In “ The Last Dive ,” director Cody Sheehy follows Terry Kennedy, an ex-Hell’s Angel-turned manta ray conservationist, on a personal journey to Mexico’s Sea of Cortez.

After a stint in jail, Kennedy, a Navy veteran, uprooted his life and moved into a sailboat anchored in the Sea of Cortez in the 1980s. He lived on a boat named Erotica. Between boat parties, Kennedy found the peace he was seeking when he formed an unexpected bond with a giant, 22-foot oceanic manta ray that Kennedy named Willy. The fish would slap his wings against the hull of Kennedy’s sailboat, signalling that he wanted to swim with Kennedy. For 19 years, Kennedy held on to Willy’s back as they explored the ocean’s depths. Kennedy took numerous videos of his time with Willy and other manta rays, which allowed the scien

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