In May 2024, a devastating flood struck Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, leaving irreparable marks on the lives of millions. The catastrophe laid bare the full scale of the climate crisis and global warming. More than 600,000 people were displaced, thousands lost their homes, and entire neighborhoods remained submerged for weeks.
The flood turned Porto Alegre, the state capital, into a war zone: streets became rivers, the Historic Center was swallowed by water, and in the city’s Arquipélago neighborhood — known as “the Islands” — the impact was even more brutal. There, nearly four thousand people saw their homes buried, not by mud, but by sand piled to extraordinary heights, while the bridges connecting the islands to the mainland disappeared underwater. It is within this context that Fisherman Street, No. 6 emerges — a historical document and an intimate portrait of tragedy. As soon as the waters receded, a small team of filmmakers from Rio Grande do Sul began documenting what remained: buried streets and destroyed homes. Yet amid the devastation, they also found something greater — the strength of a community that, even wounded, fights for its land, its memory, and its sense of belonging.