The Boy And The Sea

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The Boy And The Sea, is a 2016 Saudi movie, directed by Samer Ajouri. with a runtime of 6 minutes.

Overview

The Boy and the Sea is a poetic documentary short film that meditates on the tragedy of Alan Kurdi, the young Syrian boy whose lifeless body was photographed on a Turkish beach in 2015, becoming one of the most iconic and heartbreaking images of the refugee crisis. Once a boy who loved drawing the sea, Alan set out across the water hoping to escape the violence of war — only to be immortalized by the international media in death. The film explores the tension between personal tragedy and its appropriation by global screens, raising urgent questions about how the world bears witness to suffering.

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