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The Hausman Foundation for the Environment's founders introduce their 2020 award winner for Best International Film.

Introduction by Larry Hausman and Margie Burks

The Hausman Foundation for the Environment's founders introduce their 2020 award winner for Best International Film.

A looming disaster in one of the most spectacular environments on Earth sparks a rescue mission unlike any other. 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.&nbsp;Sea of Shadows&nbsp;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. This riveting new documentary from National Geographic Documentary Films won the Sundance audience award.

Sea of Shadows

Follows a team of dedicated scientists, conservationists, investigative journalists, and undercover agents as they put their lives on the line to save the last remaining vaquitas and bring the vicious international crime syndicate to justice.

Pre-recorded discussion with Matthew Podolsky (Producer) and Ru Mahoney (Impact Producer), moderated by Heather Souvaine Horn (Deputy Editor, The New Republic) Heather Souvaine Horn is a deputy web editor at The New Republic. She has previously held editing and writing positions at GlobalPost and The Atlantic. Matthew Podolsky is a documentary filmmaker, podcaster and co-founder of the Wild Lens Collective. Matthew’s films include the Emmy-nominated Bluebird Man, and the feature length film Scavenger Hunt, about the California condor. Both films won numerous awards and screened at film festivals across the globe. Matthew is also a host and producer of the Eyes on Conservation podcast, a top-rated interview series focused on global conservation issues, as well as the producer of Common Land, a new radio documentary series that tells the creation stories behind protected areas. Ru Mahoney is an Impact Producer working at the nexus of storytelling, communication science and action. She's worked on films for National Geographic, BBC, and PBS. After several years in the film industry she founded Project Impact in 2020 to scale up capacity for research-driven strategies supporting the world's most important stories. Project Impact builds a curated team of experts for each film, blending award-winning creativity with a data-driven strategic process so that great stories can lead to measurable, real-world solutions.

Sea of Shadows: Post-Screening Discussion

Feat. Matthew Podolsky (Producer) and Ru Mahoney (Impact Producer), moderated by Heather Souvaine Horn (Deputy Editor, The New Republic)

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