Downeast

Name: Downeast
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Released: March 8, 2013
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 79

2013

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Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews

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Carnivalesque Films | Release Date: March 8, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: Downeast focuses on Antonio Bussone's efforts to open a lobster processing plant in rural Maine.

Director: Ashley Sabin and David Redmon

Genre(s): Drama, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 80 min

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Wesley Morris

Mar 7, 2013

An elegy for a vanishing emblem of what once characterized this country's vitality. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

Mar 7, 2013

This is not an easy documentary to watch, in the sense that the filmmakers let the story tell itself, without narration or expert commentary. That ultimately makes it all the more touching. Read full review

Diana Clarke

Mar 8, 2013

Redmon and Sabin carefully tease apart the insidious process of American deindustrialization, and by the end of the film the threads they unravel reveal how the free market can choke like a noose. Read full review

Diego Semerene

Mar 9, 2013

An exposé of how the financial structures that make businesses possible in America seem to conspire against genuine good will and non-self-serving ambition. Read full review

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