Director: Marcy Cravat | USA | Documentary | 2013 | 72 mins
Film source: Filmmaker
Not all environmental films need to show devastation to get their message across. Sometimes it’s the hauntingly dreamy images, such as the underwater sculptures created by internationally renowned artist Jason deCaires, that bring the message and sense of loss back home. Director Marcy Cravat filmed deCaires and his crew creating the Angel, centrepiece of the of the 400+ sculptures immersed in the azur waters off Cancun in Mexico, while the stunning underwater photography was shot by deCaire himself. The film holds your attention by showing in exciting detail the craft of an artist in action, creating sculptures from live human models, interspersed with information about the gradual erosion of reel coral reefs. Convincingly and unobtrusively narrated by Peter Coyote.