by Fish & Men | Feb 28, 2022 | article
“Do you know where your seafood is from?” asks Fish & Men, a feature length documentary that played Friday at the 15th Amelia Island Film Festival in Florida. It follows Massachusetts fishermen who struggle to make a living as the local cod populations dwindle,...
by Fish & Men | Nov 9, 2021 | article
Living in coastal New Hampshire in 2012, I had an unexpected conversation with the wife of a local fisherman. It was through this chance meeting that I first became aware of the grim plight of New England’s centuries-old fishing communities, which led me to the...
by Fish & Men | Oct 14, 2021 | article
SCITUATE – Filmmaker Darby Duffin had a conversation with the wife of a local fisherman a decade ago that he said hit him right “in the gut.” The conversation inspired Duffin to take took a closer look at local fishing communities, something he called...
by Fish & Men | Oct 1, 2021 | article
The ocean’s bounty Could the lowly dogfish save the Gloucester fishing industry? How about the gnarly monkfish, a favorite in Europe but a hard sell in the United States, despite a savory recipe once featured on Julia Child’s “The French Chef”? As Darby Duffin and...
by Fish & Men | Sep 30, 2021 | article
Gloucester Daily Times By Gail McCarthy A special showing of the new documentary “Fish & Men,” filmed in part in Gloucester, will take place this weekend. The film recently won its 11th award at the Berkshire International Film Festival, as it seeks to tell...
by Fish & Men | Sep 15, 2021 | article
The documentary explores the current import and consumption of seafood within our modern economy. The high demand for five species of fish leads to dire consequences for local fishermen, communities, and public health. Fish & Men provides a local and global...
by Fish & Men | Sep 13, 2021 | article
FISH & MEN won the coveted Jury Award for feature documentary at the 15th Annual Berkshire International Festival. BIFF Founder and Artistic Director, Kelley Vickery presented the award to Directors Darby Duffin and Adam Jones live via Zoom on Sunday, September 12...
by Fish & Men | Sep 7, 2021 | article
The Berkshire International Film Festival is celebrating its 15th birthday this year, and to do that, we’d like to honor some of our new filmmakers. For our Filmmaker Four article series, we sent all our BIFF first-timers the same set of four questions—the answers, of...
by Fish & Men | Aug 19, 2021 | article
“The average American palette really needs to diversify.” A trailer is out for a fascinating documentary film titled Fish & Men, which first premiered back in 2019. This has been playing at film festivals for the past few years and is finally ready for its...
by Fish & Men | Jul 27, 2021 | article
The documentary Fish & Men will come out on DVD, VOD and digital sellthrough Sept. 14 from Virgil Films. Today, 91% of fish is imported, as the United States is flooded with 6 billion tons of seafood from abroad annually. Consumers across America eat blissfully...
