Film summary

Mumbai fishermen Rakesh and Ganesh are inheritors of the great Koli knowledge system—a way to harvest the sea by following the moon and the tides. Rakesh has kept faith in traditional fishing methods while Ganesh has embraced technology. Against the Tide is the tale of two men’s bond fractured by the weight of a changing world and a sea threatened by climate change. ​A Co-Presentation with CAAM (Center for Asian American Media).
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Introduction

This list of fiction and nonfiction books, compiled by Susan Conlon and Kim Dorman, of Princeton Public Library, provides a range of perspectives on the issues raised by the POV documentary Against the Tide.