22nd Calgary Underground Film Festival

April 17-27, 2025

12th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival

November 20-24, 2024

Mr. Fish: Cartooning From The Deep End

United States, 2017: 70 minutes: Alberta Premiere
Archives 2018
Special Guest!
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In Cinema Globe Cinema
Wed, Nov 28 7:00 PM Buy

description

A political cartoonist known for his subversive and often controversial art, Mr. Fish’s work can be seen in publications such as Harper’s, The Nation, The Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly and The Village Voice and sites like truthdig.com. In this intimate and revealing documentary, we are introduced to the dangerously funny cartoonist as he struggles to stay true to his creativity in a world where biting satiric humor has an ever-diminishing commercial value. A brilliantly insightful and timely documentary, CARTOONING FROM THE DEEP END is about the kinds of compromises a radical artist makes (or refuses to make) while trying to live in a traditional society.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Slamdance Film Festival 2018
Florida Film Festival 2018
HotDocs 2018
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2018
Doc NYC 2018

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Pablo Bryant has been the Director of Photography on four feature documentaries and has shot additional photography on many other projects, including HBO’s Cinema Verite’ , and the documentaryThe Vanishing of the Bees, narrated by Ellen Page. He filmed in India and Nepal for the National Film Board of Canada’s Tulku, which aired on CBC television, and finished shooting the documentary Crazy Wisdom in 2010. In addition to his work as a cameraman he has produced, and directed a short documentary about the epidemic of homeless children in the US called Stand Up For Kids. He shot the DVD special features for MADMEN season 4 and 5, and finished shooting on When the Iron Bird Flies in 2012 and Began shooting on a feature documentary called Master Zhou in April 2013.

press for Mr. Fish: Cartooning From The Deep End

"It is everything I live for in an art documentary... a truly fearless artist."
- Ain't It Cool News

details

Documentary / Activist / Biography / Documentary/Animation

English
70 minutes

special guest

Director Pablo Bryant and Dwayne Booth aka Mr.Fish in attendance

credits

Director
Pablo Bryant

Executive Producer
Tom Brady

Producers
Pablo Bryant
Ted Collins

Cinematographer
Pablo Bryant

Official website:
https://www.mrfishmovie.com/

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/mrfishmovie

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/mrfishdocumentary

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/mrfishdocmovie/

community

awards

Winner Grand Jury Award, Best Documentary, Slamdance Film Festival 2018
Winner Audience Award, Austin Film Festival 2017
Winner Special Jury Recognition, Documentary Feature, Ashland Independent Film Festival 2018

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