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Sonic Sea

  • 20162016
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Sonic Sea (2016)
Sonic Sea is a 60-minute documentary about the devastating impact of industrial and military ocean noise on whales and other marine life. The film begins with a mystery: the unexplained stranding and mass mortality of several species of whales in the Bahamas in March 2000. As the mystery unfolds, the film explores the critical role of sound in the sea, and the sudden, dramatic changes human activity is inflicting on the ocean's delicate acoustic habitat -- changes that threaten the ability of whales and other marine animals to prosper, to function, and ultimately, to survive. Sonic Sea features several charismatic scientists, including Ken Balcomb, the former Navy pilot and acoustics expert who proved to the world that naval sonar is killing whales, as well as the musician and environmental activist, Sting, whose moving interview connects the sonic world of marine life with our sonic world on land. The film offers solutions (and, by extension, hope) for a quieter ocean, and underscores that the ocean's destiny is inextricably bound with our own.
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Sonic Sea is a 60-minute documentary about the devastating impact of industrial and military ocean noise on whales and other marine life. The film begins with a mystery: the unexplained stra... Read allSonic Sea is a 60-minute documentary about the devastating impact of industrial and military ocean noise on whales and other marine life. The film begins with a mystery: the unexplained stranding and mass mortality of several species of whales in the Bahamas in March 2000. As the... Read allSonic Sea is a 60-minute documentary about the devastating impact of industrial and military ocean noise on whales and other marine life. The film begins with a mystery: the unexplained stranding and mass mortality of several species of whales in the Bahamas in March 2000. As the mystery unfolds, the film explores the critical role of sound in the sea, and the sudden,... Read all
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    • Michelle Dougherty
    • Daniel Hinerfeld
    • Mark Monroe
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    • Ken Balcomb
    • Christopher Clark
    • Jean-Michel Cousteau
    • Michelle Dougherty
    • Daniel Hinerfeld
    • Mark Monroe
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    • Ken Balcomb
    • Christopher Clark
    • Jean-Michel Cousteau
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      Christopher Clark
      Jean-Michel Cousteau
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      Sylvia Earle
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      Leila Hatch
      Michael Jasny
      Rachel McAdams
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      Katie Moore
      Bjørnar Nicolaisen
      Molly Patterson
      George Prochnik
      Joel Reynolds
      Brandon Southall
      Paul Spong
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      I'm all for documentaries taking the time to highlight some of the damage that humans are doing to the Earth's ecosystem. There's always room for us to learn about where we are making mistakes, and Sonic Sea highlights one more of our failures as a species. However, it simply doesn't contain enough information to warrant a full hour. In fact, it could have been summed up by narrator Rachel McAdams in about 30 seconds, "Humans make a lot of noise in the oceans with our machines, and that disrupts the normal way of life for a great deal of sea creatures. We need to cut it out!" That's pretty much all there is to this documentary, and they go on for a long time rehashing the same examples again and again without adding to the conversation in any meaningful way. The most enlightening part of Sonic Sea was actually when they started discussing what steps could be taken to halt this problem, and how those changes could actually be a cost savings in the long run. Otherwise, Sonic Sea is just a glorified episode of Nightline or some other news program, not a film that needs an hour to make its point.
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        • April 22, 2016 (United States)
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