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 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.
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 in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
In 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.
Through it all, Stewart discovers these magnificent creatures have gone from predator to prey, and how despite surviving the earth's history of mass extinctions, they could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed.
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.
Canadian Connection: Filmmaker
Rob Stewart is Canadian and the film is completely Canadian-funded.
A truly spectacular film! I hope that this will open the eyes of people all over the world to help your cause. Best of luck to you!
Thank you.
It s one of a kind movie that need to be watched! Such an inspirational film about an animal I respect so much.
Even if I m living in the mountains where most of the water is frozen.:)
I remember when I was a little kid and my family and I used to go to exotic places for diving, I was the kid who was standing in front of the restaurants telling the people not to order shark...
Rob Stewart, I really admire your work and everything you have done so far for saving the sharks!
Thank you for such an outstanding and inspiring documentary!
Brillant film. Great footage. Awesome soundtrack. I am glad that someone is doing something to help sharks and I am disgusted that governments are doing nothing. I have always liked sharks and will continue to protect them. Thank you for a superb film and for having the guts to make a stand.