In Search of the Elusive Blue Whale - A Plastic Ocean
VIEW EVENT DETAILSLuncheon Presentation
Registration 12:15pm
Luncheon 12:30pm
Close 2:00pm
A Plastic Ocean explores the fragile state of our oceans, uncovers alarming truths about plastic pollution and the threat to human health, and critically reveals the solutions that can be put into immediate effect to turn the tide. The 99-minute documentary has been selected for screenings at conferences and festivals in the U.S., Canada and UK, including the Smithsonian Institute and the International Union for Conversation of Nature where the film was seen by U.S. President Barack Obama and environmentalists Sylvia Earle and Jane Goodall. A Plastic Ocean also received a nomination for Best Documentary at the Raindance Film Festival.
The director, writer and on-screen explorer of A Plastic Ocean, Craig A. Leeson, will describe how he became involved with the Plastic Oceans Foundation project, which Sir David Attenborough has described as “the most important film of our time.” Leeson and his crews traveled to 20 locations around the globe over the course of four years, often waiting for just the precise moment to capture never-before-seen footage of whales, turtles and sea birds. He will share the findings of the team, including some of the horrific facts of our life-time addiction to plastic and the result this has had on the environment.
Craig A. Leeson is an award-winning journalist, television presenter and filmmaker, CEO of Leeson Media International and Ocean Vista Films and founder of the I SHOT Hong Kong Film Festival. He has worked with the world’s major broadcasters including the BBC, Bloomberg, PBS, National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, Bio Channel, Universal, Al Jazeera and the Seven Network. He began his documentary filmmaking career in 1999 and has won the Asia TV Awards for Rebel Impasse, on the Maoist rebels of Nepal; Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed (National Geographic Channel); and a New York Festivals medal for Best International Affairs Documentary on The Fall of President Suharto. He has produced and directed NGC’s top Asia television programs and projects including The Making Of A Gala, GeoWatch Asia, the Top 30 Countdown for NGC’s 10th anniversary special and Earth Day promos shot in multiple countries. He is committed to charity work, producing successful fundraising films for Room To Read, Operation Smile, The Sovereign Art Foundation and FilmAid. From Tasmania, Leeson is a passionate oceans explorer, adventurer, surfer and diver.
Event Details
Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 9 Justice Drive, Admiralty