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Fire at Sea offers a clear-eyed yet empathetic look at a corner of the world whose terrain may be unfamiliar to many, but whose people's story remains universal.
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Fire at Sea is a powerful, and beautifully shot, look at the migrant crisis-one that manages to subvert viewer expectations of what has become for many a familiar news subject. Jun 16, 2017 | Full Review…
Fire at Sea is a powerful, and beautifully shot, look at the migrant crisis-one that manages to subvert viewer expectations of what has become for many a familiar news subject.
Anna Diamond
Who needs voiceovers when a director's camera has this much to say? Feb 3, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Who needs voiceovers when a director's camera has this much to say?
Scott Marks
A fascinating study in contrasts, "Fire at Sea' shows how the normal and painfully abnormal exist side by side - the horrific and the serene, the tragic and the mundane, global crisis and daily humdrum. Jan 20, 2017 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
A fascinating study in contrasts, "Fire at Sea' shows how the normal and painfully abnormal exist side by side - the horrific and the serene, the tragic and the mundane, global crisis and daily humdrum.
Tom Long
Though conceived as a humanitarian statement, the movie wouldn't be as memorable or challenging without its quotidian aspect. Dec 15, 2016 | Full Review…
Though conceived as a humanitarian statement, the movie wouldn't be as memorable or challenging without its quotidian aspect.
J. R. Jones
We feel the bewilderment of the parochial yet decent residents, the helplessness of the well-intentioned yet overwhelmed rescuers, and the anguish and disorientation of the refugees. Dec 7, 2016 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
We feel the bewilderment of the parochial yet decent residents, the helplessness of the well-intentioned yet overwhelmed rescuers, and the anguish and disorientation of the refugees.
David Lewis
What makes the movie worth seeing, is the sequence with the Africans chanting in the detention center about making it from Africa, through the scorching Sudanese desert and Libya, to Lampedusa. Oct 28, 2016 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
What makes the movie worth seeing, is the sequence with the Africans chanting in the detention center about making it from Africa, through the scorching Sudanese desert and Libya, to Lampedusa.
Peter Rainer
With exquisite cinematography and intimate scenes that would be at home in dramatic fiction, Fire At Sea gradually envelops the viewer in a microcosm of a global tragedy. Aug 13, 2019 | Full Review…
With exquisite cinematography and intimate scenes that would be at home in dramatic fiction, Fire At Sea gradually envelops the viewer in a microcosm of a global tragedy.
Brian D. Johnson
An original and leftfield look at the Afro-Eurasian migrant crisis of recent years, Fire at Sea is, more than anything, a showcase for the extraordinary intelligence of its director, Gianfranco Rosi. Apr 1, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
An original and leftfield look at the Afro-Eurasian migrant crisis of recent years, Fire at Sea is, more than anything, a showcase for the extraordinary intelligence of its director, Gianfranco Rosi.
Calum Baker
Early on in Fire at Sea... [director] Gianfranco Rosi makes his position clear when it comes to portraying the drama of those who dare to cross the stretch of the Mediterranean that joins Africa with the island of Lampedusa. [Full review in Spanish] Oct 31, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Early on in Fire at Sea... [director] Gianfranco Rosi makes his position clear when it comes to portraying the drama of those who dare to cross the stretch of the Mediterranean that joins Africa with the island of Lampedusa. [Full review in Spanish]
Paula Arantzazu Ruiz
I actually liked how Rosi executes this, though -- it brings a fuller picture to the fore, showing that intersections are not always possible, or even necessary. Oct 4, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
I actually liked how Rosi executes this, though -- it brings a fuller picture to the fore, showing that intersections are not always possible, or even necessary.
Tomas Trussow
Fire at Sea is a documentary that could change the world if the right people see it, and all intelligent and engaged viewers who experience it will not be left unchanged. Aug 28, 2018 | Full Review…
Fire at Sea is a documentary that could change the world if the right people see it, and all intelligent and engaged viewers who experience it will not be left unchanged.
Andrew Parker
The sea is as important as the island in this elemental film. Apr 26, 2018 | Full Review…
The sea is as important as the island in this elemental film.
A.S. Hamrah
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