Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences

In Mexico's Sea of Cortez, a multinational team of scientists, activists, journalists and undercover agents go up against drug cartels and illegal traffickers to save the most endangered whale on Earth.

A looming disaster in one of the most spectacular environments on Earth sparks a rescue mission unlike
any other in Sea of Shadows, a riveting new documentary with the intensity of a Hollywood thriller
from National Geographic Documentary Films and winner of the Sundance audience award. When
Mexican drug cartels and Chinese traffickers join forces to poach the rare totoaba fish in the Sea of
Cortez, their deadly methods threaten to destroy virtually all marine life in the region, including the
most elusive and endangered whale species on Earth, the vaquita porpoise. Sea of Shadows follows a
team of brilliant scientists, high-tech conservationists, investigative journalists and courageous
undercover agents as well as the Mexican Navy as they put their lives on the line to save the last
remaining vaquitas and bring the vicious international crime syndicate to justice.