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Orban Wallace
United Kingdom
2017 / 1:30:00
Debuting director Orban Wallace’s feature-length work engages the
European refugee crisis, but the young British director turns the
camera lens in a direction rather different from the rest of the
documentary scene investigating recent events. He trains his
penetrating gaze on the journalists sent by their employers to the
Mediterranean to cover the unfolding humanitarian tragedy. By
juxtaposing the stories of reporters and the experiences of Middle
East emigrants, he has fostered a new meta-reading of media content.
In today’s chaotic era, what is the “who, how, and why” of news spewed
forth on world conflicts and crises? “Sometimes you feel you’re making
a noise, but not helping really,” laments Lorenzo over the
sensationalized treatment of human misfortune; he’s one of those who,
in the months-long hunt for fresh information, accepts a nomadic
lifestyle. When faced with immeasurable suffering, is it possible to
maintain your humanistic sensitivity, or, glazed, do you just go after
another news story?
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