Out of Plain Sight
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.
2025 | 94m | English
Popularity: 0.1 (history)
| Director: | Daniel Straub, Rosanna Xia |
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| Writer: | Rosanna Xia |
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| From the Los Angeles Times and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Rosanna Xia, 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 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. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 07, 2025 |
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| Director: | Daniel Straub, Rosanna Xia |
| Writer: | Rosanna Xia |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | ocean, los angeles, california, water pollution, investigative journalism, sea lion, environmental documentary, science, frightened, forever chemicals |
| Production Companies | LA Times Studios, Sypher Studios |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2026 Entered: Nov 08, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Dr. David Valentine | self |
| Dr. Alissa Deming | self |
| Dr. Eunha Hoh | self |
| Rosanna Xia | self |
| Allan Chartrand | self |
| Charlotte Seid | self |
| Toni Sleugh | self |
| Noelle Bowlin | self |
| Brice Semmens | self |
| Dr. Lihini Aluwihare | self |
| Barbara Cohn | self |
| Akilah Shahid | self |
| Joe Burnett | self |
| Christopher Reddy | self |
| Veronika Kivenson | self |
| John Lyons | self |
| John Chesnutt | self |
| Katherine Pease | self |
| Tina Calderon | self |
| Jessa Calderon | self |
| Mark Gold | self |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| James Ellington | Original Music Composer |
| Daniel Straub | Director |
| Rosanna Xia | Writer, Director |
| Austin Straub | Editor, Director of Photography |
| Rachel Lautzenheiser | Music Supervisor |
| Tristan Baylis | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Andres E. Marthe Gonzalez | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Léa Dessart | Sound Effects Editor |
| Mehar Gujral | Audio Post Coordinator |
| Nathan Hasz | Sound Engineer |
| Camille Laffond | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Ai Miyatake | Sound Effects Editor |
| Karla P. Moran | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Jeff Spivack | Sound Post Supervisor |
| Hayley Young | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Larry Chappell | Visual Effects Design Consultant |
| Tyler Gulbrandsen | Assistant Camera |
| Peter Russell | Dialogue Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Christopher Argentieri | Executive Producer |
| Bryce Cyrier | Producer |
| Shani Hilton | Executive Producer |
| Jens Jacob | Executive Producer |
| Maurice James | Executive Producer |
| Leslie Lindsey | Executive Producer |
| Jason Pamer | Executive Producer |
| Daniel Straub | Producer |
| Rosanna Xia | Producer |
| Austin Straub | Producer |
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