Out of Plain Sight
A haunting tip prompts a Los Angeles Times reporter to unravel a toxic mystery lurking just off the coast of Southern California.
2024 | 94m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Daniel Straub, Rosanna Xia |
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| Writer: | Rosanna Xia |
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| Aboard one of the most-advanced research ships in the world, on a seemingly unremarkable day, David Valentine decoded unusual signals underwater that gave him chills. As he scanned the seafloor with a deep-sea robot, he came across a trail of eerie-looking barrels that no one had seen before. He spent years sounding the alarm, but calls to the government went nowhere. He finally messaged Rosanna Xia, a reporter at the L.A. Times, who unearthed a startling truth: as many as half a million barrels of DDT waste had been quietly dumped into the ocean. The full environmental horror sharpens into even greater clarity once Xia starts to connect more dots: Sea lions have washed ashore with cancer in staggering numbers, and significant amounts of DDT can still be traced across the entire marine ecosystem. A new generation is now grasping the words of Rachel Carson, who first shook the world awake in 1962 with Silent Spring: “The obligation to endure … gives us the right to know.” | |
| Release Date: | Nov 16, 2024 |
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| Director: | Daniel Straub, Rosanna Xia |
| Writer: | Rosanna Xia |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | ocean, los angeles, california, water pollution, investigative journalism, sea lion, environmental documentary, science, forever chemicals |
| Production Companies | LA Times Studios, Sypher Studios |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Nov 07, 2024 Entered: Nov 08, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Dr. David Valentine | self |
| Dr. Alissa Deming | self |
| Dr. Eunha Hoh | self |
| Rosanna Xia | self |
| Allan Chartrand | self |
| Charlotte Seid | self |
| Toni Sleugh | self |
| Noelle Bowlin | self |
| Brice Semmens | self |
| Dr. Lihini Aluwihare | self |
| Barbara Cohn | self |
| Akilah Shahid | self |
| Joe Burnett | self |
| Christopher Reddy | self |
| Veronika Kivenson | self |
| John Lyons | self |
| John Chesnutt | self |
| Katherine Pease | self |
| Tina Calderon | self |
| Jessa Calderon | self |
| Mark Gold | self |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| James Ellington | Original Music Composer |
| Daniel Straub | Director |
| Rosanna Xia | Writer, Director |
| Austin Straub | Editor, Director of Photography |
| Rachel Lautzenheiser | Music Supervisor |
| Tristan Baylis | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Andres E. Marthe Gonzalez | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Léa Dessart | Sound Effects Editor |
| Mehar Gujral | Audio Post Coordinator |
| Nathan Hasz | Sound Engineer |
| Camille Laffond | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Ai Miyatake | Sound Effects Editor |
| Karla P. Moran | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Peter Russell | Dialogue Editor |
| Jeff Spivack | Sound Post Supervisor |
| Hayley Young | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Larry Chappell | Visual Effects Design Consultant |
| Tyler Gulbrandsen | Assistant Camera |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Christopher Argentieri | Executive Producer |
| Bryce Cyrier | Producer |
| Shani Hilton | Executive Producer |
| Jens Jacob | Executive Producer |
| Maurice James | Executive Producer |
| Leslie Lindsey | Executive Producer |
| Jason Pamer | Executive Producer |
| Austin Straub | Producer |
| Daniel Straub | Producer |
| Rosanna Xia | Producer |
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