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Fathom

We wanted to see if they were whuppingbefore we started whupping, right?

Fathom • 2021
We wanted to see if they were whupping
before we started whupping, right?

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We wanted to see if they were whupping before we started whupping, right?
Duration
5 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:40
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.
- 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.
That's exactly what we want. This is it. This is the one! - Fathom 00:05
That's exactly what we want. This is it. This is the on...
This is the one. We're gonna hold the cable for an hour. - Fathom 00:04
This is the one. We're gonna hold the cable for an hour...
The song we recorded is different from the one I've been tracking. - Fathom 00:05
The song we recorded is different from the one I've bee...
In 20 years of song recordings across the South Pacific, - Fathom 00:08
In 20 years of song recordings across the South Pacific,
The song has a complex structure and fully formed themes. - Fathom 00:05
The song has a complex structure and fully formed themes.