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What if there are not plenty of more fish in the sea?

END OF THE LINE

This fierce and focused film is based on the critically acclaimed and shocking book by Daily Telegraph environmental reporter Charles Clover

  
 

August 31 - September 3

Mon 6:30, 8:15, Wed 6:30, 8:15, Thurs 6:30, 8:15

Directed By: Rupert Murray//UK, 2009, // 92 min // Digibeta
 
 

"An apocalyptic documentary that is as beautiful as it is damning…The latest in a series of alarmist films that clue us in to an environmental crisis we'd prefer to ignore, The End of the Line benefits from its supremely photogenic subject matter: That would be the oceans of the world, handsomely shot by some half a dozen cinematographers under the direction of Rupert Murray. The limitless seas are a source of awe, filled with creatures that amaze with their variety and strangeness.

Menacing this nautical Eden, however, is 'the most efficient predator our oceans have ever known.' Yes, that would be man, armed to the technological gills with phenomenally efficient fish-harvesting equipment. As a result, some experts predict that within half a century the Earth's oceans will be fished out. Let An Inconvenient Truth try to top that.

As directed by Murray, whose last film was the very different amnesia doc, Unknown White Male, The End of the Line comes off as crisp, informative and convincing. It illustrates how we got into this mess, how we are in the process of squandering one of the great resources of the planet and what can be done about it." - Kenneth Turan, LA Times

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Official Site

Watch the trailer

Watch and interview with director Rupert Murray on FFT

“the film is impressive in scope, gathering material from Alaska to Senegal, Malta to Tokyo, and righteous in its condemnation of industry, government and consumer alike.” – Nathan Lee, New York Times.

“The End of the Line is a remarkably well-made film, boasting great cinematography and a sprightly soundtrack. In-between hard hitting interviews, there are wonderful montages of the lives that people still lead in port towns, at sea and in factories. Didactic but in a good way, the film is as entertaining as possible, while dealing with harsh realities.” – Marc Glassman, Classical 96.3fm.

  

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