Saving the Ocean: Trinidad’s Turtle Giants
2013 FESTIVAL
27 min.
Filmmakers: David Huntley, Carl Safina, and John Angier
Trinidad’s Turtle Giants is an episode of Saving the Ocean on PBS. Witness the spectacular comeback of Earth’s last warm-blooded monster reptile, the 1000-pound leatherback turtle, now thriving on Caribbean beaches. Trinidad’s leatherbacks were heading for extinction, but now 10,000 visitors a year come to the famous Matura Beach, and local villages make a good living from sea turtle ecotourism.
FULL FILM
[...] Wilderness [S] 1:33 The Trouble with Trout [S] 1:42 The Whale Story 1:46 Song of the Spindle 1:50 Saving the Ocean: Trinidad’s Turtle Giants 2:17 Connected followed by a filmmaker Q&A with Ziggy Livnat 3:00 Cafeteria [...]