2021-09-09 • 1h 7m

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.

Directors

Amel Alzakout, Khaled Abdulwahed

Writters

Khaled Abdulwahed, Amel Alzakout

Editors

Khaled Abdulwahed, Philip Scheffner