Pirate for the Sea (2008)

  • NR
  • 08/30/2008 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 39m

A biographical film of the most daring and adventurous marine environmental activist - ever.

Overview

A documentary on Paul Watson, who takes the law into his own hands on the open seas, confronting, by any nonviolent means necessary, the hunters who indiscriminately slaughter whales, seals and sharks, along with complicit governments and environmental organizations. Written by Anonymous "Pirate for the Sea" is a biographical film of Captain Paul Watson, the youngest founding member of Greenpeace Canada. He organized early campaigns protesting the killing of seals, whales, and dolphins. Greenpeace ejected him for being too much of an activist. Starting his own organization, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, he went on to sink illegal whaling ships, stopped Canadian seal hunts for ten years, permanently halted sealing in British Isles, killing of dolphins on Iki Island, Japan, etc. This documentary witnesses his latest campaigns and explores the personal and environmental history of this controversial marine conservationist. Written by R.C.

Ronald Colby

Writer, Director

Cast

Paul Watson's headshot

Paul Watson

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Robert Hunter's headshot

Robert Hunter

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Patrick Moore's headshot

Patrick Moore

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Martin Sheen's headshot

Martin Sheen

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Farley Mowat's headshot

Farley Mowat

Self

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