“People tell you your whole life to be afraid of sharks,” he says in the film. “The reality is totally different.”
Filmmaker and ocean conservationist Rob Stewart shocked the world—first with the release of Sharkwater, an acclaimed 2006 documentary in which he swam fearlessly with sharks. Then in 2017, when he died in a tragic diving accident in the Florida Keys filming his sequel, Sharkwater: Extinction.
Conservationist and filmmaker Rob Stewart. Frank Gibson As cinema heroes go, Stewart was perfect casting. Lean, fit, tan, with sprigs of sun-kissed blonde hair and an elfin grin, he exuded a passion for sharks that was uncanny. His grace and assurance underwater, seen in sequences stroking and even embracing sharks, makes his death, by drowning at age 37, all the harder for fans to process.
“Most of the world suffers from ‘the Jaws effect’,” Brian Stewart notes, referring to Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film that cemented sharks’ notorious reputation in popular culture.He referred to sharks in affectionate terms—“cute,” “cheeky,” “a sweetheart.” Which makes perfect sense to Brock Cahill, a fellow “cinematic activist” from Venice, Calif., and close friend of Stewart who was with him on Stewart’s final dive.
We may also consume shark unknowingly , which can pose a health problem, given the high levels of mercury and other neurotoxins found in some shark species.
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