Baymen: our waters are dying

Duration: 29

Year Published: 1976

Creator: A. Belle

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: A documentary portrait of the clam diggers of eastern Long Island, who harvest shellfish from the area's seacoast bays and whose traditional way of life is threatened with extinction due to water pollution. Note This film has been preserved by the Reserve Film and Video Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, with funding from the National Film Preservation Foundation.