Andy Laub

David Abel

The story of a climate-fueled conflict between the United States and Canada over waters that both countries have claimed since the end of the Revolutionary War. The disputed 277 square miles of sea, known as the Gray Zone, were traditionally fished by US lobstermen. But as the Gulf of Maine has warmed faster than nearly any other body of water on the planet, the area’s previously modest lobster population has surged. As a result, Canadians have begun to assert their sovereignty, warring with the Americans to claim the bounty.

Mystic Film Festival 

International Maritime Film Festival 

Environmental Film Festival 

Wildlife Conservation Film Festival 

"Beautiflu... a compelling statement on the effects of climate change on fisheries."

Rob Conery

"This fair-minded yet charged and beautifully made film compels us to consider the dispute as symptomatic of the much larger struggle facing all of us: adapting to climate change, whether individually or nationally, economically, or socally. This is not a problem we can fix by drawing lines on a map, because we're all in the same boat." 

Lobster War