Tim Wilson
Documentary, Canada
Runtime 25 min.
“You lower your nets into a mystery, wait for the treasure to come to you.”
It’s a haunting, ancient structure — Stonehenge in sticks. And it hums with an ancient magic, trapping the fish as the tide runs out. Stanley Stanton’s is the last of the herring weirs on Nova Scotia’s Fundy shore — and the tide may be running out for him, too.
But as industrialization, overfishing and a proposed basalt quarry threaten the Digby Neck, the old, slow magic of Stanley’s weir may just hold the key to a sustainable future.
This film was awarded Best Atlantic Short Film at the 2005 Atlantic Film Festival.
Screening on Friday, November 11 at 1pm in the Al Whittle Theatre with the films Clearing the Waters and In the Same Boat
Buy tickets for Clearing the Waters / In the Same Boat / The Last Weir