REACHING BLUE: finding hope beneath the surface

The goal of Reaching Blue was to bring greater awareness to the ocean’s role in our climate system and the need for expanded ocean research exploration and funding. This award-winning film serves as a powerful communication tool to expand public support for new technologies and funded research initiatives. The film and associated campaign successfully connected ocean research initiatives with multiple national CBC broadcasts, earned world-wide media coverage with TV, radio interviews, and an article in the New York Times. The film has had over 100 festival screenings around the world. 

SYNOPSIS

A writer, an oyster farmer and an ocean scientist on the Pacific coast expose new changes found in the Salish Sea, linking each of us to the world’s oceans. With twenty-two cinematographers contributing imagery from deep-sea submarines, ocean research vessels and drone cameras around our local waters, we catch a glimpse of the Salish Sea as it has never been seen before. From John Steinbeck’s old research vessel The Western Flyer to residents of coastal communities facing dramatic changes in their own back yards, Reaching Blue shows that we are all connected to the ocean at our doorstep.

TEAM

Produced & Directed & Edited by Andy Robertson & Ian Hinkle

Broadcaster: CBC – Absolutely Canadian