A film that explores the global popularity of sushi and its devastating effect on the Bluefin tuna population won a special jury award at the Seattle International Film Festival. “Sushi: The Global Catch” premiered at the festival last week.
"The film brings to the forefront the urgent and occasionally competing arguments of overfishing that don't necessarily have easy answers - truly a film that is food for thought,” the jury said in its comments of the film.
“Sushi: The Global Catch” is the first feature length documentary made by Austin-based producer and director Mark Hall and his team of local film makers. It also includes an interview with Austin sushi chef Tyson Cole.
This review on MovingPicturesNetwork.com says the film is most interesting when it addresses the dilemma that sushi eaters and producers face:
While we all know on an intellectual level that the global appetite for sushi is harming fish stocks, it’s hard to get around the addiction to its consumption.
A reviewer for Seattle Weekly noted that the images of fish markets, sushi restaurants, and Bluefin tuna meat are so stunningly gorgeous that the film, ironically, might leave you more hungry than concerned.
"Makes you never want to eat sushi again, huh?," a movie-house staffer asked an attendee leaving a recent screening. "Actually," the moviegoer said, "it kind of makes you crave it."
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