Cineplex cinemas across Canada will commemorate the career and legacy of Toronto filmmaker Rob Stewart – who was found dead earlier this month after going missing while diving off the Florida Keys – with screenings of Sharkwater on Saturday February 25.
Stewart’s 2006 documentary will be shown in theatres across Canada, with tickets available free of charge in exchange for a donation to World Wildlife Federation Canada. “All funds raised will go directly to supporting the continuation of Rob Stewart’s important conservation work,” Cineplex said in a press release issued earlier today.
A diver since childhood, Stewart was a committed marine activist and conservationist. He made Sharkwater to raise awareness of the practice of shark finning his Fin Free Toronto campaign was instrumental in getting City Council to ban the possession, sale and consumption of shark fins in 2011. He was working on a follow-up to Sharkwater, called Sharkwater: Extinction, at the time of his death.
In the GTA, the Cineplex Cinemas Yonge-Dundas, Empress Walk and Winston Churchill Cinemas are participating in the Sharkwater event.
A complete list of theatres and showtimes is available here.
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