Lucas Silva Pereira, oceanographer and documentary filmmaker

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Ancestral fishing knowledge of Arraial do Cabo

Moacyr weaving a net · hover to see it in color

Ancestral Fishing Knowledge from Arraial do Cabo. Between the advance of mass tourism and the strength of tradition, an oceanographer and filmmaker returns to his roots to document the last masters of canoa borçada fishing.

Canoes carved from a single trunk, net-mending needles passed from father to son and men who never abandon the tide.

Turibaseine and dip nets

Moacyrfisherman

Jamilfisherman

Biticofisherman

Harildoboatbuilding

Liliufisherman

Tamicoboatbuilder

Director: Lucas Silva Pereira
Location: Praia Grande, Arraial do Cabo, RJ
Format: Documentary
Stage: In development
Support: Ocean Culture, Benthos Story Lab

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