Placeholder Image

Subtitles section Play video

  • - In Indonesia, the ocean plays a critical role

  • in people's livelihoods, from their food to their careers.

  • But that important resource is under threat

  • from the overwhelming amounts of plastic.

  • Each year, just about 30,000 metric tons

  • of plastic pollution enter the country's waters.

  • This, combined with the plastic from the rest of the world,

  • washes up on the beaches, gets hooked by local fishermen

  • and damages marine ecosystems.

  • This upcoming film follows Wayan,

  • a 90 year old Balinese fisherman

  • using all of his resources and knowledge

  • to tackle the growing problem one net of trash at a time.

  • This is "Voice Above Water."

  • a production from Turning Tides Films.

  • (light music)

  • (light music)

  • (light music)

  • (light music)

  • (light music)

  • (tribal drum music)

  • (tribal drum music)

  • (waves crashing)

  • (light music)

  • (children chattering)

  • (child exclaims)

  • (flute music)

  • (light music)

  • (light music)

  • (rain dripping)

  • (light music)

  • (bright music)

- In Indonesia, the ocean plays a critical role

Subtitles and vocabulary

Click the word to look it up Click the word to find further inforamtion about it