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Synopsis
When Bruna Lopes, a native fisher from Praia do Peró (Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro), saw ghost nets silently killing marine life and threatening the future of her community, she decided to act.
With Rede Flor do Mar, she and her team pull abandoned nets out of the sea, the lagoons and the mangroves and turn them into handcraft. In doing so they keep traditional knowledge alive while turning pollution into income for the community. The documentary shows how care for the ocean, ancestral knowledge and community strength can create real solutions where support often fails to arrive.
Featuring
- Bruna Lopes
- Helder Martins
- Piter Santos
Credits
- Original title
- Rede Flor do Mar: a mestra das redes fantasmas de Cabo Frio
- English title
- Rede Flor do Mar: The ghost net weaver of Cabo Frio
- Year
- 2025
- Running time
- 19 min 14 s
- Country
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- Subtitles
- English and Portuguese
- Series
- Roots and Algorithms, episode 4
- Director
- Lucas Silva Pereira
- Script and research
- Francielly Monteiro and Lucas Silva Pereira
- Cinematography and camera
- Lucas Silva Pereira
- Editing
- Francielly Monteiro and Lucas Silva Pereira
- Online editing
- Lucas Silva Pereira
- Production and distribution
- Benthos gGmbH
