Leviathan

Saturday, August 30 - Thursday, September 4, 2025

From the makers of the acclaimed Sweetgrass and Foreign Parts comes this visceral look at the high-risk world of commercial fishing. Taking to the waters off the coast of New Bedford, MA—the setting of Melville’s Moby-Dick—Castaing-Taylor and Paravel strapped their waterproof cameras to workers, decks, hulls and cranes, capturing the perspectives of fisherman, fish, and seagulls with a stunning you-are-there immediacy. Part ethnographic investigation and part impressionist experiment, LEVIATHAN represents a whole new kind of documentary.

Screening as part of our series 20 Films for 20 Years

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• Country USA
• Year 2013
• Running Time 86 minutes
• Format DCP
• Distributor Cinema Guild
• Director Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel
• Cast Declan Conneely, Johnny Gatcombe, Adrian Guillette
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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