PURPLE SEA


PURPLE SEA

Amel Alzakout & Khaled Abdulwahed - Syria


Synopsis

Made from images filmed by the Syrian artist Amel Alzakout after the boat on which she was fleeing Syria sank off the coast of Lesbos, Purple Sea reports on the moment in which the co-director and the other passengers are floating in the sea in their life-jackets, waiting to be rescued. Her voice-over accompanies this extremely poignant experience.



Film details

Type : Documentary
Duration : 67 min
Year of production : 2020
Country : Syria
Director : Amel Alzakout & Khaled Abdulwahed





Amel Alzakout & Khaled Abdulwahed

In 2019, Amel and Khaled éproduced a video installation Stranger’s Diaries followed in 2020 by the feature film Purple Sea.