About the Documentary
Join a cast of modern day buccaneers led by Tom Brokaw and Michael Keaton, as they prepare to rendezvous with each other on the famed saltwater flats of the Bahamas. Their quest? The island’s legendary bonefish and permit. But these notables are fishing for answers, too. How can we save these last great coastal environments? It’s a question that some of the world’s top researchers will answer as they mix with this eclectic group of anglers from diverse walks of life. By day we will join our intrepid anglers on the flats as they share their passion for fly fishing and by night we see them as they speak about the future and life with and without these fish. The week-long journey will inextricably connect our anglers with each other and a cause to serve generations who have yet to know the magic found on the flats.
By joining our anglers on their remarkable Bahaman foray of discovery, viewers will come to learn why we must act now to save these sirens of the sea who are warning us of perils ahead.
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Tom Brokaw - Host
 Tom Brokaw, participant in the Outdoor Channel’s Pirates of the Flats, and Buccaneers and Bones is a passionate angler and conservationist, as well as an American television journalistic icon and author. Over his storied career at NBC, Tom is the only person to have ever hosted all three major NBC News programs, the NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, and briefly NBC's Meet the Press. Brokaw has also contributed to 25 documentaries on subjects ranging from race, AIDS, the war on terror, Los Angeles gangs, Bill Gates, literacy, immigration and the evangelical movement.
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Michael Keaton - Host
 Michael Keaton is known as a comic actor who can also go the serious route.
His debut role in Ron Howard’s manic morgue comedy Night Shift (1982, with Shelley Long) and appeared as the title character in Tim Burton's dark comedy Beetlejuice (1988). The next year he played Batman in Burton's big-budget movie Batman; the movie that created the franchise for a series of Hollywood hits, as well as it’s sequel Batman Returns. Keaton has also appeared in many other Hollywood hits, including Mr. Mom, Johnny Dangerously, Jackie Brown, Multiplicity, The Other Guys, and leant his voice to animated hits Cars and Toy Story 3.
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