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What to Watch on Friday: A "Flashpoint" clash with gun runners

Monk (9am, Sleuth) - There's a "Monk" marathon on the Sleuth Channel today from 9am until 2am.

Man, Woman, Wild (9pm, Discovery) - Myke and Ruth turn on up the shores of Aitutaki, a rat-infested desert island amid the Cook Islands in the South Pacific Ocean.

2010 Essence Music Festival (9pm, TV One) - In case you missed it last weekend, TV One repeats it tonight. Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige, and Gladys Knight.

Flashpoint (10pm, CBS) - The SRU team members encounter gun runners, one of whom is Ed's brother, when they investigate shots fired in an upscale neighborhood.

Wild Caught: The Life and Struggles of an American Fishing Town (10pm, UNC-TV) - Greensboro filmmaker Matt Barr's documentary on the struggles of small-time fishermen in the North Carolina village of Snead's Ferry.

How Do They Do It? (10pm, Science) - How do they make decaffeinated coffee? Water-powered ships? Smoked fish?

UNC-TV to air documentary on Sneads Ferry fishing struggles

UNC-Greensboro filmmaker Matt Barr spent seven years documenting life in the quaint North Carolina fishing village of Sneads Ferry.

But what started out as a project to show the town's traditional way of life and work changed in 2003, when local fishermen began to struggle against a "farmed shrimp" market and real estate developers pushed housing costs and property taxes through the roof.

Barr's film, "Wild Caught: The Life and Struggles of an American Fishing Town," tells the stories of local fisherman who went from being able to provide for their families to being one step away from financial disaster.
 

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