19th Annual International Ocean Film Festival (IOFF 2022)

The Witness is a Whale

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The Witness is a Whale
When top-secret Soviet whaling records surfaced, scientists learned the enormity of their crimes, not just against whales, but against the oceans themselves. Fisheries languished in waters once productive; an entire humpback population disappeared. “Witness” chronicles the dark history of modern whaling, desperate campaigns to save whales and how these majestic creatures evolved as they did, as emperors of the ocean and as hope for our future. —MJS

The Witness is a Whale, (Austria) 52 min

When top-secret Soviet whaling records surfaced, scientists learned the enormity of their crimes, not just against whales, but against the oceans themselves. Fisheries languished in waters once productive; an entire humpback population disappeared. “Witness” chronicles the dark history of modern whaling, desperate campaigns to save whales and how these majestic creatures evolved as they did, as emperors of the ocean and as hope for our future. —MJS

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    52 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Austria
  • Note
    Narrated by: Jonathan Pryce; Original score composed by: Barnaby Taylor; Sound Mixer: Ben Peace; A co-production of: Spindrift Images Terra Mater Factual Studios and Mark Fletcher Productions
  • Director
    Nick Dean, Cheryl Dean
  • Screenwriter
    Mark Fletcher
  • Producer
    Nick Dean, Cheryl Dean
  • Executive Producer
    Sabine Holzer, Martin Mészáros
  • Cinematographer
    Nick Dean, Cheryl Dean
  • Editor
    Mark Fletcher
  • Sound Design
    Kate Hopkins
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