Fiche Film
Cinéma/TV
LONG Métrage | 2018
Rescue list (The)
Pays concerné : Ghana
Durée : 81 minutes
Genre : portrait
Type : documentaire
Site web : www.therescuelist.com/
Français
Le lac Volta, au Ghana, est non seulement le plus grand lac artificiel au monde, mais aussi un lieu de travail forcé des enfants. Kwame, un des responsables d’un centre d’hébergement de la région, se bat pour secourir ces enfants, leur donner une éducation, des soins, et les préparer à retourner dans leur famille quand cela est possible. Certains ont vu périr leurs copains dans le lac, la plupart ont subi des violences. Tous forcent l’admiration par leur volonté et leur dignité.
Un film de Alyssa Fedele et Zachary Fink
USA / Ghana, 2018, documentaire, 1h21 mins
Un film de Alyssa Fedele et Zachary Fink
USA / Ghana, 2018, documentaire, 1h21 mins
English
In a hidden safehouse in the Ghanaian forest, social workers help two children recover from a childhood enslaved to fishermen on Lake Volta – the largest manmade lake on Earth. But their story takes an unexpected turn when their rescuer embarks on another rescue mission and asks the children for help.
Haunted by the memory of his friend who disappeared on the lake, twelve year old Edem is reluctant to talk about his experience. Meanwhile, seventeen year old Peter is burdened by a sense of responsibility to help to his best friend, who is still enslaved to their master on the lake. When Kwame, their rescuer, announces that his team is setting off on another rescue mission and needs the children’s help, Peter seizes the opportunity, setting in motion a journey that will change the boys’ lives forever.
The Rescue List charts the unfolding drama of these rescue operations alongside a moving portrait of the boys’ recoveries as they prepare to return to their families. The film depicts a moving story of friendship and courage that transcends the trope of victimhood and illustrates what it means to love and survive.
A film by Alyssa Fedele & Zachary Fink
USA / Ghana, 2018, documentary, 81 mins
PRODUCER / DIRECTOR / EDITOR
Alyssa Fedele
PRODUCER / DIRECTOR / CINEMATOGRAPHER
Zachary Fink
PRODUCER / EDITOR
Davis Coombe
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Steve James
ADVISOR
James Kofi Annan
IMPACT AND ENGAGEMENT CONSULTANT
Alice Quinlan
CO-PRODUCER
Alison Greenberg Millice
COMPOSER
William Ryan Fritch
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER / FIXER
JOHN DEGRAFT SAM
PBS releases The Rescue List on the POV Community Network
Our friends and partners at POV have made our film available through their lending library for free community screenings leading up to our March 2020 broadcast on POV.
Haunted by the memory of his friend who disappeared on the lake, twelve year old Edem is reluctant to talk about his experience. Meanwhile, seventeen year old Peter is burdened by a sense of responsibility to help to his best friend, who is still enslaved to their master on the lake. When Kwame, their rescuer, announces that his team is setting off on another rescue mission and needs the children’s help, Peter seizes the opportunity, setting in motion a journey that will change the boys’ lives forever.
The Rescue List charts the unfolding drama of these rescue operations alongside a moving portrait of the boys’ recoveries as they prepare to return to their families. The film depicts a moving story of friendship and courage that transcends the trope of victimhood and illustrates what it means to love and survive.
A film by Alyssa Fedele & Zachary Fink
USA / Ghana, 2018, documentary, 81 mins
PRODUCER / DIRECTOR / EDITOR
Alyssa Fedele
PRODUCER / DIRECTOR / CINEMATOGRAPHER
Zachary Fink
PRODUCER / EDITOR
Davis Coombe
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Steve James
ADVISOR
James Kofi Annan
IMPACT AND ENGAGEMENT CONSULTANT
Alice Quinlan
CO-PRODUCER
Alison Greenberg Millice
COMPOSER
William Ryan Fritch
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER / FIXER
JOHN DEGRAFT SAM
PBS releases The Rescue List on the POV Community Network
Our friends and partners at POV have made our film available through their lending library for free community screenings leading up to our March 2020 broadcast on POV.
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