Between the Devil and the Deep
South Africa | 2015
A dead fisherman, a desperate poacher and a broken romance are all bound by a single theme: the curse of the abalone. Prized as an aphrodisiac in China, illegal harvesting of the endangered marine snail is destroying the fishing communities of South Africa. The gripping and nuanced doc follows three families torn between tradition and the promise of new-found wealth, and caught in a battle with a…
