The documentary features the mother of a man taken by a great white shark, and dead sharks on the ocean floor.
But it has been criticized for exposing the contractor employed by the West Australian government to catch and kill sharks earlier this year.
The documentary names the man who it claims was paid more than $600,000 for catching and killing sharks off the south-west coast of Western Australia for three months during the WA government’s trial.
The WA government said it had to act after seven people were killed in a three-year period.
It trialed a catch and kill program targeting great white, bull and tiger sharks larger than three metres.
Despite large protests, the government wants to run the program again for three years starting in November.
It’s waiting on federal environmental approval.
Sea Shepherd says it hopes the documentary will expose what it says is the cruel treatment of sharks.
“We need these apex predators in our oceans,” says Sea Shepherd director Jeff Hansen.
“In order for us to live on this planet, we need to live in harmony with them because we need them, we need healthy oceans.
“We're not disconnected from nature.”
But, a government spokesperson says opponents of the policy ignore the millions of dollars the government is spending on non-lethal research and shark monitoring.
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