If the ocean could talk - a voice for the North Atlantic Right Whale and Friends

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In 2019, we started what we thought would be a documentary about the North Atlantic Ocean, comprised of unique characteristics and complex systems, home to a wide range of organisms vocalizing below the ocean's surface. The film, delicately balancing the beautiful sounds and scenes of the marine world contrasted against its destruction caused by human impacts. What we didn't foresee is a story much more compelling, a "who done it," death of a newborn critically endangered northern right whale.  
Was it manmade noise that caused the mother to lose her newborn, a ship strike, chemical and/or plastic pollution, was it discarded fishing gear or overfishing? We learn from marine experts what happened to this infant right whale, why this species and others are destined for extinction, and why it matters. The documentary dives deep into viable solutions that everyone can support in order to preserve the sounds in the sea and the marine life in it. It promises to inspire hope, not doom, but only if we listen.
If The Ocean Could Talk - A voice for the North Atlantic is a heart-stopping cinematic journey narrated by Plastic Ocean Project, Inc. founder Bonnie Monteleone with composer and accomplished double bass player Garth Stevenson. Monteleone will be interviewing scientists to find answers while Stevenson bridges the power of music beyond human cultures as they journey parts of the North Atlantic Ocean. We will explore the North Atlantic and its unique ocean characteristics found off the coast of North Carolina while recording the many unique marine life sounds under the surface. Our film invites viewers to join our film crew on our pioneering voyage as we connect with experts and innovators who explore ways in which the sea already speaks to us as we try to solve the demise of the newborn whale mystery.
We will meet up with professionals like world renowned oceanographer, Sylvia Earle, PhD., whale experts, marine biologists, oceanographers, economists, political leaders, and "solutionaries" who put us all on notice that this film is important now more than ever.
The Plastic Ocean Project, Bootstrap, Loggerhead Productions, and Seven Season Films aim to release If The Ocean Could Talk June 2022 World Ocean Day and partially funded by Making a Mark Foundation and Plaine Products. Want to become a sponsor? Email Kel@plasticoceanproject.org

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