AN OCEAN CONSERVATION MOVEMENT

“This is not just a movement to protect whales and sharks, seals and fish, it is a movement to protect humanity and all other species on this planet.” Paul Watson

After the initial live-streamed event, your ticket will give you
access to the recording until Sunday, November 15, 2020.

And the 2020 Water Warrior Award goes to…

Captain Paul Watson

Water Docs 2020 Water Warrior Award Recipient

We will be conversing live with Captain Paul Watson to present the award and then after the screening for a panel discussion. Come and celebrate the inspiring life of Captain Paul Watson with us, this year's Water Docs Water Warrior Award recipient

This event is co-hosted with the Student Chapter of the Ontario Water Works Association at the University of Toronto.

WATSON
Filmmaker: Lesley Chilcott
AUSTRIA | 2019 | 100 min | Canadian Premiere

WATSON will have its Canadian Premiere screening at Water Docs 2020 (in partnership with the OWWA Student Chapter at the University of Toronto) as part of our annual Water Warrior Award presentation event. Please join us on Wednesday, March 25th at 6:30 pm at Innis Town Hall as we honour Captain Paul Watson's lifetime of passionate dedication and protection of our oceans and all marine wildlife. Watson (2019, AUSTRIA) Like a crime-fighting superhero of the high seas, Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson has spent his life sailing the globe to keep our oceans and their inhabitants safe. A daring ship’s captain with no fear of danger, Watson and his crews have confronted illegal whaling vessels from Europe to the Southern Ocean, seal hunters in Canada, and shark finners in Central America. Impervious to threats, with more than one nation issuing warrants for his arrest, Watson continues to intervene on behalf of his “clients”: the ocean creatures endangered by overfishing and illegal activities on the high seas. As a teenager in the 1960s, Watson left an abusive home and shipped out as a deckhand on a merchant vessel. Upon his return he helped found Greenpeace, putting himself in harm’s way to protect marine mammals. But in 1977, when his bold interventions got him kicked off of Greenpeace’s board of directors, he launched Sea Shepherd with a ragtag crew and a single ship. Four decades later, the direct-action group has chapters around the world and an international fleet of 13 ships, the world’s largest private navy. Blending revealing contemporary interviews with Watson, archival clips of Sea Shepherd’s dramatic encounters, and spectacular underwater nature footage, award-winning documentarian Lesley Chilcott (An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for “Superman”) paints a fascinating portrait of a man willing to put his own life and liberty at risk in a relentless quest to protect the oceans and the marine life within.

Like a crime-fighting superhero of the high seas, Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson has spent his life sailing the globe to keep our oceans and their inhabitants safe.  A daring ship’s captain with no fear of danger, Watson and his crews have confronted illegal whaling vessels from Europe to the Southern Ocean, seal hunters in Canada, and shark finners in Central America. Impervious to threats, with more than one nation issuing warrants for his arrest, WATSON continues to intervene on behalf of his “clients”: the ocean creatures endangered by overfishing and illegal activities on the high seas.

Emcee: Rick Miller
is a writer/director/actor/musician/educator who has performed in five languages on five continents, and who Entertainment Weekly called “one of the 100 most creative people alive today”. He has personally created shows such as the BOOM Trilogy and MacHomer, as well as many family oriented pieces and an educational animated series called Kidoons with Craig Francis. Rick is from Montreal, and lives in Toronto with his partner Stephanie Baptist and their two daughters.

After the initial live-streamed event, your ticket will give you
access to the recording until Sunday, November 15, 2020.

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