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Fathom

As hard as that was, it was easier

Fathom • 2021
As hard as that was, it was easier

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00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:04.128
As hard as that was, it was easier.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:39
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Sandbox Films,Impact Partners,Walking Upstream Pictures,Back Allie Entertainment,Hidden Candy,Catapult Film Fund,Sundance Institute

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Movie Summary

Fathom is a visual and aural wonder of a documentary that follows researchers working to finally decode the communication of humpback whales. With Dr. Michelle Fournet, Dr. Ellen Garland.
All right. Group size, three. 159. - Fathom 00:04
All right. Group size, three. 159.
Possibly, "Hello, I am..." - Fathom 00:09
Possibly, "Hello, I am..."
This is why I'm playing this sound. - Fathom 00:04
This is why I'm playing this sound.
So, what else did we find in here? - Fathom 00:04
So, what else did we find in here?
We wanted to see if they were whupping before we started whupping, right? - Fathom 00:05
We wanted to see if they were whupping before we started whu...
- Maggie. We need a push. - Oh, God. - Fathom 00:04
- Maggie. We need a push. - Oh, God.
Well, if we go further that way, there's less ground, right? - Fathom 00:04
Well, if we go further that way, there's less ground, r...
I take things that I love about being here - Fathom 00:06
I take things that I love about being here
I'm far away from noise, - Fathom 00:05
I'm far away from noise,
Yeah. Transitioning out of being here is exponentially harder. - Fathom 00:05
Yeah. Transitioning out of being here is exponentially harde...
It takes days to recalibrate - Fathom 00:08
It takes days to recalibrate
That's where I... That's the thing, is I don't feel like that is reality, - Fathom 00:06
That's where I... That's the thing, is I don'...
Yes, but this is not the real world that we live in all the time. - Fathom 00:04
Yes, but this is not the real world that we live in all the ...
- Yes. - So we have to reset - Fathom 00:07
- Yes. - So we have to reset
For generations, researchers thought they were solitary - Fathom 00:08
For generations, researchers thought they were solitary
Forty million years ago, their brains exploded with complexity. - Fathom 00:06
Forty million years ago, their brains exploded with complexi...
Consciousness bloomed because they became social. - Fathom 00:04
Consciousness bloomed because they became social.
Regions related to self and community - Fathom 00:07
Regions related to self and community
Allowing whales to see one another through sound. - Fathom 00:05
Allowing whales to see one another through sound.
Whales evolved to build relationships in the dark. - Fathom 00:05
Whales evolved to build relationships in the dark.