Purple Sea

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Purple Sea (2021)

Directed by Amel Alzakout, Khaled Abdulwahed

Documentary · 1h 07m

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 lifejackets, waiting to be rescued. Her voice-over accompanies this extremely poignant experience.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Amel Alzakout, Khaled Abdulwahed
Writer
Khaled Abdulwahed, Amel Alzakout
Director of Photography
Amel Alzakout
Editor
Philip Scheffner
Producer
Alex Gerbaulet, Ines Meier

Details

Original title
Das Purpurmeer
Release date
2021-09-09
Runtime
1h 07m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
AR
Spoken languages
Arabic
Countries
Germany
Production
pong film GmbH, ZDF/Arte