Watson

Name: Watson
Director: Lesley Chilcott
Released: 2019

Lesley Chilcott 2019

Captain Watson and his crews have confronted whaling vessels from Europe to the Southern Ocean, seal hunters in Canada, and shark finners in Central America. WATSON blends revealing contemporary interviews with Captain Watson, archival clips of Sea Shepherd’s dramatic encounters, and spectacular underwater nature footage, as award-winning documentarian Lesley Chilcott (An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for “Superman”) paints a fascinating portrait of a man willing to put his own life at risk in a relentless quest to protect the oceans and the marine life within.

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Running Time:

100 min.

Spoken Languages:

English

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Lesley Chilcott

Producers:

Lesley Chilcott, Louise Runge, Wolfgang Knöpfler

Cinematographers:

Logan Schneider

Editors:

Greg Finton

Production Companies:

Local Hero, Participant, Terra Mater Factual Studios

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Festival Participation

Tribeca Film Festival - 2019
Audience Award Nominee
Tribeca Film Festival - 2019
Best Documentary Feature Nominee
Camden International Film Festival - 2019
Harrell Award Nominee
Hamptons International Film Festival - 2019
Zelda Penzel Giving Voice to the Voiceless Award Winner

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