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The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery

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2025 · 91 min Documentary
6.4 / 10 · TMDB

Michael, a Michigan biologist, finds strange marks on the bottom of Lake Huron—not fishing nets, but precise incisions, as if someone is surgically extracting eggs from valuable species. His investigation meets with silence from locals, sudden corporate interest, and old Ojibwe legends about water spirits. The deeper he goes, the clearer it becomes: the disappearing fish are just the tip of an iceberg in an ecosystem where science, business, and ancient secrets intertwine. The film balances between ecological thriller and detective investigation, showing how modern technology clashes with indigenous knowledge. At its heart is not just a crime, but the question of who owns natural resources and who has the right to dictate the life of the Great Lakes.

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Year 2025
Country United States of America
Genre Documentary
Director Lindsey Haskin
Runtime 91 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.4/10 (5 votes)

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The director employs noir detective techniques in a documentary frame: the camera glides over foggy water surfaces, interviews are conducted in half-light, and route maps resemble crime schematics.

Anyone ready for environmental anxiety to take on the contours of a mystical thriller, where each new fact obscures rather than clarifies, will find this compelling. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Lindsey Haskin

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