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.”
10.0
2025
1h 34m
Documentary
From the Los Angeles Times and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Rosanna Xia, 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 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.
Key Crew
Director
Daniel Straub
Producers
Bryce Cyrier
Austin Straub
Daniel Straub
Writers
Rosanna Xia
Cinematography
Austin Straub
Music
James Ellington
Cast (21)
Dr. David Valentine
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