Mit Hilfe spektakulärer Aufnahmen entführt „The Last Reef“ den Zuschauer in eines der lebhaftesten und vielfältigsten Naturlandschaften: Exotischen Korallenriffs, atemberaubende Meereswelten, Seeanemonen, Krustentiere und vieles mehr. Die Artenvielfalt in der Unterwasserlandschaft ist für unser Leben von genauso großer Bedeutung wie zum Beispiel die Vielfalt der Regenwälder. Die Aufnahmen zeigen Orte wie Palau, die Vancouver Islands, Französisch-Polynesien, Mexico und die Bahamas.
From 1982 to 1996 award-winning filmmakers Mary Beth Brangan & James Heddle documented on film and video unfolding events in the fledgling island nation of Palau. When Palau's voters made it the first nation in history to adopt a nuclear free, green constitution, Washington's war planners saw it as 'the threat of a good example.' Palau became the poster child for the growing Nuclear Free Pacific movement and a cause celebre for the global nuclear free zone movement. The 10-year-long manipulation of the electoral process the U.S. then unleashed to force the rollback of Palau's nuclear ban became a text book case for subversion of the democratic process in developing countries...and at home. Their experiences covering this story made the filmmakers life-long advocates of election integrity.
The director explains his love for tuna meat which was in his family for generations.