2016

SACRED COD

ABOUT

SACRED COD is a feature-length documentary about the collapse of the historic cod population in New England and the controversial measures that scientists and policymakers are using to restore the region’s iconic species.

Program Feature
Runtime 1:05
Country United States
Language English

David Abel is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter at The Boston Globe who has covered war, terrorism, and the environment. He is also a professor at Boston University. His work has also won an Edward R. Murrow Award, the Ernie Pyle Award for human interest storytelling from the Scripps Howard Foundation, and the Sigma Delta Chi Award for feature reporting. He began making films as a Nieman fellow at Harvard University. He produced two films about the Boston Marathon bombings that were broadcast to national and international audiences. Abel directed and co-produced "Sacred Cod." He also directed and produced the award-winning films "Gladesmen," "Lobster War," and "Entangled." His latest films, "In the Whale" and "Inundation District," are expected to be completed in 2023. See more about him at www.davidsabel.com.

CREDITS

Director
David Abel
Producer
David Abel
Andy Laub
Steve Liss
Editor
Andy Laub

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