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Fish Tales
(1997, 33 mins, Beta SP)
camera: Alphonse Roy
sound: P.M. Satheesh
narrated by: Sanjay Muttoo
music: Moodbidri MS Gopalakrishna
written and edited by: Tenzing Sonam
executive producer: Rajiv Mehrotra
produced and directed by: Ritu Sarin and
Tenzing Sonam
a White Crane Films Production for
The Foundation for Universal Responsibility
and Spic-Macay, India
The mechanization of the fishing industry
has depleted fish stocks worldwide leading to a major crisis. Along the
Kerala coast, traditional fishermen face similar problems as their catch
dwindles every season. In the village of Adimalathura, a group of fishermen
come together in an effort to reverse this trend. Their solution? Constructing
artificial reefs out of ferro-concrete and then planting them on the seabed.
This film was one of seven commissioned
of leading documentary filmmakers in India as part of a series, India's
Quest, to commemorate 50 years of India's independence.
Broadcasts:
Star TV Network, 1998;
Doordarshan TV (India), 1999
Film Festivals:
New Delhi Video Festival, 1999, First Prize
27th Festival der Nationen, Ebensee, Austria,
1999
5th Mumbai International Film Festival,
1998
6th International Short Film Festival,
Dhaka,
1998
Ekotopfilms 98, Slovak Republic
Carolina Film and Video Festival, 1998
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