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.
From Pulitzer Prize-finalist Rosanna Xia and Academy Award®-winning L.A. Times Studios, 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 Los Angeles Times journalist Rosanna 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.
- Year: 2025
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: LA Times Studios, Sypher Studios
- Keyword: ocean, los angeles, california, water pollution, investigative journalism, sea lion, environmental documentary, science, frightened, forever chemicals
- Director: Daniel Straub, Rosanna Xia
- Cast: Dr. David Valentine, Dr. Alissa Deming, Dr. Eunha Hoh, Rosanna Xia, Allan Chartrand, Charlotte Seid
