Rated ‘S’ for slaughter? New film questions Canada seal hunt
BOSTON — It’s not an easy movie to watch: Hunters clubbing seals to death and bloodying the otherwise pristine ice of the Canadian Arctic.
But for the Cape Cod-based International Fund for Animal Welfare, “Huntwatch” — a new documentary about the fight to end commercial seal hunts — is a story that needs to be told.
The film , which premieres next month on Discovery, very nearly was doomed to oblivion. It includes grainy footage that had languished for nearly five decades in the basement of the group’s global headquarters in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts.
“We really just want people to watch the film, look at all sides of the issue, and decide if this hunt still should be happening,” said IFAW spokeswoman Kerry Branon, a co-producer on the film.