Fire at Sea (2016)
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Capturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.
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Rosi offers a simple, stark contrast between quiet moments of everyday life and tragedy as mass fleeing results in sunken boats, horrific injuries and death.
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Slant Magazine
Fire at Sea initiates a narrative that probes the fundamental gap between wanting to help and actually being able to do so.
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Fire at Sea is masterly film-making.
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Opting for an observational mode that is nevertheless highly stylized, Rosi understands that an urgent frontline missive needn’t be ugly.
90
[A] powerful, at times shocking but also intensely human documentary.
