Out of Plain Sight

A HAUNTING TIP PROMPTS A LOS ANGELES TIMES REPORTER TO DISCOVER THAT AS MANY AS HALF A MILLION BARRELS OF TOXIC WASTE HAD BEEN DUMPED INTO THE OCEAN, JUST OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

10/10 2024 4K 94 min

Documentary

From the Los Angeles Times and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Rosanna Xia, OUT OF PLAIN SIGHT is a cinematic exposé of an environmental disaster lurking just off the coast of Southern California. Not far from Catalina Island, aboard one of the most-advanced research ships in the world, David Valentine discovered a corroded barrel on the seafloor that gave him chills. The full environmental horror sharpens into greater clarity once he calls Xia, who pieces together a shocking revelation: In the years after World War II, as many as half a million barrels of toxic waste had been quietly dumped into the ocean – and the consequences continue to haunt the world today.

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