Core Sounders

The folks that call themselves Core Sounders, after the Core Sound along North Carolina's Atlantic coast, an area described by others as "Down East, " are depicted with affection in this documentary.Their families struggle to get by as commercial fishermen in a changing economy, and as the older ones die off or the younger ones move away, their properties are gradually being sold to outsiders known as "dingbatters, " to turn the attractive area into more of a beach resort with pools and hot tubs.These people have traditionally taken a laissez faire approach and have been wary of state intervention, but now there is more talk, heard in the film, of banding together for the common good and even of socialism.Few of the individuals interviewed are identified by name, and watching the program with captions helps as their isolated way of life has led to the local Southern dialect bring a bit hard to understand.Since the film was made, more changes such as the impact of climate change along the coast have also had an impact in making an old fashioned way of life harder to maintain.Unless the viewers have visited this part of North Carolina themselves,they will learn something from this documentary.