Moana People - How Whales became People like you and me. A revolutionary view on Nature

In the Polynesian Triangle " moana" is the word for ocean. You and me, we are people. We have certain rights, human rights. Not so the world around us, animals and nature are considered as "things" which we "people" can use and exploit. Even if we push it to the extreme and endanger our own existance on this planet. What would an animal, a whale say about it?
Thanks to my friends and partners who helped and supported me on this project:

David Huting for letting me use his aerial footage of humpback whales in Hawaii - https://www.naturerelaxation.com/

Florian Fischer for letting me use his aerial footage of Antarctica - https://behind-the-mask.com/

All who appeared in this film:
Anna von Boetticher - freediver with bue sharks and mobula rays

Thierry Zysman - snorkeling with humpback whales. He is actually the person from I learned the most about the beautiful southern humpback whales. Thanks Thierry for sharing your knowledge and passion. Also check out his beautiful books on Amazon and Fnac   / thierry.zysman  

Aroma Salmon - tattoo & life artist and musician for his tatoed arm I shot for another project in 2014
   • Tattoo  TV - Artist Aroma Salmon - Tahitia...  

The dancers & musicians from Rangiroa, the atoll I was living for 10 years - maururu ....

and as always all the friends and partners who always support me with advise, material, knowledge and inspiration:

prowin-pronature stiftung and its founders, Ingolf & Michael Winter:
https://prowin-pronature.net/stiftung

mares- just add water: https://www.mares.com/de_DE/

easydive universal housings, lights and more: https://www.easydive.it/en

chris benz watches: https://chrisbenz.de/en

For licensing stock footage please visit:
https://www.underwatercam.tv

Yes, I used an ai voice from clipchamp: https://clipchamp.com/en/
real voices are definetively the better choice, but for a one man band/ filmmaker ai is a great help to produce efficiently, with low costs. Bringing your ideas fast to reality, without loosing motivation on the way ....


underwatercam is a nature, diving and marinelife related video production and stock footage library. We expand our range of films constantly. Films about nature and relaxing in nature are taking recently more of our focus We don't have to save nature and the oceans, we simply have to save or take care of ourselves as we are nature. With every natural and wild habitat we destroy, we kill a part of us. By understanding this and by understanding the fact, that nature and the oceans and the planet are the base of our physical being, we understand destroying and harming the planet, is harming our body and soul and threatens our surviving as a species. We like to show more of natures beauty to create the feeling of aw, gratefulness and respect.
We hope we reach you with this message and hope you subscribe and share our work and intentions. Ocean greetings, Peter Schneider www.underwatercam.tv