![]() And yet I find myself thinking I wouldn’t be surprised if viewers who aren’t gung-ho Sea Shepherd supporters left the film feeling some kind of respect for the people involved, given their unquestionable grit and tenacity. Activist documentaries of this ilk are inevitably preaching to the converted, even if that’s not their intention, as they’re likely to attract audiences who were enthusiastic champions of the cause before they walked in the door. Indeed, most war films I watch aren’t as intense as this. Amis has described the film as one that “captures the spirit of global activism – where real people show raw, unvarnished fear and heroism against terrifying odds”. It is a rousing film, directed by Stephen Amis and constructed using footage captured from four Sea Shepherd vessels, which were fitted with camera and GoPros. This pulse-pounding moment was captured in the Australian documentary Defend, Conserve, Protect, which charts the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s ninth campaign, called Zero Tolerance, during which it policed the world’s only international whale sanctuary. Captain Paul Watson of anti-whaling activist group Sea Shepherd.
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