Ocean Paradise

Ocean Paradise is showing at the San Diego Natural History Museum's Giant Screen Theater through November 19, 2026. It's a giant screen documentary that takes you to three remote Pacific sanctuaries — Palmyra Atoll, Midway Atoll, and the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument — thousands of miles from civilization. Because these ecosystems are so untouched, they give scientists a rare window into how to understand and combat climate change and large-scale pollution. The film is narrated by Diane Lane, with music by Jack Johnson and Coldplay, and it's described as a hopeful tale of ecological conservation and discovery.

If you're not familiar with the atolls, they're basically rings of coral that encircle a lagoon, and these three are some of the most isolated spots on the planet. The film spends its time there, showing what these places look like when humans aren't around to change them, and then connects that back to the bigger picture of what's happening to the rest of the ocean. It's the kind of thing that works best on a giant screen, where the scale of the Pacific really comes through.

The showing is included with paid admission to the museum, and it's free for members. The film has been running since May 22, so you've got until November 19 to catch it.