WORLD OCEANS DAY: James Cameron, the Avatar Alliance Foundation and Partners Collaborate on Zoe Saldana-Narrated "What Would the Ocean Say?"

The short film outlines the significant challenges the world's oceans face: global warming, plastic pollution, overfishing, ocean acidification and more. But it also introduces a new generation of ocean activists?researchers, conservationists, teachers, filmmakers?working on the front lines to protect and preserve the planet's critical resource. 

Following the film's debut at the UN, a second segment aired that featured eight young leaders focused on ocean science, education and conservation and associated with National Geographic, The Explorers Club, OpenROV ? OpenExplorer and The Resolution Project. Consistent with the themes of the UN Ocean Conference, which was aimed at achieving Sustainable Goal 14, the "Ocean Goal," this next generation of ocean champions underscored the need to take action on oceans through a collective statement: "If not me, then who? If not now, then when? It starts here. It starts now." 

The film is executive produced by James Cameron and Maria Wilhelm and was made possible by collaboration from contributors: Oceans, a Jacques Perrin and Galatée Films production; Planet Ocean, a Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Michael Pitiot film; March of the Penguins by Bonne Pioche Productions and Luc Jacquet; MacGillivray Freeman Films; Alucia Productions; National Geographic; Howard Hall Productions; Dave Hannan; the Plastic Oceans Foundation; Years of Living Dangerously; TBA21-Academy.

The following list of institutions additionally supported the production: Disneynature; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; The Explorers Club; OpenROV ? OpenExplorer; The Resolution Project. 

The short film can be accessed here. 

SOURCE Avatar Alliance Foundation