Embrace the Ocean tells stories about marine culture, ecology and environmental conservation, with images from the Northeastern coast as its theme,... More

Embrace the Ocean tells stories about marine culture, ecology and environmental conservation, with images from the Northeastern coast as its theme, and with humans, incidents, history, location and things as its background. This documentary can be divided into two parts. The first half is about marine culture, introducing us to some veteran diving fisherwomen and fishermen in their 60s to 80s collecting agar, and two elementary schools working for marine education and holding a diving graduation ceremony annually for their kids to challenge themselves and be closer to the ocean. And the second half is about some coastal rock face near Cape Longdong waiting to be registered as a world geological park, a 90-year-old doctor still in practice in one of these remote towns, and the rise and fall of the Taiwanese abalone aquaculture along the Northeastern coast. Director’s Statement: Taiwan is surrounded by the ocean. We’re indeed a “nation of ocean”. What a blessing! In order to share the beautiful resources forever, we should promote the marine education, reduce the human damages, and link the ocean to our daily lives, worshipping gods, protecting lands and loving people with a marine cultural thinking. The ocean nourishes the sky. The sky nourishes the land. And the land nourishes the whole creation. Let us respect Nature, coexist with all living things, and plan for a sustainable future.  Close