This is the
trailer for our
upcoming film on
Titouan Bernicote.
A young man from
the island of
Moorea, in French
Polynesia.
A couple of years
back,
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This is the trailer for our upcoming film on Titouan Bernicote. A young man from the island of Moorea, in French Polynesia.
A couple of years back, on our very first trip to French Polynesia, where our main focus was filming Humpback Whales, while at the same time keeping our eyes and ears open for any inspiring locals with a rad story to tell. Almost upon arrival just such a person reached out on Instagram, a local kid named Titouan Bernicote
Titouan is, like most local Tahitians, a passionate surfer. The surf in his home waters are generated by large ocean currents slamming into shallow coral reefs. One day at his favorite surf break, he noticed that a lot of the corals were bright white. Curious as to why, he asked around and found out that this meant that the host organisms had vacated their skeletal structure and the corals were essentially dying, in a phenomenon known as coral bleaching.
Shocked and disgusted, Titouan asked what could be done to save the reef, everyone told him to spend his nex
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