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Shipwrecked Migrants: Behind the Current Issues of International Migration, Through Fuocoammare: Beyond Lampedusa by Gianfranco Rosi and Mediterranea by Jonas Carpignano

DOI

https://doi.org/10.38003/ccsr.2.1-2.8

Column

Ostalo

Author

Élisabeth Schulz

Keywords

exploitation, Gianfranco Rosi, Jonas Carpignano, Mediterranea, sinking, violence

Abstract

Catherine Wihtol de Wenden estimates that 244 million people are affected by international migration, or 3.5% of the world’s population. Attracted by promises of employment, human beings today are reduced to living in dramatic conditions, as we see in these feature films. This is why, the political scientist denounces the fact that one leaves «people in situation of modern slavery». As we will see, the two films Mediterranea, from
Jonas Carpignano and Fuocoammare. Beyond Lampedusa, from Gianfranco Rosi com against the simplistic images conveyed by the media or political speeches that reduce migrants to numbers and threats.

Pages

183-193

Belongs to the journal

Cross Cultural Studies Review : A journal for comparative studies of culture, literature, and the arts , Vol. 2 No. 3-4, 2020

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