On the occasion of World Ocean Day, next June 8, the Arte channel offers on Saturday, June 4 a special day in honor of the sea and oceans. Reminding their importance, our various commitments, and mobilizing people is not useless in these times…
Reruns…Starting at 11:25 am “ Women of the Sea ”, a documentary series by Alexandra Sorgenicht (Germany, 2015/2016, 5×43 minutes), presents portraits of fearless women exploring the heart of various oceans around the globe:
• 11:25 am, “ Rescuing the Abyss ” : German marine biologist Antje Boetius heads to the North Pole to study deep-sea hydrothermal vents to develop methods for combating climate change.
• 12:05 pm, “ Rescuing Corals ” : Verena Schoepf searches in the Indian Ocean for ‘super-corals’ capable of withstanding extreme conditions, which could be implanted outside their original environment.
• 12:50 pm, “ Rescuing the Whales ” : American Nan Hauser lives in the Cook Islands where she studies the routes of humpback whales to define protection zones.
• 3:20 pm, “ Rescuing the Great White Shark ” : Located by the Atlantic Ocean near the Cape, South African Alison Kock is passionate about the great white shark and protests against its terrible reputation for being bloodthirsty.
• 4:05 pm, “ Rescuing Phytoplankton ” : South African marine biologist Sandy Thomalla, one of the world experts on phytoplankton, seeks to understand how climate change affects these essential tiny particles.
From 8:50 pm to 11:00 pm “ The Ocean People ” a captivating and masterful documentary series by Jacques Cluzaud and Jacques Perrin (France, 2011, 4×43 minutes):
• 8:50 pm, “ The Blue People ” : How do high-sea animals survive in the liquid vastness where there is no bottom to settle, no solid to latch onto or hide behind?
• 9:35 pm, “ The People of Sand and Forests ” : Discovering all the sand species and those living, like otters and sea lions, at the heart of large marine forests.
• 10:20 pm, “ The People of the Reefs ” : Great builders of the planet, corals are living stones, both animal, plant, and mineral. They shape the environment, multiplying ecological niches and allowing for explosive diversification of species.
• 11:00 pm, “ From Land to Sea ” : Iguanas, penguins, dolphins, and whales, millions of years ago, the ancestors of these marine mammals were land-dwellers.…Unreleased documentaries…At 4:30 pm “ The Rush for Pacific Seabeds – in Search of Manganese ”, directed by Friederike Lorenz (Germany, 2015, 52 minutes): manganese nodules could be the new metal source for our high-tech society. The catch: they are hidden four kilometers deep in the Pacific…
At 5:25 pm “ Who Owns the Oceans? The Economic Stakes in the Hands of Science ” by Max Mönch and Alexander Lahl (Germany, 2015, 52 minutes): the exploitation of seabeds is of great interest to many states, fiercely disputing maritime boundaries.…And a web-documentary
« A World of Oceans! ” by Max Mönch and Alexander Lahl is a participatory web project in four parts spanning an entire year. It raises issues related to the oceans and informs us about their evolution. The first part, “Ocean Monopoly”, focuses on the territorial claims of different nations on the oceans as well as on the looting of mineral and oil resources. The second part, online in September, will address the issue of microplastics, followed by two other parts later in the year. A project conducted in collaboration with the Year of Science 2016/2017 in Germany.Do not miss under any circumstances this exceptional day on Saturday, June 4, 2016, on Arte.
Morgane CONSTANTIN
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