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WAN at the DC Environmental Film Festival | Closing Night: Out of Plain Sight

  • The Burke Theatre at US Navy Memorial 701 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest Washington, DC, 20004 United States (map)

This year is the 33rd annual DC Environmental Film Festival! We’re bringing you a curated list of aquatic film options throughout the festival. As members of the WAN community, use discount code DCECOORG for 25% off paid programs. Explore the full DC Environmental Film Festival schedule here.

Closing Night: Out of Plain Sight

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.