Should you watch Fire at Sea?
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Fire at Sea
Documentary · 2016
Capturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.
The sides of Fire at Sea
- The island of Lampedusa
- A boy named Samuele with a slingshot
- A doctor caring for migrants rescued at sea
Fire at Sea is good for you if…
- you want to see the migrant crisis from the island where boats arrive.
- you like a documentary with no narration and long, quiet scenes.
- you like Samuele's everyday island life set beside the rescues at sea.
Fire at Sea is bad for you if…
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Italian.
- you can't watch the dead and the dying on rescued boats.
About: migration · indifference · childhood
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