The Flip Side is the intimate portrait of a marginalized community of small-scale fishermen in South Africa’s Western Cape. Denied access to traditional fisheries and struggling to survive, these communities have resorted to poaching abalone for the lucrative Far-East market. The Flip Side follows the story of Angelo Joseph as he begins to negotiate the obstacle-strewn path leading his community from the negative impacts of poaching to a more sustainable future in aquaculture.