The documentary Sea of Shadows has gained a prominent advocate as it steams into awards season. Renowned conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall is praising the film, which tells the story of dramatic eff…
is praising the film, which tells the story of dramatic efforts to save the last few remaining vaquita whales—an adorable dolphin-like creature native to the Sea of Cortez off Baja California.is so important,” Goodall, who was not involved in the production of the documentary, tells Deadline.
The population of vaquita whales is down to a little over a dozen. They’re perishing in gill nets strung illegally across the Sea of Cortez by traffickers attempting to ensnare a fish called the totoaba, known as the “cocaine of the sea.” The totoaba possesses a swim bladder prized in traditional Chinese medicine, which fetches huge prices on the black market.
“We have a mix of teams that are more overt and other teams that are completely covert,” Crosta explains. “Some of them pretend to be buyers and traffickers themselves. Our objective is very clear—to understand who does what, how, when, why. In other words, [gathering] intelligence or even actionable intelligence that then law enforcement can use immediately to hit the right person in the right time and the right place.
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