Turtle: The Incredible Journey

SeaWorld’s Sea Turtle documentary, Turtle: The Incredible Journey , debuts in Orlando on June 24.

The documentary is directed by National Geographic Explorer’s Nick Stringer and distributed by SeaWorld Pictures.

The film, narrated by Academy Award nominee Miranda Richardson, follows the loggerhead turtle on an adventure of more than 9,000 miles guided only by instinct from hatching to maturity and a return to its original Florida nesting grounds. The loggerhead turtle, a threatened species, has one of the longest and most difficult migratory patterns of any marine animal: Sea turtles newly hatched on the East Coast of the United States, usually in Florida, make their way from the sand into the ocean, and then begin a voyage that can span the entire Atlantic Ocean, only to return decades later to that same beach.

Stringer and his camera crew spent two years following loggerhead turtles on their trips across the ocean, and have captured on film the remarkable life cycle of a beautiful creature that struggles to survive in an increasingly unforgiving environment.

The film is debuting Friday, June 24th in Orlando at Pointe Orlando and Oviedo Marketplace. Check listings for show times.