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Pirate for the Sea
Hero to conservationists and villain to hunters, marine environmentalist Paul Watson commits himself 100 percent to his cause. In this stirring profile, director and narrator Ron Colby explores Watson's beliefs, blunders, and triumphs. Though Watson helped to found Greenpeace Canada, the organization asked him to leave due to his extremist tendencies, so he started the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. He travels from Norway to Costa Rica, standing trial, doing time, and costing various nations millions of dollars by breaking up drift-netting, illegal poaching, and shark-finning operations (the latter campaign was also featured in Sharkwater SIFF '07). Actor, activist, and board member Martin Sheen praises him as truth speaking to power, while Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore dubs him the self-styled Rambo of the environmental movement. The media prefers pirate, a term Watson doesn't dispute, even flying a Jolly Roger-style flag from his ship, but matters turn more serious when he goes after Canadian seal hunters and Japanese whalers. Say what you will about the man, but Colby makes a convincing case that the world's endangered oceans are better off for the dedicated and controversial efforts of this Friday Harbor based subject. Director Ron Colby expected to attend both screenings
Sponsors:
4Culture, News Talk 97.3 KIRO FM, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, Washington State Arts Commission
Cast & Crew
Director: Ronald Colby
Producer: Ronald Colby
Editor: Brian Kowtowski
Screenwriter: Ronald Colby
Cinematographer: Ronald Colby
Awards: Boulder International Film Festival 2008 (Best Documentary)
Music: Aldo Shllaku
Principal Cast: Featuring: Paul Watson, Farley Mowat, Robert Hunter, Martin Sheen, Patrick Moore, Sharyn Van der Gulik
Filmography: Jones Beach Boys (2007)
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A pirate for our times!, Jun 06, 2009
By Mimi Noyes
“There are a lot of ecological documentaries out this year and thank goodness! This one focuses on Paul Watson and his Ecological Pirate group, the Sea Shepherds, who essentially go around protecting the oceans from unfair and illegal predation when governments will not uphold the law. Some call”
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