Dolphins -
The Film
FILM MISSION
Dolphins touch our hearts in ways we perhaps don't understand.
They have much to teach us about our world, and scientists
everywhere are watching and listening. They're discovering
where the many kinds of dolphins live and travel; how
dolphin families and societies form; how these marine
mammals communicate with one another; and sadly, how humans
adversely affect their health and mortality. Our film
is a window into an incredibly complex realm where dolphins
are just one citizen of a magnificent water kingdom. We
hope our film Dolphins inspires you to look at the ocean
and its inhabitants with new eyes -- eyes that reflect
our best selves and that someday mirror a healthy ocean. |
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Dive Into The Mesmerizing World Of Dolphins
Imagine you are a marine biologist working in the crystalline,
turquoise waters of the Bahamas. Sunlight dances off the rippled,
white sand banks. Swimming alongside you are some of the most
graceful and extraordinary creatures on earth-- wild dolphins.
While few of us will ever have the chance to encounter a dolphin
in the wild, audiences will feel like they are participating
in exciting research on these magnificent animals when they
viewDolphins, a large-format Great Adventure Film from MacGillivray
Freeman Films, producers of the box-office hit Everest.
From the dazzling
coral reefs of the Bahamas to thewind-swept seas of
Patagonia, Dolphins takes audiences on an underwater
adventure with inquisitive Atlantic spotted dolphins,
acrobatic dusky dolphins, and the familiar bottlenose
dolphin. Viewers will meet a young woman scientist,
Dr. Kathleen Dudzinski, and her two colleagues, mentor
Dr. Bernd Würsig and Dr. Alejandro Acevedo-Gutierrez,
as they lead us on an exploration into their fascinating
world.
While most of what we know about dolphins comes from
studying them in captivity, Dudzinski and her colleagues
conduct their research with dolphins in the wild, a
far more strenuous, time-consuming, even dangerous endeavor.
Employing innovative scientific methods and technology,
Kathleen and her colleagues set out to learn more about
how dolphins communicate and their foraging and social
behaviors. Audiences may be surprised to witness firsthand
how scientific progress is made in inches and not miles,
and how the slow accumulation of scientific data is
passed on, and expanded upon, from one generation of
scientists to the next. |
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Featuring a soundtrack with music from Grammy Award®-winning
singer and songwriter Sting, Dolphins will capture the
imagination of audiences worldwide who will gain newfound
respect for the ocean and the importance of scientific
research to its preservation.
Dolphins is produced by MacGillivray
Freeman Films in association with the National Wildlife
Federation, the nation's largest member-supported conservation
group, and with major funding provided by the National
Science Foundation and Museum Film Network.
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