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Invisible Ocean: Plankton & Plastic

Directed by: Emily V. Driscoll | Produced by: BonSci Films | Starring: Mara G. Haseltine | Documentary | 2016 | USA | 8:58

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INVISIBLE OCEAN: PLANKTON AND PLASTIC is a documentary that follows NYC Environmental Artist Mara G. Haseltine as she create a sculpture to reveal a microscopic threat beneath the surface of the ocean. During a Tara Oceans expedition to study the health of the oceans, Haseltine finds an unsettling presence in samples of plankton she collected. The discovery inspires her to create a sculpture that shows that the microscopic Ocean world affects all life on Earth. The film features Mara Haseltine, Christian Sardet (The Plankton Chronicles, TARA Oceans) and Mark Anthony Browne (Ecologist NCEAS).