Fuocoammare / Fuego en el Mar = Fire at Sea / Fire in the Sea
Barcode: 58961779
Call Number: DV-ITA 245
Material Type: Video -Digital
Time: 114 min.
Date: 2016
Language: Italian
Creator: Directed by Gianfranco Rosi
Description: An Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature, and the first documentary to ever win the top award at the Berlin International Film Festival, Fire at Sea is a masterpiece of nonfiction film making. It takes place in Lampedusa, a once peaceful Mediterranean island that has become a major entry point for African refugees into Europe. There, we meet Samuele, a 12-year-old boy who lives simply, climbing rocks by the shore andp laying with his slingshot. Yet nearby we also witness thousands of men, women and children trying to survive the crossing from Africa in boats that are too small for such a journey. Filmmaker Gianfraco Rosi masterfully places these realities side by side, and in so doing create s a remarkable third narrative that jolts us into a new understanding of what is really happening in the Mediterranean today.
Collection: Language Resource Center