigation of sharks’ importance to ecosystems and humankind’s mass destruction of shark species worldwide.

“For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous life journey into the balance of life on earth.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDriven by passion fed from a lifelong fascination with sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFilmed in visually stunning, high definition video, Sharkwater takes you into the most shark rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the worldu0026#39;s shark populations in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn an effort to protect sharks, Stewart teams up with renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Their unbelievable adventure together starts with a battle between the Sea Shepherd and shark poachers in Guatemala, resulting in pirate boat rammings, gunboat chases, mafia espionage, corrupt court systems and attempted murder charges, forcing them to flee for their lives.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThrough it all, Stewart discovers these magnificent creatures have gone from predator to prey, and how despite surviving the earthu0026#39;s history of mass extinctions, they could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eStewartu0026#39;s remarkable journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the worldu0026#39;s sharks, into a fight for his life, and that of humankind. Sharkwater 10/10”