AFTER THE BITE
A community reeling from a fatal shark attack is forced to confront dramatic changes
A 2018 fatal shark attack on a boogie boarder rocked visitors and residents in the idyllic summer community of Cape Cod, forcing them to respond to the encroachment of apex predators. The HBO Original documentary film After the Bite explores the far-reaching repercussions for this beach community when rapid changes in the natural world begin to clash with a cherished way of life.
Directed by Ivy Meeropol
Produced by Xan Parker
Story and Produced by Bronwyn Berry
“As would befit an HBO approach to the subject, After the Bite starts its story at the point of greatest sensationalism and, from there, goes quiet and pragmatic, eschewing high-pitched shrieking and chummed waters in favor of a more ideologically varied approach.”
