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Bluefin is an acclaimed documentary tale set in "the tuna capital of the world," North Lake, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Writer/Director and Cinematographer John Hopkins explores the mystery of why normally skittish bluefin tuna no longer fear humans and much to the amazement of fishermen are now strangely begging to be hand-fed like pets. These relentlessly hunted and endangered giants, some exceeding 1000 lbs, have oddly taken to swarming fishing boats off Canada's east coast in large numbers after a long disappearance from over-fishing. This sudden and mysterious abundance of tuna in Canadian waters flies in the face of scientific assessments stocks are critically down by 90 percent. Fishermen and oceanic trophy hunters rejoice and claim bluefin stocks have been rebuilt, while scientists caution are adamant that we are actually taking the "last of all that is left." With breathtaking cinematography, Bluefin documents an extraordinary and persecuted ocean animal caught between the addictive thrill of the hunt and our fear of their extinction. Bluefin stands as a testament that these creatures are as epic as whales, dolphins, elephants, and panda bears; and whose vicious exploitation by humankind needs to be seen in the same light as other groundbreaking docs such as Blackfish, the Cove, and Sharkwater. Bluefin is the first film that sees an ocean fish as the wild animal it is, a thousand-pound warm-blooded giant with gills, which wholesales at up to a million dollars. John Hopkins' eye-opening documentary unravels how our exploitation of resources can precariously alter environments and ecosystems in unexpected ways. And what the filmmaker finds will make you wonder out loud about the human condition.