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83% Critic Match
The Dark Hobby
“All the pretty fishes and the price paid to tank them.”
8.3 / 10• 2021•NR• English
Documentary
Storyline
The Hawai'ian Islands are ground zero for the aquarium trade who capture and traffic reef fish for hobbyists’ tanks, decimating the reef, ocean and earth’s oxygen. Native Hawai'ians, conservationists, scientists, aquarium fish collectors and breeders are locked in a controversy over the stunning “treasure of Hawai'i” – the ornamental fish.
Cast & Crew
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Kimokeo Kapahulehua
Self - Kapuna Elder
LeadRW
Robert Wintner
Self
WK
Wilfred Kaupiko
Self - Mayor of Milolilii
KK
Kaimi Kaupiko
Self
GG
Gail Grabowsky
Self - Chaminade Univ, Honolulu
BW
Ben Williamson
Self - PETA
JW
Jessica Wooley
Self - House of Representatives
JB
Jonathan Balcombe
Self - Author
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Paula Fouce's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Dark Hobby is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
