AND PLEASE VIEW PARTS 2 & 3
NUTTY NOAHS TROUBLED WATERS
Cornwall cannot be said to have a huge film and TV infrastructure, but the Cornish can certainly tell a good yarn. My own film favourite is Troubled Waters by Jed Trewin, the powerful story of the plight of Cornish fisherman made with real heart and soul (Vertigo magazine
Alex Usborne MBE at Picture Palace North and 104 Films Ltd).
WEST BRITON-“ CENTRE SCREENS CORNISH FILMS”
A COMPELLING AND TRUE STORY ABOUT MARTIN ELLIS, A CADGWITH FISHERMAN WHO LOST HIS BOAT AT SEA FOLLOWING HIS ATTEMPTS TO REVIVE THE PILCHARD FISHERY AND HIS SUBSEQUENT STRUGGLES TO STAY FISHING. FILMED OVER THREE YEARS, IT WAS SHOWN AT THE ACORN CINEMA IN PENZANCE AND FALMOUTH COLLEGE OF ARTS TO FULL
HOUSES
PACKET “DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT FISHERMAN WORTH SEEING”
THE HIGHS AND MORE OFTEN THE LOWS OF ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PROFESSIONS IN THE WORLD WERE SUMMED UP IN A COMPELLING DOCUMENTARY SHOWN TO A CAPACITY AUDIENCE AT FALMOUTH COLLEGE.
THE INFECTIOUS NATURE OF MARTINS OPTIMISM TURNED WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DEPRESSING TALE OF WOE INTO A STRANGELY UPLIFTING STORY OF PERSISTENCE IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY.
WESTERN MORNING NEWS- “FESTIVAL FILM RELATES TO TALE OF SINKING BOAT”
DOCUMENTARY OF CORNISH FISHERMAN TO STAY AFLOAT IS RECEIVING CULT ATTRACTION. FILM MAKER JED TREWIN HAS FORMED A CLOSE BOND WITH FISHERMAN MARTIN ELLIS WHO HE HAS KNOWN SINCE SCHOOL DAYS. JED KNOWS FIRST HAND WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE IN A SINKING BOAT, SO HIS DELICATE TREATMENT OF MARTINS BITTER SWEET STORY- IS UNDERSTANDABLE. PRIOR SHOWINGS OF THE FILM ‘ TROUBLED WATERS ’ HAS PLAYED TO PACKED HOUSES.
CORNISH WORLD – “CORNWALL FINDS A NEW HERO”
TROUBLED WATERS TAKES THE FORM OF THE BEST VIDEO DIARY YOU ’ VE EVER SEEN IT IS SO WELL DONE IT STOPS BEING A FILM, AN EXAMPLE OF A MEDIUM, AND BECOMES SIMPLY A STORY
FISHING NEWS – “CAPTURED BY EX SKIPPER FILM MAKER”
. TROUBLED WATERS IS NOT A DOCUMENTARY SOLELY ABOUT THE TECHNICAL NATURE OF FISHING AND NOR IS IT A DRAMA ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF FISHERMAN, BUT A WONDERFUL COCKTAIL OF BOTH, WITH RAW TRUTH AS ITS BACKBONE.