Tanganyika, a tale of fish and men (2016) - full documentary with en/fr subtitles

ENGLISH
Lake Tanganyika is the fish-richest lake in the world, and the second largest one in volume. Its unique ecosystem has been forged by over 10 million years of evolution, but is nowadays threatened by overfishing and habitat destruction. Fish stocks are declining. More than an ecological crisis, the disappearance of this unique resource is likely to bring about the collapse of the fragile human equilibriums that have developed around lake Tanganyika. Scientists from the northern hemisphere, African industrialists and local populations cohabit on the banks of the lake. Each of them maintains a special relation with lake Tanganyika and the halieutic resources that it is home to. Although they come from contrasted cultural and social backgrounds, each of them is affected by the scarcity of the fish. Through their different perspectives on lake Tanganyika and their perception on the decline of the fish stocks, the movie traces the triggering factors of this ecological and human crisis. The sustainable managing of Tanganyika appears to be as much about the scientific approach of its resources as it is about understanding the populations that rely on it.

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FRANCAIS

Le lac Tanganyika est le lac le plus poissonneux du monde et le deuxième plus grand en volume. Son écosystème unique, forgé par dix millions d'années d'évolution, est depuis peu en proie au danger de la surexploitation: le poisson se fait rare. Plus qu'une crise écologique, la disparition de cette ressource unique au monde précipiterait l'effondrement des équilibres humains qui se sont tissés autour du Tanganyika.
Scientifiques occidentaux, industriels africains et populations locales cohabitent sur les berges, entretenant un rapport particulier au Tanganyika et aux richesses halieutiques qu'il recèle. Bien que provenant d'horizons contrastés, chacun est concerné à sa manière par la raréfaction du poisson. Au travers de leurs regards croisés sur le lac Tanganyika et de leur perception du déclin des stocks, le film retrace les facteurs déclencheurs de cette crise écologique et humaine. La gestion durable du Tanganyika relève autant de la compréhension scientifique de ses ressources que de l'écoute des populations qui en dépendent.

[WildFishTanks]

Thank you for sharing. I keep and breed many fish from the lake and hope to visit one day

[marctorche]

Beautiful people and lake, maybe one day I will go back

[HATtw]

Your tank inspired me to set up a rapids tank with A. ternetzi, L. ortomaculatus and L. Granti.
Interesting and feisty fish

[jwy]

43:48 김해고(Gimhae High School) is a high school located in Gimhae City, South Korea. and my alma mater. 12회(The 12th year of Gimhae High School) means the 12th year of graduation. As of 2022, we have the 46th graduate. I feel a lot of joy in this video in Korea.

[cipaisone]

Two years, 400ish views. What a shame for a fine documentary like this

[chrispfeifer]

Great documentary. Beautiful people. There's one constant, regardless of where around this earth you are, people are generally good. We get caught up in our small world's, whether here in the US or there in Zambia, local or national problems tend to occupy our lives and we become tribal, us and them. Never taking the time to actually know what or why we all do the things we do. At the center of all that, is people, and that's where you find that we are all generally good hearted and want the best, to survive. Hope everyone has a great day, be safe.
Peace ✌️

[gerardmaurecourt]

Superb documentary, with humor and skills; we must make it known, the lake is in danger ...
I know a little about the problem of subsistence fishing, with its constant drop in catches. Another problem is that of the risks weighing on certain ornamental fish (which is one of my hobbies), with there also an irrational fishing; This inestimable heritage - which is also that of the riparian countries, must now face serious threats. Protecting these species which have become fragile is a delicate problem because demand is high, while local decisions are very difficult to take ...
Have you ever had the opportunity to work on ornamental fish, for example on cichlids?
thanks !

[ddonpandy]

beautifully documented all people have spoken wise words .... people are too corrupt and selfish to think of others and their future, we are doomed to hunger. this thing happens all over the planet, all the riches of the world are probably divided by 2/3% of the rest of the population starving to death or a middle class .... in order to be good the riches of the world must be divided with the rest. to exp; what to do with a man with million dollars when there are millions of people who have 3 dollars a day in the house

[omphemetsegololo]

2 largest lake, Carrying 16% of Earth's clean, fresh water.🌍🖤🌊🌊🔥🔥⚫🔴👑✨

[ochyeng]

"Thomas is a Zambian, and a businessman too"!

What about "Thomas is a Zambian businessman"?

Great doc though!

[shenaturistic]

This is interesting . It is true that if nobody teaches them, they will never know.

[hourexodus]

How difficult or time consuming (if possible at all) would it be to travel to a neighboring country that is also on the lake. i.e. Zambia to congo or Zambia to Tanzania. Tanzania to Congo etc.

[jackroro]

you cannot talk about stopping fishing without proposing them an alternative. that is rude and impossible. you can for example teach them fish farming.

[georgeikinya]

We don't know what will happen, only God knows ". Apparently Africa don't bother to search for solutions to their problems but throw everything to a God

[tmada]

Environmental catastrophe caused by lack of gvt control

[Wazalendo]

their scale of fishing isn't enough to cause srs damage,
not industrialised enough.
let them be.

[anthonykenneth.]

Did the boat captain say there are thieves in the lake?

[alvarobernardo]

QUE ALEGRIA QUE FELICIDADE SE UM DIA A GENTE PUDESSE CONHECER UM LUGAR DESSE UM MUNDO DIFERENTE DO NOSSO PAIS BRASIL AFRICA E UM CONTINENTE QUE TEM MUITAS COISAS INTERESSANTE E BONITA PARA MOSTRAR PARA O MUNDO

[saveournsrey]

Wrong.. this here is the sixth largest lake in the world!!!

[ngana]

At the 35:32 min mark in the video, the white researchers are having dinner.

One of the researchers, an American woman, says this about Mpulungu, the Zambian town where this documentary is shot:

"The thing I can't get over is the garbage. It just bothers me so much."

"I mean..." (at this point, the editor of the documentary removes the subtitles, but the American woman's inflammatory statement that follows is clearly audible):

American woman: "Mpulungu is a real shit hole. but It's made worse by, the way that, I mean, there's rubbish everywhere. It's TERRIBLE!

This documentary follows a long line of similarly exploitative documentaries in what can be described as "White Savior Complex" in which white people go to Africa presenting themselves as altruistic while implicitly conveying a racist viewpoint. Another good example of this kind of exploitative filmmaking is the documentary "Darwin's Nightmare, " which uses another African lake ( Lake Victoria) to convey a similar message.

It's worth noting that while the "researchers" in this documentary bemoan what they describes as overfishing on Lake Tanganyika, they never present any solutions or viable alternatives for the vulnerable populations that depend on the lake for their livelihoods.

Don't be fooled: Racism under the guise of altruism is still racism.