Latest News for Sharkwater

The Waterloo Record has posted an article about a group of kids who invited the producers of 'Sharkwater' to visit their school. The film was screened for the grade 7 class at Margaret Avenue Public School, and since then the students have been determined to help stop shark finning. Tyler MacLeod, the film's production manager spoke to the students.

"...Even if you don't click with the movie, click with the message," MacLeod told the students. "Be ambassadors. We're trying to start a revolution..."

UnderGroundOnline has posted a review of Rob Stewart's documentary 'Sharkwater'. The review goes over some of the alarming facts that the film covers and insists that you don't need to be a shark lover to love 'Sharkwater'.

"...Regardless if you like sharks or not, this is an amazing, eye-opening documentary. Even if you watched every Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, you'll feel like you knew nothing about sharks before watching this DVD..."

A booming demand for shark flesh is the reason this beautiful animal is now facing extinction

The Guardian has posted an article written by Sharwater director Rob Stewart. He talks about the journey he took while making the film, his passion for sharks, and informs us of some alarming statistics along the way. 

"...Each year, 100 million sharks are killed and no one bats an eyelid, largely because the public is petrified of sharks. The reality, as most divers know, is that sharks are mostly harmless to humans...."

"Movies like Jaws and Open Water portray sharks as vicious man-eaters
and every year attacks on swimmers make for sensational headlines.   

But Canadian underwater photographer turned filmmaker Rob Stewart
is trying to change the perception of sharks as killers with his
award-winning documentary, Sharkwater.   

The film challenges many of the myths and historical stereotypes about creatures which pre-date the dinosaurs."

The Gold Coast has posted an article about 'Sharkwater' director Rob Stewart. He recently visited Australia's Gold Coast and stopped by Sea World to dive into the shark tank unprotected. He went on to discuss the shark nets being used along the coast.

"What people don't realize is that more sharks get caught leaving than coming through the nets. A problem then occurs when the shark dies in the nets because it attracts more sharks to that area."

The Brisbane Times has posted an interview with 'Sharkwater' director Rob Stewart. He talks about how he set out to make a beautiful film about sharks and ended up with a documentary urging people to save sharks.

"Instead of coming back with a movie about pretty sharks, I came back with a movie about corruption and espionage and attempted murder and had to figure how on earth I was going to put all this together," he says.

The film opens next week in Australia.

The West Australian has posted an article about 'Sharkwater' director Rob Stewart. Stewart talks about some of the adventures encountered making the film, including being chased  by coast guards with machine guns, hospitalized after almost loosing a leg, as well as his first experience with sharks as a child.

"I met my first shark when I was nine in the Cayman Islands and it was afraid of me," he says. "Every shark I met after that was afraid of me."

MOST people would find the idea of jumping in a tank full of sharks without the protection of a cage a little crazy.

Australia's Courier Mail has posted an article about Rob Stewart's 'Sharkwater'. The director has no fear when it comes to sharks.

"I almost died six times," said Stewart. But never at the hands of sharks."

The film opens in theaters there May 15th.

Read the full article here.

The popular image of the shark is of a veracious man-eating predator, which has meant that many shark species are being hunted without consideration.

Metro UK has just posted a piece about 'Sharkwater', directed by Canadian Rob Stewart. For Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous journey into the balance of life on earth.

"Sharks can see us with more than their eyes. They can sense our energy and they viewed me as a threat."

Read the full article here.