Overview
The special follows award-winning actor Mackie in his hometown of New Orleans, where he grew up boating and angling and still practices the sport to date, a passion he now shares with his four sons. Throughout the documentary, Mackie is on a personal mission to keep the peace between coastal communities and sharks. Diving fin-first, he comes face-to-face with the ocean’s apex predators, swimming with several enormous sandbar and silky sharks and tagging a formidable 7-foot bull shark.
Director and cast
- Anthony Mackie as Self - Host
- Brett Ryan as Self - Charter Fisherman (as Captain Brett Ryan)
- Jasmin Graham as Self - Mote Marine Laboratory
- Marcus Drymon as Self - Mississippi State University (as Dr. Marcus Drymon)
- Yannis P. Papastamatiou as Self - Florida International University
- Gardner Goodall as Self - Native Plants Program Senior Coordinator
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