Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie (2024)
The special follows award-winning actor Mackie in his hometown of New Orleans, where he grew up boating and angling and still practices the sport to date, a passion he now shares with his four sons. Throughout the documentary, Mackie is on a personal mission to keep the peace between coastal communities and sharks. Diving fin-first, he comes face-to-face with the ocean’s apex predators, swimming with several enormous sandbar and silky sharks and tagging a formidable 7-foot bull shark.
Director: Matthew Kay
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Anthony Mackie as Self - Host |
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Brett Ryan as Self - Charter Fisherman (as Captain Brett Ryan) |
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Jasmin Graham as Self - Mote Marine Laboratory |
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Marcus Drymon as Self - Mississippi State University (as Dr. Marcus Drymon) |
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Yannis P. Papastamatiou as Self - Florida International University |
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Gardner Goodall as Self - Native Plants Program Senior Coordinator |
| Production | Arif Nurmohamed | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Matthew Kay | Director |
| Production | Kristy Urquhart-Davies | Line Producer |
| Production | Joanne Welsh-Vale | Production Manager |
| Production | Jane Root | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nicola Moody | Executive Producer |
| Production | Caroline McCool | Executive In Charge Of Production |