Giuseppe Antonio Ferrandes began working as a noncommissioned officer to later realize that his attitude was to work as a farmer. He resigned and for over twenty-two years worked as a grafter at the municipal greenhouse on the island of Pantelleria, and did not enlist as the island’s firefighter.
He learns the art of grafting from his father-in-law and perfects thetechnique from the older workers who worked at the nursery, becoming in fact the last outpost of this knowledge.
During the video interview he reveals the grafting and pruning techniques, and reveals the enormous care and dedication that the cultivation of alberello vines requires.
Interiew by: Mariangela Bianco e Marco Bottigliero
Video by: Vincenzo Pascolo, Napoli Film Industry
Video Editing by: Paolo Barone, Napoli Film Industry
Document by: Mariangela Bianco
Subtitle ita by: Marco Bottigliero
Subtitle eng by: Francesca Magnani
Translation by: Francesca Magnani
Realized: 26/10/2022
Production of ethnographic video interviews for the populating of the Virtual Museum of the cultivation of “vite ad alberello” of Pantelleria, a UNESCO heritage site
