Ghost Fleet
Directed by Shannon Service, Jeffrey Waldron
USA | 2018 | Documentary | 88 mins
Producer Jon Bowermaster* in attendance
Note: This event is free but donations are welcome. Seats are limited and pre-booking is highly recommended.
The Film: Acclaimed at Telluride and the Toronto International Film Festival, this suspenseful high-seas adventure follows a team of activists who rescue modern-day slaves in Thailand’s illegal fishing industry. Thai activist Patima Tungpuchayakul was nominated for the Nobel Prize for her work rescuing thousands of victims. We follow her as she tracks down escaped slaves who live like Robinson Crusoe on remote islands, helping to bring these long-vanished ghosts back to life and to their families.
*** This special screening is a partnership between VTIFF and ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain. It is screened on the eve of the following day’s event: The Alchemy of Art and Science – Creating a Culture of Clean Water
* About Jon Bowermaster: A writer, filmmaker and adventurer, Jon is a six-time grantee of the National Geographic Expeditions Council. One of the Society’s ‘Ocean Heroes,’ his first assignment for National Geographic magazine in 1989 was to document a dog-sled expedition that crossed Antarctica taking 221 days. He is the founder of Oceans 8 Films and One Ocean Media Foundation.