Fishermen Movies

In the summer of 2000, federal fishery officers appeared to wage war on the Mi'gmaq fishermen of Burnt Church, New Brunswick. Why would officials of...

In 19th-century Quebec, Claire, a kitchen hand for a group of fishermen, dreams of learning the men's trade. When she’s invited on a midnight...

Every December to January, almost a hundred squid fishing boats from Ch'ien-chen Fishing Harbor in Kaohsiung will sail from East 120 to West 60 to...

Adventures on a fishing boat as told by two young boys who experience what it takes to be a fisherman at sea.

A silent film by John Grierson. It tells the story of Britain's North Sea herring fishery.

A biologist helps save a young seal who was caught in a fishing net, but the seal hides in a small boat, not knowing that it is about to be towed far...

The construction of the concrete seawall in Cilincing has made things difficult for local fishermen, including making it harder to catch fish along...

Sail away to a bygone Cornwall in this wistful coastal travelogue.

This short film focuses on the Bajo of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, highlighting their strong bond with the sea and the challenges small-scale...

A profile of the more than 2,000 Belgian refugees in the fishing port of Brixham.

Arthur and Ernest are two bachelor fishermen who occupy the proverbial end-of-the-road on Morris Island, an Acadian community in southern Nova...

A man tries to catch a really big fish.

A study of the lives of fishermen struggling to make ends meet on Spain's northern coast.

In October, during the tense days of the Nagorno-Karabakh war, the director takes his camera to the village of Ashagi Nuvedi in Lankaran. The film...

In the 1970's, filmmakers Tom Burger, Bill McKiggan and Chuck Lapp began documenting the history and current struggles of inshore fishermen in...