Whaling Movies

Modern technology confronts ancient ritual in this profound and moving documentary. Teenager Chris Apassingok and his Yupik family live in Gambell,...

1936 was a different world in Newfoundland - the bigotry and the unexpected ending will give you plenty to talk about and think about in this...

A short documentary about industrial whaling. The surviving footage runs for approximately 12 minutes.

Delve into the world of modern whaling in Norwegian waters. Discover the shocking truth about the demand for whale meat, the associated health risks,...

The big whale round-up at Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, is brought to the screen with a realism not often found in fish stories. Cameras are on hand to...

The whale hunters of the Faroe Islands believe that hunting is vital to their way of life, but, when a local professor makes a grim discovery about...

The Lamalera village is located in a small volcanic Island, a poor, barren land, and they catch whales to eat. It is the only way for them to...

Pictures made from an 1800-foot panorama painted in 1848 and authentic songs of the period sung and played by Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacCall are used...

A moving image installation piece which uses speculative fiction to explore the fishing industry in Aberdeen, Peterhead and Fraserburgh.

In this documentary, islanders relive the Azores´controversial whaling past and examine the reasons why few historical traces of that era...

A whale is hunted in the southern hemisphere by the crew of a sailing ship: it is harpooned twice, using a cannon, and taken back to the shore. In...