After the Bite on Binge – First look trailer and key art for the new documentary film After the Bite, directed and produced by Ivy Meeropol (Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn, Heir to an Execution: A Granddaughter’s Story), has been released today ahead of its 27 July premiere on BINGE.
A 2018 fatal shark attack on a boogie boarder in the town of Wellfleet, Massachusetts rocked visitors and residents in the idyllic summer community of Cape Cod, forcing them to respond to the encroachment of apex predators.
With the numbers of sharks increasing every year, After the Bite explores the far-reaching repercussions for this beach community when rapid changes in the natural world begin to clash with a cherished way of life.
Great white sharks have dominated headlines in recent years, as their deadly interactions with people have increased in the waters stretching from Maine to the Cape and Islands.
Those charged with protecting the public have been forced to address the risk of serious injuries with stop-the-bleed kits mounted at public access beaches, warning billboards, the use of shark-tracking apps, spotter planes and new training programs and protocols for lifeguards.
The documentary film is a deep dive into how one coastal community is renegotiating their relationship with our rapidly changing environment.
The changes are numerous: warmer waters, species interacting where they never had before, along with the rapidly increasing numbers of the shark’s favourite prey, the North Atlantic grey seal, whose population has rebounded since seals were protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.
After the Bite, A Reversal Films Production in association with Red 50 Inc. Directed by Ivy Meeropol; produced by Xan Parker, Ivy Meeropol; executive produced by Whitney Dow. For HBO: executive producers, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Tina Nguyen.
AFTER THE BITE premieres Thursday July 27 on BINGE and on FOX Docos at 10.15pm and available On Demand.
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