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Preparation
A Plastic Ocean
A Plastic Ocean is a film to make you think. Think, and then act. We need to take action on our dependence on plastic. We've been producing plastic in huge quantities since the 1940s. Drink bottles, shopping bags, toiletries and even clothes are made with plastic. 1) _____. What happens to all the rest? This is the question the film A Plastic Ocean answers. It is a documentary that looks at the impact that plastic waste has on the environment. Spoiler alert: the impact is devastating.
The film begins as a journey to film the largest animal on the planet, the blue whale. But during the journey the filmmakers (journalist Craig Leeson and environmental activist Tanya Streeter) make the shocking discovery of a huge, thick layer of plastic floating in the middle of the Indian Ocean. 2) _____. In total, they visited 20 locations around the world during the four years it took them to make the film. The documentary premiered in 2016, and is now on streaming services such as Netflix.
It's very clear that a lot of research went into the film. There are beautiful shots of the seas and marine life. 3) _____. We see how marine species are being killed by all the plastic we are dumping in the ocean. The message about our use of plastic is painfully obvious.
4) _____. In the second half, the filmmakers look at what we can do to reverse the tide of plastic flowing around the world. They present short-term and long-term solutions. These include avoiding plastic containers and 'single-use' plastic products as much as possible. Reuse your plastic bags and recycle as much as you can. The filmmakers also stress the need for governments to work more on recycling programmes, and look at how technology is developing that can convert plastic into fuel.
We make a staggering amount of plastic. In terms of plastic bags alone, we use five hundred billion worldwide annually. Over 300 million tons of plastic are produced every year, and at least 8 million of those are dumped into the oceans. 5) _____. Once you've seen A Plastic Ocean, you'll realise the time is now and we all have a role to play.
I usually do not watch movies of any kind, including documentaries. Instead, I prefer watching short reels or TikTok videos. I am particularly interested in content related to space, galaxies, and occasionally, historical topics.
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It is amazing how we are creating a negative effect on the environment by using plastic every day. The text is pretty accurate we need to take action immediately, and I'm not saying that we can save the world in one day, but we can start by changing our own habits. I'm sure that if everyone around the world tries to use less plastic and recycles or reuses as much as possible, we will see positive results
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Well honestly i don't have any cuz i have never seen decodocumentary films, maybe one and it was about extinction of an animal, i can not really remremembe the whole story but it was great.
Asking me I would say that we should watch those documentary stories which makes us aware of the problems which the world is facing right now. This would help us to make the world a better place . Because we will only be able to fix the problems after getting to know about them .I don't have any specific recommendations but we should try to watch informative documentaries instead of wasting our time on useless movies and films
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I recommended The story of Stuff on YouTube.
It was an easy exercise and an interesting reading.
I recommend watching the documentary films: "Mission Blue", "Seaspiracy" and "Chassing Coral".
All documentary films can found in Netflix.
"Mission Blue" is about a documenary about oceanographer Sylvia Earle's campaign to save the planet's oceans from threats such as toxic waste and overfishing.
"Seaspiracy" is about a filmmaker in love with the ocean who sets out to document the damage humans cause to marine species and makes a shocking discovery, uncovering alarming global corruption.
Finally, you have to watch the documentary "Chassing Coral". It's both shocking and painfull, as divers, scientists, and photographers from around the world unite and organize an epic underwater campaign to document the disappearance of coral reefs.
The three documentaries show very well that we have to act now; tomorrow may be too late.
I would like to recommend "Planet Earth"， which films the everything on the earth, animals， environment，ocean，plants...it tells people how species on earth coexist. You can feel the amazing and gorgeous scenes, the miracle of life.
Hello, I recommend "My octopus teacher" on Netflix. It is a window to see how animals and humans could coexist.