Stolen Fish

A documentary about exploitation of the Gambian coast by Chinese fishmeal factories.
The "smiling coast" - as Gambians call their country - gets a bit less smiling when confronted with exploitation of its marine resources, degradation of the environment, corruption and hardships it creates in people's daily lives.
Gosia Juszczak and her team wanted to understand the issue first and this could only be done by living inside the community, being close to the people. They held hours-long conversations over attaya, spent weeks in people's homes, fishing ports and villages, before they even started shooting. Many joyful moments, as well as challenges they've learned from. But most importantly, they met courageous people who let them into their lives and shared some very tough experiences. Their stories deserve to be heard.
[Minority Rights Group International]