The Film
A Almadraba Atuneira
The Story
The life of tuna fishermen and their families during the fishing season on Pumpkin Island in Tavira (Algarve). The documentary depicts their fishing methods and their return home after fishing. This was the last activity of "frame" or "almadraba" tuna fishery, before the camp was destroyed by the sea in the winter of the following year, in 1962.
Runtime
26 min
Released Jan 1961

Directed by
António Campos
Written byAntónio Campos




