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Whale Mission: Keepers of Memory
200552 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Caroline UnderwoodJean Lemire
Production: Jean Lemire
Script: Jean LemireCaroline Underwood
Produced by Glacialis Productions Inc. with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Cable Industry; the Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit - Gestion SODEC; the National Film Board of Canada; and the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit; and in association with Télé-Québec and CBC Television.
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Almost wiped out in the 19th and 20th centuries, the northern right whale is the planet's most endangered large-whale species. Today there are fewer than 350 left. However, tantalizing evidence from genetic studies suggests there are more whales out there.
The ocean-going sailing ship Sedna IV and her science team are following the ancient route of early whalers on an historic mission around the remote Cape Farewell whaling grounds in the treacherous North Atlantic Ocean. This vast watery wilderness conceals many mysteries and maybe some new whales. Could this remote area be the key to the future of right whales?
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Subject categories
- Animals > Aquatic AnimalsEndangered SpeciesMammals
- Environment and Conservation > Endangered Species
- Fishing and Hunting Industries > HuntingWhaling
Credits
- direction
- Caroline Underwood
- Jean Lemire
- producer
- Jean Lemire
- script
- Jean Lemire
- Caroline Underwood
- cinematography
- Marc Gadoury
- sound
- Jean-François Priester
- Alain Mathieu
- André Boisvert
- Richard Lavoie
- Sylvain Bellemare
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- picture editing
- Bruce Annis
- original music
- Anthony Rozankovic
- participant
- Scott Kraus
- Moira Brown
- Richard Sears
- Marilyn Marx
- Laura Morse
- Susan Parks
- Beth Pike
- Monica Zani
- Brenna McLeod
- Lei Harris
- Sedna IV crew
- Mario H. Cyr
- Geoff Green
- Guy Gaudin
- Émile Le Bars
- Mario A. Cyr
- Suzann Méthot
- Michel Allard
- Elisabeth Nicole
- Lyne Richard
- Serge Boudreau
- Stanislas Deville
- Christine Fortin
- narration
- David Suzuki
- additional cinematography
- Martin Leclerc
- underwater cinematography
- Morgan Productions
- assistant camera
- Gilles Laliberté
- online editing
- Denis Pilon
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- graphic design
- Sébastien Théraulaz
- sound editing
- Sylvain Bellemare
- Claire Pochon
- François Senneville
- musician
- Philippe Dunnigan
- Mélanie Bélair
- Carla Antoun
- Caroline Séguin
- Bob Cohen
- Anthony Rozankovic
- Ligia Paquin
- Benoît Groulx
- music recording
- Frédéric Grenon
- Luc Gauthier
- music mix
- Frédéric Grenon
- Luc Gauthier
- insurance broker
- Taillefer Desjardins inc.
- Linda Dubuc
- Michelle Beaulieu
- auditor
- Pierre Fauteux
- legal advisor
- Fernand Deveau
- Zénaïde Lussier
- research
- Pascale Bilodeau
- Sara Marino
- Jean Lemire
- Caroline Underwood
- line production
- Josée Roberge
- production manager
- Catherine Beaudoin
- production coordinator
- Brigitte Breault
- Leyla D'Aragon-Krim
- post-production assistant
- Geneviève Lagacé
- production accountant
- Jean-Paul Landry
- assistant to accountant
- Sandra Arseneau