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Sea of Slaughter  (1989)

Wessex Water award for conservation, 1990

Sea of Slaughter, based on Farley Mowat's best-selling book of the same name, documents five hundred years of greed, waste and bloodshed that has resulted in the destruction of wildlife on Canada's eastern seaboard.  The first European explorers encountered a virgin paradise, teeming with vast populations of seals, whales, seabirds, walrus and fish - thought to be inexhaustible and now devastated by man's exploitation.  It is a story that continues to this day (1990).

Winner of Wessex Water conservation award at the Wildscreen Film Festival "Golden Panda" awards ceremony, 1990

Film credits

Executive Producer: James (Jim) Murray
Camera: Rudolf Kovanic
Camera: Paul Atkins
Camera: Rick Rosenthal
Camera: Bora Merdsoy
Editor: David Murray
Script: William Whitehead
Script: Farley Mowat
Narrator: Farley Mowat
Producer: John Brett
Director: John Brett
Camera: John Brett
Script: John Brett
Camera: N. Ottey
Camera: G. Van Ryckevorsel
Camera: A. Binnington
Sound: Bob Jones
Music: Michael Conway Baker
Production Organisation: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
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Wessex Water award for conservation, 1990
Wessex Water award for conservation, 1990