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

Cry Sea
Director: | Cafi Mohamud and Luca Cusani |
Year: | 2007 |
Origin: | Senegal |
Runtime: | 55 minutes |
... 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
Director: | John Doyle |
Year: | 1986 |
Origin: | BC |
Agency: | National Film Board of Canada |
Runtime: | 25 minutes |

The End of the Line
Director: | Rupert Murray |
Year: | 2009 |
Origin: | USA |
Agency: | Bullfrog Films |
Runtime: | 24 minutes |
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.