Mediteran – sodobna pot pobega razseljenih, vse prepogosto pa tudi množično grobišče. »Fire at sea« prikaže domači kraj mladega fanta Samuela, ki je specifičen. Otok že dolgo prestavlja cilj popotovanja moških, žensk in otrok, ki poskušajo zapustiti obalo Afrike v čolnih, premajhnih in neprimernih za tako pot. Poročila o stiskah migrantov, slike prenatrpanih čolnov in utopljenih trupel na preizkušnjo postavljajo zmožnost ignorance in brezbrižnosti vseh.
Ta kraj se imenuje Lampeduza. Postal je metafora za bedo beguncev, ki prihajajo v Evropo; upi, stiske in usode za več sto tisoče migrantov. Tistih, ki so se na pot v Evropo odpravili v upanju na boljše življenje. Prepogosto pa so iz vode potegnjena zgolj njihova trupla. Tako so prebivalci Lampeduze na dnevni bazi priče največji humanitarni katastrofi našega časa.
Med tem, ko se za mnoge začenja decembrska evforija, slovenska vlada grozi našim dragim prijateljem z deportacijami. Vedno znova so podvrženi novim krogom državnega nasilja, ki ga diktira rasističen, neokolonialen režim meja in tip globalnega kapitalizma od katerega so primarno poskušali ubežati. Prepogosto to ostaja očem skrito. Našim prijateljem in tovarišem grozijo in jih potiskajo na margino. Projekcija tega filma želi biti konkreten izraz podpore in solidarnosti.
Dogodek s filmom Fire at sea je del mesečnih dokumentarnih filmskih projekcij, ki jih gosti Komunal. Ideja dogodkov je odpirati prostor za raziskavo konfliktov, bojev in gibanj preko dokumentarcev in videov.
FB dogodek: https://www.facebook.com/events/1963110970594058/
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The Mediterranean is an escape route for displaced people of our time and all too often a graveyard. "Fire at sea" documents the home of a young boy, Samuel, unlike other places. For years, it has been the destination of men, women and children trying to make the crossing from Africa in boats that are far too small and decrepit. Reports of the migrants' plight and images of overloaded boats and drowned bodies have tested the world's capacity for indifference.
The island is Lampedusa. It has become a metaphor for the plight of refugees coming to Europe; the hopes, hardship and fate of hundreds of thousands of emigrants. Those on the way to Europe long for a better life and yet so often only their dead bodies are pulled out of the water. Thus, every day the inhabitants of Lampedusa are bearing witnes to the greatest humanitarian tragedy of our times.
While for many the happy December euphoria is about to start, Slovenian government is threatening our dear friends with deportation, subjecting them to another round of state violence dictated by racist neo-colonial border regime, and the type of global capitalism from which they were trying to escape in the first place. Too often this remains hidden. As our own friends and comrades are under threat and being pushed off, screening this film contributes to the collective struggle against this.
The event Fire at Sea is a part of a monthly documentary film screening that Komunal is hosting. The idea is to provide a space to research conflicts, struggles, and movements through documentaries and video.
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1963110970594058/
