By Jill Yesko, University Relations
Contact: (336) 334-5371
Posted 3-20-08
Wild Caught
GREENSBORO, NC – “Wild Caught: The Life and Struggles of an American Fishing Town,” a documentary recounting the travails of the 300-year-old fishing industry in Snead’s Ferry, a small town in Eastern North Carolina, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 10, in the Weatherspoon Art Museum auditorium.
The film is the final installment in UNCG’s year-long sustainability film series. The public is welcome at no charge.
Made by UNCG Broadcasting and Cinema associate professor Matthew Barr, “Wild Caught” documents the disappearing way of life for fishermen as skyrocketing real estate taxes and fuel costs coupled with environmental degradation and globalization challenge their livelihood.
Throughout the 90-minute documentary, viewers meet not only fishermen, but also others in the town whose survival revolves around the sea – net makers, crab pot makers and those who sell fishing tackle.
“These fishermen are practicing sustainable, small-scale fishing,” said Barr. “Unfortunately in the mind’s eye of the public, they’re grouped together with large-scale, trawler operations. This film is about more than fishing. It is about family, community, spirituality, life itself. These people have a connection to the natural world that most of us don’t have.”
The series is sponsored by the UNCG Sustainability Committee, the Sierra Club and Deep Roots Market.
For more information contact Sarah Dorsey at (336) 334-5610, or sbdorsey@uncg.edu. For information about sustainability at UNCG visit http://sustain.uncg.edu.
