Aug 18 2009
‘The End of the Line’ producer at Winchester Screen
Film producer Claire Lewis will take part in a question and answer session after the showing of The End of the Line, at The Screen, Winchester, tonight (August 18) 8.30pm.
The End of the Line is the first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans, and had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Documentary Competition in January 15.
The film shows the effects of our global love affair with fish as food.
It examines the imminent extinction of bluefin tuna, brought on by increasing western demand for sushi; the impact on marine life resulting in huge overpopulation of jellyfish; and the implications of a future world with no fish that would bring certain mass starvation.
Filmed over two years, The End of the Line follows the investigative reporter Charles Clover as he confronts politicians and celebrity restaurateurs, who exhibit little regard for the damage they are doing to the oceans.
Claire Lewis has won two BAFTA nominations and six Royal Television Society awards as executive producer.
She produces the 7UP series with director Michael Apted, including 28UP (1984), 35UP (1991), 42UP (1998) and 49UP (2005), which was voted number one in the Channel 4 top 50 greatest documentaries of all time list and has gone on to inspire spin off series in Russia and the USA.
The Truck of Dreams (2005) produced by Lewis is a feature film about a young girl’s dreaming of escaping her past. Set in India and funded by Bollywood, The Truck of Dreams won the World cinema award in Washington IDFF, 2006.
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