2005 Film Index Back to Main Site		Back Fishermen’s Terminal Documentary US / 56 minutes Written, Directed and Produced by Bette J. Bullert Cinematography by Sonja Watson, Valerie Vozza, B. J. Bullert, Edited by Valerie Vozza, Jill Freidberg, Alex Perrault Original Misic by Laura Love Band, Tin Hat Trio, 5 Miles Chase Seattle’s Fishermen’s Terminal is the last dedicated commercial fishing terminal in a major American City. In 2001, the Port of Seattle decided to open this traditional blue-collar enclave to yacht and pleasure boats. A group of small boat fishermen, led by the charismatic gill-netter and anthropologist Pete Knutson, decided to fight back. Four years in the making, Fishermen’s Terminal tells a story of class, gentrification and the politics of change in one of the country’s “Most Livable Cities.” The film takes viewers on a journey to SE Alaska and back, through the labyrinth of typical local politics, and the challenges facing the North Pacific Fishing Fleet – the stories of fishermen trying to survive with the pressures of fish farms, depressed prices and the consolidation of the industry in fewer and fewer hands. The documentary was Runner Up for Best Documentary at the 2005 Seattle International Film Festival where it had its World Premiere. (It sold out a 600 seat theater.) “Fishermen’s Terminal is a fascinating glimpse of a rare American scene, a compelling story of the struggle of those heroes of the nation – the fishermen of the Pacific Coast – against the invasion of their lives and livelihood by upper-class America.” - Howard Zinn, historian and author of A People’s History of the United States.