The screening on Monday the 5th of October was followed by a Q&A with director Jeanie Finlay. Hosted by founder of Docs to Watch Patrick Carnegy.
When thousands of dead crabs wash ashore in a small North East fishing town, fisherman Stan Rennie becomes the unlikeliest of activists, in a grassroots fight for answers and a future.
Stan has worked this stretch of coastline, where the river meets the sea, for over fifty years. So when a vast tide of poisoned crabs, lobster and shellfish washes onto the beach, and officials seem unable or unwilling to establish a cause, Stan finds himself thrown into battle: the unlikely figurehead of the campaign to uncover the truth about the die-off.
Directed by Teessider Jeanie Finlay, this is a wry, David and Goliath story about navigating through grief and finding power in community, rich with Stan’s own brand of heart, determination and gallows humour.
The screening on Monday the 5th of October was followed by a Q&A with director Jeanie Finlay. Hosted by founder of Docs to Watch Patrick Carnegy.
The screening was Open Captioned and a British Sign Language interpreter was visible on stage throughout the Q&A.
In this joint curation between Bertha DocHouse and Sheffield DocFest, audiences are invited to discover the gems, highlights and new voices in non-fiction cinema which premiered in the past festival edition.