Purple Sea

«I see everything,» she says as if it were a curse. Brilliant sunshine, clear blue skies. The sea is calm, framed by a piece of railing. Buzzing voices. A peaceful moment if it weren’t for the fact that the sea is standing upright, vertical, like a waterfall. A rush of images, twirling, upside down, jolting. People in the boat, in the water, screams, life jackets, emergency whistles. Fluorescent orange, geometrical shapes cast by the sun. There’s no horizon any more, no sky, no up or down, only deepness and nothing to hold on to. Even time’s flow comes to a halt, contracting into the brutal present. She is filming and speaking. To him, to herself, to us, perhaps. Floating legs in sweat pants, jeans, thronged together. A blouse with butterflies, it looks like their wings are flapping in the water. The snake-like belt of a coat, a crumpled-up plastic cup, a pack of cigarettes. Fuck you all! She speaks, she rages, and she films to beat being tired, being cold, the fact that help isn’t coming. To beat dying, just for something to remain.

When?
September 18th, 2020, 8:00 to 09:15 pm (artist present)
September 20th, 2020, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm

Where?
Cinema Toni, 3.G02 (level 3)

Author/Director/Narrator:
Amel Alzakout

Co-Author/Co-Director:
Khaled Abdulwahed

Cinematography:
Amel Alzakout

Editing:
Philip Scheffner

Sound Design:
Simon Bastian

Producers:
Ines Meier, Alex Gerbaulet

Co-producer:
Doris Hepp

Producer:
pong Film GmbH, Berlin

Country:
Germany

Year:
2020

Type:
Documentary

Duration:
67 minutes

Website:
purplesea.pong-berlin.de

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