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Fathom

This call is produced,we think, by everyone

Fathom • 2021
This call is produced,
we think, by everyone

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This call is produced, we think, by everyone.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:21
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.
This is an animal that has the potential to produce infinite numbers of calls. - Fathom 00:05
This is an animal that has the potential to produce infinite...
And the best way to start finding that out - Fathom 00:08
And the best way to start finding that out
This is the one that I fought for when I was 25 and I started this. - Fathom 00:04
This is the one that I fought for when I was 25 and I starte...
And this was the one that I rallied for when I started my PhD. - Fathom 00:05
And this was the one that I rallied for when I started my Ph...
This is the very beginning of how we understand - Fathom 00:07
This is the very beginning of how we understand
And how humpback whales perceive each other through sound. - Fathom 00:05
And how humpback whales perceive each other through sound.
And she always wanted to be an oceanographer, - Fathom 00:06
And she always wanted to be an oceanographer,
Noting the weird, noting the different, is the best thing you can do. - Fathom 00:06
Noting the weird, noting the different, is the best thing yo...
Because that will jump out at you - Fathom 00:07
Because that will jump out at you
Scientists had always thought that songs were only used for mating. - Fathom 00:05
Scientists had always thought that songs were only used for ...
So, a violin, a bark, - Fathom 00:06
So, a violin, a bark,
So these are, like, three perfect exam... - Fathom 00:04
So these are, like, three perfect exam...
But as I listened to a decade of recordings from the South Pacific, - Fathom 00:09
But as I listened to a decade of recordings from the South P...
But it's important that we're seeing the structure, right. - Fathom 00:04
But it's important that we're seeing the structure...
So we've got a big squeak, and then a lower frequency unit, - Fathom 00:07
So we've got a big squeak, and then a lower frequency u...
I've realized song had to be much more than just mating. - Fathom 00:04
I've realized song had to be much more than just mating...
And then all of the singers learn those changes and the song evolves. - Fathom 00:05
And then all of the singers learn those changes and the song...
Songs are then passed across distant populations. - Fathom 00:04
Songs are then passed across distant populations.
And as this repeats, - Fathom 00:08
And as this repeats,
So, from Australia, - Fathom 00:06
So, from Australia,