by Darby Duffin | Oct 15, 2024 | article
The slate of films include “Fish & Men,” a documentary feature film by Darby Duffin and Adam Jones that exposes the high cost of cheap fish by revealing how consumer demand drives the global seafood economy, threatening local fishing communities and public health....
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...
