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All Rivers Spill Their Secrets To The Sea

All Rivers Spill Their Secrets To The Sea

Synopsis

Fisherman Stan Rennie and his family have always fished the waters of North East England for centuries.

This line to history stretched uninterrupted, until a devastating tidemark of poisoned crabs appeared one Autumn morning like a biblical plague, heralding an unprecedented poisoning of the river and the sea.

Unless Stan - and others like him - can find answers, he may be the last of his kind.

Told with wit, pathos and underdog tenacity by the coastal community whose own Brexit votes may have been the catalyst for disaster.

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Features
Running time
90:00
Format
Digital
Director
Jeanie Finlay
Producer
Charlie Phillips, Jeanie Finlay
Executive Producer
Julie Parker Benello, Shanida Scotland
Editor
Nicole Halova
Composer
Lomond Campbell

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Shy Bairns Ltd

Broadway Media Centre
14-18 Broad Street
Nottingham
England, NG1 3AL
Charlie Phillips

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