Lifeboat
2019
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This Oscar-nominated short documentary showcases refugees desperate enough to risk their lives in rubber boats leaving Libya in the middle of the night, despite a high probability of drowning. With few resources but certain that civil society must intervene, volunteers from a German non-profit risk the waves of the Mediterranean to pluck refugees from sinking rafts. In a political environment increasingly hostile to immigrants and refugees, documenting and showcasing the real-life predicament of those fleeing war and oppression is more vital and important than ever. In a real-life context with dire consequences, LIFEBOAT puts a human face on one of the world's greatest contemporary, global crises and provides a spark of hope surrounding how civil society can intervene in the refugee crisis in a meaningful way. **Academy Award** nominee for Best Documentary Short Subject. *"Once you see it, you won’t forget it." - Sarah Larson, **The New Yorker***
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Collective Eye Films, 2018.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (35 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Title from title frames.FilmIn Process Record.Originally produced by Collective Eye Films in 2018.In Arabic,English
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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English
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427215
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Access eFilm - A Kanopy streaming videohttps://www.kanopy.com/node/5927511/external-image - Cover Image