The job of a deep-sea fisherman is still extremely dangerous today. Waves, storms, physical work and hardly any sleep - the stress levels are high, even though the ships are now ultra-modern. Fishing far out at sea requires experience and luck. The weather can change within minutes and this also applies to fish prices, which vary greatly depending on the catch. It quickly becomes a race against time and the forces of nature.

Somewhere on the coast of the Bering Sea, a father and son make a living fishing in a community that...

Sea otters are once again in peril after being brought back from the brink of extinction. An unprece...

Examines the violence and civil disobedience leading up to the hallmark decision in U.S. v. Washingt...

Two friends, both Indigenous fishermen, are driven to desperation by a dying sea. Their friendship b...

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northe...
This is the planet we still know so little. We call it Earth but less than 1/3 is land, over 2/3 is ...

This documentary records the journey undertaken by Jacques Cousteau, his 24-member team, and an NFB ...

In the coldest waters surrounding Newfoundland's rugged Fogo Island, "people of the fish"—traditiona...

Work. Eat. Sleep. And back to work. For a long time skippers in the North East of Scotland could not...

Jarred by the loss of his closest friend, a farmer on Tasmania’s remote West Coast, begins to mentor...

The Land of Little Rivers, a network of tributaries in the Catskill Mountains of New York, is the bi...
Through economic necessity, an Aran Islander is forced to travel to England to work on building site...

Before leaving for Rome with his mother, five year old Natan is taken by his father, Jorge, on an e...

Take a revealing tour along a coast of contrasts, from the folksy freshness of Whitby to the coaly T...
An instructional film profiling the dragnet fishing technique as practiced by Danish sailors.
With a blend of poignant flashbacks and present-day reflections, the film follows Pete on his 50th a...