Name: People of the Sea
Released: 2018-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Marc Thiercelin

TV Show · Documentary · Travel

Marc Thiercelin, an experienced sailor, has traversed all the oceans of the world. He shares the daily lives of those around the world who make their living from the sea to help us discover their way of life, their beliefs and their know-how.

2018 · 26m

Starring Marc Thiercelin

Director Nicos Argillet, Stéphane Corréa

EPISODE 1

Madagascar: The Vezo - The Great Migration

On the west coast of the island of Madagascar lives one of the last sea nomads, the Vezos. Accompanying the fish migration, each year they leave their village of Betania to reach the Barren Isles.

25m
EPISODE 2

Australia: The Bardi Jawi - The Sentinels of the Ocean

The Dampier Peninsula, a semidesert region in north-west Australia, is the territory of the Bardi Jawi. For these Aboriginal people, the land and the sea are one.

25m
EPISODE 3

Brazil: The Jangadeiros - Surviving the Ocean

In Northeast Brazil, Marc sets out to meet people who have built their identity around a strange boat: the jangada. This small raft, approximately 5m long, can travel 50km from the shore while braving the biggest waves.

26m
EPISODE 4

New Caledonia: Kanaks - The Canoeing Clan

Marc Thiercelin goes to New Caledonia to meet the Kanak people. These people are traditionally divided into two clans: on one side, the men of the sea, on the other, those of the land.

25m
EPISODE 5

Timor: The Wawata Topu - The Women Divers

In the north of Timor, west of the island of Atauro, Marc meets the Wawata Topu. This group of women broke away from the heights of the mountainous island, where the population lived on agriculture, to get closer to the sea.

25m
EPISODE 6

Colombia: The Apalaanchi - Dream Fishermen

Marc meets the Apalaanchi in the middle of the Colombian La Guajira Desert. These Native American people, half-shepherd, half-fisherman, know how to take advantage of the Caribbean Sea to survive. However, resources are dwindling.

25m