Friday Films: Giants of Fortune The Whale Sharks of Oslob at Mathers House

In the little Filipino village of Oslob, people suffer from typhoons and overfishing–until the world’s biggest fish and the Internet change everything. Fisherman Zosimo’s dearest wish is for his children to graduate from high school one day. Yet the chance that this wish will come true is tiny. Overfishing makes the lives of Oslob fishermen difficult. With one fish, the people of the village have a very special tie – with the whale shark. The world’s biggest fish disturbs the villagers during fishing and attempts to get on the catch in their nets, but the villagers manage to keep the giant on a leash luring it away with some feed. One day a tourist asks to go on a boat to take photos of the shark. When he publishes the pictures on the Internet, it triggers a wave of excitement over the whale shark, which turns the lives of Zosimo, his children and the whole region upside down.

Light refreshments provided.

Rated: G

Duration: 53min

Host or Publisher Hobart Library