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The Last Sea Treasure

Since pioneering explorer Valerie Taylor first made a documentary about the Coral Sea more than half a century ago, this last sea treasure faces perhaps its greatest test.

  • Danielle Ryan
    Director
  • James Sherwood
    Director
  • Danielle Ryan
    Writer
  • Danielle Ryan
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    20 minutes 15 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 8, 2016
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Community Screening by Save Our Marine Life Alliance
    Cairns, Australia
    March 16, 2016
    Premier
  • Community Screening by Save Our Marine Life Alliance
    Rockhampton, Australia
    April 18, 2016
  • Community Screening by Save Our Marine Life Alliance
    Redland City, Australia
    April 22, 2016
  • Community Screening by Save Our Marine Life Alliance
    St Lucia, Australia
    February 24, 2016
  • Community Screening by Save Our Marine Life Alliance
    Brisbane, Australia
    February 26, 2016
  • Community Screening by Save Our Marine Life Alliance
    Maroochydore, Australia
    March 27, 2016
  • Community Screening by Save Our Marine Life Alliance
    Airlie Beach, Australia
    February 29, 2016
  • Community Screening by Save Our Marine Life Alliance
    Bondi, Sydney
    Australia
    April 14, 2016
  • Community Screening by SO Manly & Sealife Trust
    Brookvale, Sydney
    Australia
    April 23, 2016
  • The IndieFEST Film Awards

    United States
    Award of Merit: Women Filmmakers
Director Biography - Danielle Ryan , James Sherwood

James and Danielle are award-winning documentary-makers, who live on the northern beaches in Sydney, Australia. Together, they have won eight film festival awards. They have tackled a range of tough social issues in their works ranging from wildlife poaching to child labour on their journeys through Central America for broadcast television, to issues looking at Australia's marine protected areas. James has worked in film his whole work life and has a marine science degree, and Danielle comes from a creative writing and journalism background. They love the sea, and are just thrilled to have met so many fascinating people on their adventures around Australia and overseas collecting stories and demystifying the issues and science around some of today's biggest challenges.

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Director Statement

Did you know that a lot of David Attenborough's new series, Great Barrier Reef, was actually shot in its sister reef, the Coral Sea? And, did you know that this wild and special place is currently vulnerable to overfishing, because it is not a protected area? 'The Last Sea Treasure' is the fourth short documentary we've made on the value and beauty of marine protected areas. They are the special places you visit on holiday (like on the Great Barrier Reef); areas zoned by government giving nature a chance to return and thrive. We are now working on our fifth and sixth ocean documentaries, including 'The Map to Paradise,' which will look at the rise of marine protected areas globally. James and I will dedicate our lives to documenting the importance of these critical places, which the famous underwater explorer, Sylvia Earle, calls 'hope spots' in a blue world which has been sadly devastated by multiple pressures, including by overfishing. - Danielle Ryan, co-Director