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Fathom

We're placing hydrophones on the seafloor, hoping a singer swims close enough

Fathom • 2021
We're placing hydrophones on the seafloor, hoping a singer swims close enough

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We're placing hydrophones on the seafloor,
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hoping a singer swims close enough.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:36
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. I'm gonna feed it. Yeah. Right. - Fathom 00:05
All right. I'm gonna feed it. Yeah. Right.
We call our communication "language." - Fathom 00:08
We call our communication "language."
Underwater, sounds can take half an hour to bend around the horizon. - Fathom 00:07
Underwater, sounds can take half an hour to bend around the ...
Or fade in a matter of seconds and feet. - Fathom 00:06
Or fade in a matter of seconds and feet.
From different places and times. - Fathom 00:05
From different places and times.
And somehow humpbacks decipher an acoustic world - Fathom 00:10
And somehow humpbacks decipher an acoustic world
It's like knowing how each of the stars fit within time... - Fathom 00:04
It's like knowing how each of the stars fit within time...
Six total. Whales, whales... - Fathom 00:04
Six total. Whales, whales...
- Well, we're out of our work. - Yeah, but we can watch it. - Fathom 00:04
- Well, we're out of our work. - Yeah, but we can watch...
Droplet, droplet, droplet. - Fathom 00:05
Droplet, droplet, droplet.
Feeding call, droplet, droplet, droplet. - Fathom 00:06
Feeding call, droplet, droplet, droplet.
No, close. Think of another animal that makes this sound. It might be dead. - Fathom 00:04
No, close. Think of another animal that makes this sound. It...
Three more days until I get a new engine. - Fathom 00:04
Three more days until I get a new engine.
We're trying to answer the question, "Is the whup a contact call?" - Fathom 00:06
We're trying to answer the question, "Is the whup ...
So that we can at least demonstrate to the world - Fathom 00:07
So that we can at least demonstrate to the world
To answer these questions, I have to remove myself from society. - Fathom 00:06
To answer these questions, I have to remove myself from soci...
And live in a world that is dominated with animals. - Fathom 00:04
And live in a world that is dominated with animals.
And it doesn't feel like a sacrifice. - Fathom 00:04
And it doesn't feel like a sacrifice.
Like, I went to Antarctica for a month - Fathom 00:11
Like, I went to Antarctica for a month
I'm terrified I'm not gonna fit into that role that I had when I left. - Fathom 00:04
I'm terrified I'm not gonna fit into that role tha...