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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."

2025-02-07
10
en 94m
Documentary
From Pulitzer Prize-finalist Rosanna Xia and Academy Award®-winning L.A. Times Studios, 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 Los Angeles Times journalist Rosanna 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.

Director

Daniel Straub

Director

Rosanna Xia

Director of Photography

Austin Straub

Original Music Composer

James Ellington

Music Supervisor

Rachel Lautzenheiser

Editor

Austin Straub

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Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • LA Times Studios
  • Sypher Studios

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