Link to Shark week 2010: Sharkbite beach documentary
Documentary Description
In one shocking month of 2008, the Pacific coastline of Southern
California and Mexico suddenly became the focus for shark-experts and
shark-hunters everywhere, as it played host to three attacks, an
impassioned local backlash worthy of Amity Island and an unending trail
of close shaves. It was fast, furious... and followed blow-by-blow by
millions of people in a completely new way, using communication
technology that had moved on apace since America's last 'summer of the
shark' in 2001. The film captures the reality of shark attacks in the
twenty-first century. For in 2008 as soon as an unlucky swimmer or
surfer encounters a predator, his own story is a hit on the web,
multiplying interest exponentially. Witnesses and victims instantly
share their accounts, their photos and their videos of a sighting, a
bite - even a death. Shark Bite Beach tells the story of those chaotic
weeks - through the testimony of survivors, and the gripping accounts of
eyewitnesses. It also explores how those who have seen friends and
family attacked by sharks come to terms with their loss and, in some
cases, return to the ocean.
