Purple Sea

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Purple Sea, is a 2021 German movie, directed by Amel Alzakout and Khaled Abdulwahed, and starring Amel Alzakout. with a runtime of 67 minutes.

Overview

Purple Sea is a documentary filmed by Syrian artist Amel Alzakout using an underwater camera strapped to her wrist in the harrowing moments after the refugee boat on which she was fleeing Syria sank off the coast of Lesbos, Greece. Co-directed by Alzakout and Khaled Abdulwahed, the film captures fellow passengers floating in the sea wearing life jackets, waiting to be rescued, as Alzakout's voice-over bears witness to the fragile, terrifying experience of surviving at sea. An intimate and deeply poignant work, Purple Sea transforms raw footage of crisis into a meditation on displacement, survival, and the human cost of the refugee journey across the Mediterranean.

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