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last of the right whales maremma: italy’s untamed
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North Atlantic right whales are dying faster than they With a wide variety of different habitats existing near
can reproduce. With less than 400 remaining, these each other, Italy is one of Europe’s largest biodiverse
great whales rarely die of natural causes. Instead countries. It has a vast network of protected areas,
they are run over by ships or suffer lethal injuries from one of them being Maremma Park in Tuscany. It’s a
fishing gear. If we don’t stop killing them, in 20 years harsh, at times impenetrable environment located
they could be extinct. From the only known calving among sandy and rocky seacoasts, with wetlands,
grounds to the shifting feeding grounds, ‘Last of the Mediterranean scrub covered hills, and vast pine
Right Whales’ follows the North Atlantic right whale forests. This is the story of Maremma over four seasons,
migration and the people committed to saving a showcasing exciting sequences, some of which have
species still struggling to recover from centuries of never been filmed before, detailing the dramatic
hunting. challenges prey and predators face to fulfil the main
purpose of their existence: survive to reproduce.

genre: nature & wildlife / feature doc genre: nature & wildlife
format: 1 x 90’ or 1 x 60’ / 4K / 2021 format: 2 x 60’ / 4K / 2022
credits: Hit Play Productions credits: DocumentAria Film

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