Join us for a pre-festival Kick-off Tuesday October 14th at White Feather Farm for a screening of Fatal Watch, followed by a Q&A with directors Mark Benjamin and Katie Carpenter, moderated by documentary filmmaker Pamela Yates.

About the Film:

Dead men tell the ocean’s secrets. Four marine observers vanish at sea under suspicious circumstances. This gripping investigation uncovers why. Traveling from Fiji to Ghana, Spain to the US, this powerful film reveals the dark underbelly of the global tuna trade, where profit outweighs human life and environmental destruction is buried beneath the waves. 

Through exclusive footage and unprecedented access, a team of international investigators exposes the rampant criminality, cover-ups, and violence tied to industrial overfishing. As the ocean’s silent guardians’ risk everything to document the truth, their stories demand action. This is a high-stakes exposé on the hidden cost of the seafood on our plates.

About the Filmmakers:

Mark Benjamin has been an award-winning filmmaker for decades. His films have been awarded the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, the Camera D’Or at Cannes, multiple Peabody, duPont-Columbia Awards and Emmys.  Benjamin made the last Bill Moyers film, “RIKERS: An American Jail” which won the RFK Advocacy Journalism Award. Benjamin founded BRICK CITY TV.  

Katie Carpenter is an environmentally-focused filmmaker specializing in ocean and wildlife issues. She produced Battle for the Elephants and Warlords of Ivory for National Geographic, and the Emmy-nominated A Year On Earth for Discovery. Benjamin and Carpenter collaborated on Ocean Warriors and Chasing the Thunder.

Runtime

89 min