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September 29, 2012 (Evening)

Saturday, September 29, 2012, 7:30pm
Bonne Bay Marine Station
Norris Point, Newfoundland
Films:
Cry Sea

Cry Sea

 Director:Cafi Mohamud and Luca Cusani
 Year:2007
 Origin:Senegal
 Runtime:55 minutes
Senegalese fishermen are losing their livelihoods as a result of overfishing...

... particularly as a result of modern, hyper-equipped industrial fishing boats. They go the way of some formerly powerful fishing ports such as Lowestoft. The video traces the economic, institutional and technological drivers leading to their demise. Interviewed people, notably Charles Clover, author of 'The End of the Line', people from the European industry, and the fisherfolk in Senegal themselves are saying it can't go on like this, yet it is still remarkably difficult in practice to change course. It gives a glimpse at the demographic pressures and the need for immigration in the face of lacking alternatives. Unless together we steer a radically different course, the seemingly inexorable march towards more complete destruction of natural resources (and thus the present and future of people in these communities) cannot be stopped - certainly not by administrative means.

Season on the Water

Season on the Water

 Director:John Doyle
 Year:1986
 Origin:BC
 Agency:National Film Board of Canada
 Runtime:25 minutes
It's 1985 in outport Newfoundland and a young family tries to cope with the growing crisis in the cod fishery.
This dramatic film deals with work - its relationship to the society in which we live and its impact on individuals and families. Written by Sharon Smith, produced by Mary Armstrong, Shelagh McKenzie and Sharon Smith, and featuring Rick Boland, Cathy Jones, Jane Gibson and Adam McGrath, Season on the Water has won national and international awards.
The End of the Line

The End of the Line

 Director:Rupert Murray
 Year:2009
 Origin:USA
 Agency:Bullfrog Films
 Runtime:24 minutes
Imagine an ocean without fish. Imagine your meals without seafood. Imagine the global consequences. This is the future if we do not stop, think and act.

The End Of The Line is the world's first major documentary about the devastating effect of overfishing and examines the imminent extinction of bluefin tuna, brought on by increasing western demand for sushi; the impact on marine life resulting in huge overpopulation of jellyfish; and the profound implications of a future world with no fish that would bring certain mass starvation.

Filmed over two years, The End of the Line follows the investigative reporter Charles Clover as he confronts politicians and celebrity restaurateurs, who exhibit little regard for the damage they are doing to the oceans.