The Living Sea celebrates the beauty and power of the ocean as it explores our relationship with this complex and fragile environment. Using beautiful images of unspoiled healthy waters, The Living Sea offers hope for recovery engendered by productive scientific efforts. Oceanographers studying humpback whales, jellyfish, and deep-sea life show us that the more we understand the ocean and its inhabitants, the more we will know how to protect them. The film also highlights the Central Pacific islands of Palau, one of the most spectacular underwater habitats in the world, to show the beauty and potential of a healthy ocean.
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- Released
- Production
- MacGillivray Freeman Films
Keywords
- human vs nature
- ocean
- coral reef
- wildlife
- scuba diving
- time lapse photography
- oceanography
- underwater photography
- island life
- nature documentary
- underwater world
- underwater life
- oceans
- threatened ecosystem
- short film
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Top Cast
Meryl Streep as Self - Narrator (voice)
Judith Connor as Self
Stephanie K. Martin as Self
Marty Thomas as Self
William Hamner as Self
Jennifer Rock as Self
Top Crew
Greg MacGillivray · Director, Cinematographer
Roger Holzberg · Screenplay
Tim Cahill · Screenplay
Sting · Composer
Stephen Judson · Editor
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