The End of the Line

The double meaning of this film’s title is more important than you can imagine. Not only does it address the fish at the end of the fisherman’s line, but it forces us to confront the ugly truth that the end of the fisherman’s line is in fact the end of the line for a host of fish populations.

Like other recent films that have thrown the proverbial bucket of cold water into our faces, this doccie examines just how badly man has plundered the ocean’s bounty. It is astonishing and frightening how quickly we are eating our way through the sea’s fish, offsetting the balance of mother nature and making extinct creatures that have been here for longer than all of us put together.

We must not copy our Karoo ostriches and bury our heads in the sand. The truth may be ugly but it remains fact, and the more informed we are the more likely we are to change. Go see this.

Rating: 4 outta 5.