Mission Blue (plus talk) - Ocean Lovers Festival

Legendary oceanographer Sylvia Earle is on a personal mission to save the ocean.

Mission Blue - shot during a 3-year period in numerous locations around the world - the film traces Sylvia's remarkable personal journey, from her earliest memories exploring the ocean as a young girl to her days leading a daring undersea mission in the Virgin Islands and beyond.

The film deftly weaved her unique personal history with the passion that consumes Sylvia today: creating a global parks system for the ocean that she calls "Hopes Spots".  As she eloquently expressed in her TED prize wish, Sylvia passionately believes that this ambitious plan is the best way to restore the health of the ocean.  But as she travels tot he Gulf of Mexico, the Galapagos Islands, the Coral Sea and beyond, it becomes clear just how daunting the challenges we face truly are.