Sea of Shadows

Sea of Shadows
Directed byRichard Ladkani
Produced byWolfgang Knöpfler
Walter Köhler
StarringRomel Eduardo Ledezma Abaroa
Rafael Pacchiano Alamán
Hector Capetillo
Andrea Crosta
and others
CinematographyRichard Ladkani
Edited byGeorg Michael Fischer
Verena Schönauer
Music byH. Scott Salinas
Production
companies
Terra Mater Factual Studios
Appian Way Productions
Malaika Pictures
The Wild Lens Collective
Distributed byNational Geographic Documentary Films
Fox Searchlight Pictures (uncredited)
Release date
  • September 20, 2019 (2019-09-20)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageEnglish + Spanish
Box office$1,996

Sea of Shadows is a 2019 documentary about environmental activists (Sea Shepherd), the Mexican Navy, marine scientists and undercover investigators trying to prevent the extinction of the vaquita, a species of porpoise and the smallest whale in the world, by pulling gillnets, doing research, and fighting back Mexican cartels and Chinese mafia who are destroying ocean habitats in their brutal pursuit to harvest the swim bladder of the totoaba fish, known as the "cocaine of the sea". The 1 hour and 44 minutes long film is directed by Richard Ladkani.