A Plastic Ocean (2016)

A PLASTIC OCEAN begins when journalist Craig Leeson, searching for the elusive blue whale, discovers plastic waste in what should be pristine ocean. In this adventure documentary, Craig ... See full summary »

Director:

Craig Leeson

Writers:

Craig Leeson, Mindy Elliott (additional writing)

Stars:

David Attenborough, Sylvia Earle, Ben Fogle

2 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
David Attenborough	...	Himself - Special Contributor (as Sir David Attenborough)
Sylvia Earle	...	Herself - Special Contributor (as Dr. Sylvia Earle)
Ben Fogle	...	Himself (Royal Geographical Society)
Craig Leeson	...	Himself
Barack Obama	...	Himself
Jo Ruxton	...	Herself (marine conservationist)
Tanya Streeter	...	Herself
Ivan Varela	...	Doblaje al Español

Storyline

A PLASTIC OCEAN begins when journalist Craig Leeson, searching for the elusive blue whale, discovers plastic waste in what should be pristine ocean. In this adventure documentary, Craig teams up with free diver Tanya Streeter and an international team of scientists and researchers, and they travel to twenty locations around the world over the next four years to explore the fragile state of our oceans, uncover alarming truths about plastic pollution, and reveal working solutions that can be put into immediate effect.

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Taglines:

We need a wave of change.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

UK Hong Kong

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 April 2017 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Пластиковый океан

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Quotes

Dr. George Bittner: Over ninety percent of all plastics that don't have BPA nonetheless release chemicals having estrogenic activity.

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Connections

Featured in Finding Story (2018)

User Reviews

I don't have an agenda

I mainly enjoyed the documentary, could be a bit more well produced though. It should be, in my opinion, more about the plastic in the ocean per se, the consequences, direct and indirect, the study cases (and there are thousands of those), as it was in the first part, and less about the human self-destruction with garbage (2nd part).

All in all this documentary is a 50% of good scientific proof of the damage plastic is to our environment/our possible future, and 50% of opinion journalism. I don't dislike the opinions, but most are uninformed and there are some scientific errors here and there.

Still I give it a positive review, as it can achieve its goal into showing people what our mindless action can do to the environment and, in the midle/long term, to us! I would recommend it, but be aware of some sensasionalistic opinions.