15 minutes that indicts an entire continent. You won't look away.
In April 2015, two shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean resulted in over a thousand deaths. The first, on 12 April, occurred when an overcrowded boat was approached by a large commercial vessel. Less than a week later, on 18 April 2015, a similar incident led to over eight hundred deaths after an overcrowded vessel collided with a cargo ship that had approached to rescue its passengers. Both incidents are in part the result of changing EU policies toward at-sea rescue, particularly the retreat of state rescue operations and a resulting onus on commercial vessels to fill the ‘rescue gap’.
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Forensic Oceanography treats maps as accusatory evidence.
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Satellite imagery becomes devastating testimony.
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Forensic Oceanography
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Forensic Oceanography is an investigative project by Lorenzo Pezzani and Charles Heller, combining maritime architecture and human rights research.
The 2015 shipwrecks prompted Italy's Mare Nostrum replacement with Operation Triton—fewer resources, more deaths. The film directly contributed to EU parliamentary debates.
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