Vanishing Pearls: The Oystermen of Pointe a la Hache

Name: Vanishing Pearls: The Oystermen of Pointe a la Hache
Genre: Biography, History, Documentary, News
Released: April 18, 2014
Duration: 80 min

2014

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African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement (AFFRM) | Release Date: April 18, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: For over a century, the people of Pointe a la Hache, Louisiana have survived by fishing off of the plentiful waters surrounding their community. Over time, the powerful oil and gas industry has threatened this small, tight knit community’s way of life, culminating with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. Told fromFor over a century, the people of Pointe a la Hache, Louisiana have survived by fishing off of the plentiful waters surrounding their community. Over time, the powerful oil and gas industry has threatened this small, tight knit community’s way of life, culminating with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. Told from the point of view of local oyster fishing businessman Byron Encalade, we learn how a once prolific fishing community has nearly vanished.… Expand

Director: Nailah Jefferson

Genre(s): Biography, History, Documentary, News

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 80 min

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