Out of Plain Sight
Out of Plain Sight

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.

10.0(1 votes)
2025
1h 34m
Documentary

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.

Production

LA Times Studios, Sypher Studios

Cast

Dr. David Valentine

Dr. David Valentine

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Dr. Alissa Deming

Dr. Alissa Deming

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Dr. Eunha Hoh

Dr. Eunha Hoh

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Rosanna Xia

Rosanna Xia

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Allan Chartrand

Allan Chartrand

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Charlotte Seid

Charlotte Seid

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Toni Sleugh

Toni Sleugh

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Noelle Bowlin

Noelle Bowlin

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Brice Semmens

Brice Semmens

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Dr. Lihini Aluwihare

Dr. Lihini Aluwihare

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