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Quest for the Sea

Series: Quest For The Sea
4
(14)
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Episodes
4
Rating
TVG
Year
2004
Language
English
Publisher
Monarch Films, Inc.

About

Quest for the Sea is a 4x1-hour living history documentary series that follows 2 families as they return to a lost way of life in a remote fishing village in Newfoundland. In simple wooden homes with only the tools, clothing, and supplies of 1937, five adults and five children will live under a mercantile system and need to rely on cod fishing for their sustenance and survival.

Related Subjects

  • Reality TV

Episodes

1. Episode 1

47m

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A Village Called Hay Cove What were Newfoundland's "outports"? Who lived there? And why are they so storied? On the rocky coast of Newfoundland, Canada, the Placentia Bay outport of Hay Cove has been rebuilt. Ten new residents arrive, full of adventure and hope, and begin to settle into two households, facing the rigours of life in 1937. Within days, the Wheeler home falls into turmoil as 14-year-old Anna chafes under the stern hand of 75-year-old Mary Ann, and the men summon the courage to take to the seas.

2. Episode 2

47m

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King Cod With trepidation the men of Hay Cove take to the seas in period appropriate 16-foot long skiffs. Placentia Bay is a deadly body of water and the men are hesitant, but the community has gone into debt with a local merchant in order to receive their much-needed summer supplies. The men will need good luck and long hours of labour to balance their account. The stress of this crushing debt causes tensions to appear in the community. Life at Hay Cove becomes complicated and the challenges of the sea are mirrored by the complexity of strangers living together in a distant time. And then injury strikes.

3. Episode 3

47m

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The Storms of August After six weeks of struggle the Hay Cove families finally find a rhythm and life becomes less arduous. The women bake, the children pick berries, and the men fish from the dark of morning to the dark of night. The summer is warm and Hay Cove is redolent with green vegetables and golden evenings. Behind the privacy of the family homes however, storms are brewing and Hay Cove descends into bickering, insults and tears of frustration.

4. Episode 4

47m

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Re-settlement It is late August. The fish are far out at sea and the weather is worsening. In Hay Cove, a cloud of tension hangs over the families. As the community recovers from a terrible fight, the men take to the seas in a desperate attempt to catch enough fish to pay the debt. But it is not the bill collector who disrupts life at Hay Cove; it is the resettlement program. The Wheelers must move out of their home and they have no choice but to move in with the Murrays. For the final week of their summer, the families live as one while the Wheeler home is placed on a bed of logs and, inch by inch, is slowly pulled out towards the sea, symbolizing the end of an era for many in Newfoundland.

Extended Details

  • SeriesQuest For The Sea
  • Closed CaptionsEnglish

Artists

Don YoungDirector
Ken Albert Jr.Actor
Rob ClarkActor
Geoff CowieActor
Paul GossenActor
Marits LuinenburgActor