Out of Plain Sight (2025) [NR]

Release Date:
February 7, 2025

Original Title:
Out of Plain Sight

Genres:
Documentary

Production Companies:
LA Times Studios
Sypher Studios

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 94

A haunting tip prompts a Los Angeles Times reporter to discover that as many as half a million barrels of toxic waste had been dumped into the ocean, just off the coast of Southern California.

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.

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Assistant Camera:
Tyler Gulbrandsen

Assistant Sound Editor:
Camille Laffond
Karla P. Moran
Hayley Young

Audio Post Coordinator:
Mehar Gujral

Dialogue Editor:
Peter Russell

Director:
Daniel Straub
Rosanna Xia

Director of Photography:
Austin Straub

Editor:
Austin Straub

Executive Producer:
Christopher Argentieri
Shani Hilton
Jens Jacob
Maurice James
Leslie Lindsey
Jason Pamer

Music Supervisor:
Rachel Lautzenheiser

Original Music Composer:
James Ellington

Producer:
Bryce Cyrier
Austin Straub
Daniel Straub
Rosanna Xia

Sound Effects Editor:
Léa Dessart
Ai Miyatake

Sound Engineer:
Nathan Hasz

Sound Post Supervisor:
Jeff Spivack

Supervising Sound Editor:
Tristan Baylis
Andres E. Marthe Gonzalez

Visual Effects Design Consultant:
Larry Chappell

Writer:
Rosanna Xia

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