Sharkwater
starring: Rob Stewart
directed by: Rob Stewart
directed by: Rob Stewart
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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. Driven by passion fed from a life-long 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. Filmed 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 world's shark populations. Stewart's remarkable journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the world's sharks into a fight for his life and that of humankind.Running Time: 89 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/NATURE & WILDLIFE UPC: 883929012756 Manufacturer No: 1000037558
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One of mankind's greatest fears--the shark--is convincingly cast in a sympathetic light by the award-winning documentary Sharkwater. Wildlife photographer-turned-filmmaker Rob Stewart is the driving force behind the film, and if his on-camera presence occasionally tilts towards self-aggrandizement, it's countered by the breathtaking quality of his footage of sharks and his compassionate argument for their protection. Stewart's coverage of the sharkfin trade is equally compelling, and scenes of wholesale slaughter of sharks for their fins (a delicacy and alleged medicine in Asian countries) are likely to disturb. Viewers may be split on Stewart's hands-on approach to combating the practice, which includes taking on pirates and police, but his intentions are honorable and do much to bring this alarming situation to light. The DVD includes a '60s-era Navy training film about sharks, which is amusing until one realizes how much its fearful tone has been echoed through decades, as well as a making-of featurette and theatrical trailer. --Paul Gaita
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. Driven by passion fed from a life-long 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. Filmed 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 world's shark populations. Stewart's remarkable journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the world's sharks into a fight for his life and that of humankind.Running Time: 89 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/NATURE & WILDLIFE UPC: 883929012756 Manufacturer No: 1000037558
Amazon.com:
One of mankind's greatest fears--the shark--is convincingly cast in a sympathetic light by the award-winning documentary Sharkwater. Wildlife photographer-turned-filmmaker Rob Stewart is the driving force behind the film, and if his on-camera presence occasionally tilts towards self-aggrandizement, it's countered by the breathtaking quality of his footage of sharks and his compassionate argument for their protection. Stewart's coverage of the sharkfin trade is equally compelling, and scenes of wholesale slaughter of sharks for their fins (a delicacy and alleged medicine in Asian countries) are likely to disturb. Viewers may be split on Stewart's hands-on approach to combating the practice, which includes taking on pirates and police, but his intentions are honorable and do much to bring this alarming situation to light. The DVD includes a '60s-era Navy training film about sharks, which is amusing until one realizes how much its fearful tone has been echoed through decades, as well as a making-of featurette and theatrical trailer. --Paul Gaita
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Rating: - Save our Sharks!!!
This is an amazing film, beautifully done, but absolutely shocking and devastating to see what humans are doing to this planet. It should be shown in schools worldwide. Through watching this film, I have dedicated a great part of my life to saving our oceans and its apex predator, the shark. 450 million years old, and humans have almost wiped out over 90% of the shark populations in the last 100 years!!Humans need to stop overpopulating this planet, and learn to live sustainably. Our existence ... Read More
Rating: - Winner Visalia Indepenedent Film Festival
What Rob Stewart has done is raise the awareness of an important issue that affects all of us. His documentary reveals how his personal passion and love of sharks evolved into an international campaign to save them. Most people will be appalled, surprised and enlightened by this film. Sharkwater is a must see for this generation--for us--so that we maintain a balance in our world, on our planet for our children and generations to come.
Rating: 
- The footage is incredible.
The film work in this is incredible. I knew a decent amount shark finning before watching this film but it still had a lot of good information, and more importantly, the stuff he got on film is totally amazing. It's very inspiring to see what he did. His passion for sharks carries over through the movie, and so into the audience--I guarantee you, if you didn't care about sharks before this documentary, you will after you watch it. He's not afraid to show what's really going on and how terrible it ... Read More
Rating: - Amazing Film!
I saw this in the theater, with Rob Stewart in attendance.He is a gifted, talented, and gutsy man who has delivered a great message with HD clarity no less!See this film!
Rating: - crucial conservation advocacy
Sharkwater was long overdue and critical for public awareness and advocacy of shark conservation. My only negative would be the nauseating self indulgence of Rob Stewart, whose determination to force his own (often irrelevant) story into the thread I felt was needless and distracting from the conservation issues. Did we really have to have 10 minutes of close ups of him free-diving in his grundies at the end? Otherwise a cracking documentary.
- Save our Sharks!!!This is an amazing film, beautifully done, but absolutely shocking and devastating to see what humans are doing to this planet. It should be shown in schools worldwide. Through watching this film, I have dedicated a great part of my life to saving our oceans and its apex predator, the shark. 450 million years old, and humans have almost wiped out over 90% of the shark populations in the last 100 years!!Humans need to stop overpopulating this planet, and learn to live sustainably. Our existence ... Read More
- Winner Visalia Indepenedent Film FestivalWhat Rob Stewart has done is raise the awareness of an important issue that affects all of us. His documentary reveals how his personal passion and love of sharks evolved into an international campaign to save them. Most people will be appalled, surprised and enlightened by this film. Sharkwater is a must see for this generation--for us--so that we maintain a balance in our world, on our planet for our children and generations to come.
- The footage is incredible.The film work in this is incredible. I knew a decent amount shark finning before watching this film but it still had a lot of good information, and more importantly, the stuff he got on film is totally amazing. It's very inspiring to see what he did. His passion for sharks carries over through the movie, and so into the audience--I guarantee you, if you didn't care about sharks before this documentary, you will after you watch it. He's not afraid to show what's really going on and how terrible it ... Read More
- Amazing Film!I saw this in the theater, with Rob Stewart in attendance.He is a gifted, talented, and gutsy man who has delivered a great message with HD clarity no less!See this film!
- crucial conservation advocacySharkwater was long overdue and critical for public awareness and advocacy of shark conservation. My only negative would be the nauseating self indulgence of Rob Stewart, whose determination to force his own (often irrelevant) story into the thread I felt was needless and distracting from the conservation issues. Did we really have to have 10 minutes of close ups of him free-diving in his grundies at the end? Otherwise a cracking documentary.
