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leviathan: a groundfishing documentary for the senses

Posted: November 14 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEQoB_aRB3c

Leviathan is a documentary — and yet not a documentary. It's a near-wordless, almost abstract depiction of an 80-foot groundfishing boat heading out of New Bedford, Mass. The film's unusual structure and point of view has gotten rave reviews at festivals and from many critics.
Sometimes you don't know quite what you're seeing and listening to in Leviathan. You hear metal groaning and rasping, see fish, gloves and tools tossed about on a boat that's pitching and rolling in a roaring wind. To read more about this documentary review from NPR, click HERE!